This passage has a lot of significance within it. The sentence specifically, “and I have never since read Jane Eyre” has a lot of meaning. This sentence signifies how Jane is hiding from the reality of what she has just discovered. Once Jeanette went to the library and read the story for herself, was the moment she became an individual. This was the first thing Jeanette did for herself and realized her mother was not who she thought she was. Jane Eyre is a reminder of a time where she had a much simpler life. She wasn’t yet faced with diversity or with the idea that her mother was not who she thought she was. The book symbolizes Jeanette’s relationship with her mother. Her mother manipulated the ending of the book, the way she was manipulating Jeanette to think. All of her life, Jeanette valued her mothers opinion over anything else. This effects Jeanette’s coming out story because it shows how timid she is and how naive she is to all of her new findings. She does not know how to think or how to act without the guidance of her mother. She now needs to make her own path, one that was not created by her mother. I think Jeanette fears this unknown path. She is scared of all of the twists and turns she will have to face on her own. This is a time where Jeanette needs to find the ability to be proud of who she is and make decisions for herself. I think by not reading Jane Eyre, she has not yet found that courage to do so.