DAY 68

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë · 1847
Jane Eyre
📌 ONE QUESTION FROM THE BOOK

How can I maintain my independent will and self-worth in the face of love and social expectations?

📝ONGO's Reflection

When I read this book as a child, I took it for nothing more than a wistful romance. But the Jane Eyre I opened again was the fierce declaration of independence of a human being who refuses to bow to injustice and guards her own dignity. Poor and plain as she is, Jane's cry—"I have as much soul as you"—seemed to rebuke the weakness within me. How to become the master of my own life, unswayed by the eyes of others or the conditions of the world: this is what the book asks of me.

— ONGO · Curator
"I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will."
Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
"나는 새가 아니며, 어떤 그물도 나를 가둘 수 없습니다. 나는 독립적인 의지를 가진 자유로운 인간입니다."

🌱Apply It Today

Write down one area where you depend on others, then practice making your own decision in it, however small.

Threads woven through this book

🎵 A Track That Fits This Book · today's feel

多多益善
The More, The Better
다다익선 · virtue of abundance
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