Point of View and Narration in the Color Purple and Jane Eyre

Finding a Voice: Point of View and Narration in The Color Purple and Jane Eyre Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambitioned inspired, and success achieved. Notable words expressed by Helen Keller. She mentions the character of a person must suffer through hardships in order for the soul to build up, like a muscle, and thus achieve a goal through inspiration. Whether it comes from within, or from someone else, inspiration can be found in the novels, The Color Purple, and Jane Eyre. How the reader discovers this inspiration through the characters eyes is an amazing journey of self discovery. This self discovery takes shape from both novels†¦show more content†¦Celie, in developing relationships and becoming closer to the women around her, because she had that sisterly bond accessible to her, she finds her own voice and stands up to the man, Mr.__, who was the cause of the most burden in her life. You a lowdown dog is whats wrong, I say. Its time to leave you and enter into the Creation. And your dead body just the welcome mat I need. (Walker 199). Whereas in Jane Eyre, having the stifled Victorian air as a backdrop, the reader gathers that Janes lonely through her first person account from the time she struggles as an orphan, to becoming a secluded educated governess, and then by finally gaining trust and equal footing with Mr. Rochester. Her point of view is therefore limited and isolated from the rest of the characters as she analyzes her station in life, the people around her, and her passionate feelings toward Mr. Rochester, I can live alone, if self-respect and circumstances require me so to do (Brontà « 203). The reader finds clues about a characters personality based on the writing technique and style chosen by the author. Authors bring their characters to life that has their own distinctive voices in large part to descriptive language and point of