Children tend to allow their emotions and their feelings to rule all of their decisions, but as they grow and mature into adults, they are able to make the right decision despite what they would rather do. "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte shows the development of the main character Jane Eyre as she grows up into an adult who uses reason to make her important decisions. Jane first lives at Gateshead with her rich, snobbish …
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…and she is able to use this rationale because she has matured into a reasonable person who knows when the right time to quash her passion is. Jane shows the natural progression of growth in all people. As children, people tend to let their emotions run their lives, and as they grow older and older they tend to realize that the decisions they make must be carefully decided upon and not made by passionate feelings.