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Ari asked in Education & ReferenceQuotations · 10 years ago

How does this quote relate to Jane Eyre?

The quote is "If the literature we are reading does not wake us why then do we read it? A literary work must be an ice-ax to break the sea frozen inside us" - Franz Kafka

how does it relate to Jane Eyre in anyway?

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  • 10 years ago
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    If you know something about the behavior expected of women in the mid-1800s, and if you understand how different the main character of _Jane Eyre_ was, then you will see why it was a controversial book - and why it had an "ice-ax" type of effect on many people who read it.

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