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I think Jane Eyre is mature beyond her years due to the circumstances she grew up in. She had a hard life and was thus obliged to grow up quite quickly. Her approach to the Reed family, which is evident when she goes to visit her dying Aunt, is once again mature. She is willing to reconcile her relations with them, yet at the same time unwilling to admit she was in the wrong. She knows she was treated harshly and cruelly but is willing to forget that for the love she wishes in return.

What made her an outsider was of course the fact that she wasn't didnt have a sibling or parent in the hoursehold. The family followed the example of their mother, and Jane's aunt, who hated her because she had hated Jane's her mother? (its in the first few chapters, i havent read it for a while so i cant remember that detail) For this petty and fairly immature reason, Jane, the young child, lived several years of torment in that househould. Ultimately she is the more mature person who seeks reconciliation, but the aunt dies clinging to her hatred, despite her probably recognizing that it was wrong and not justified.

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