Author’s note: This is an essay on Point of View based on the book “Just Jane” I am writing about Jane’s point of view when she has to leave England to come to America as an orphan to live with her extended family.
“You must be Miss Prentice lately arrived from England.” This quote is found on page sixteen of Just Jane by William Lavender said by Jane’s uncle. This sentence was to Jane, the main character. She has just moved to America from England, and is very new on how things work. While in England, she was unfortunately an orphan and has come to America to live with her extended family so they can take care of her. All of her family thinks she is so proper and confused they called her “Lady Jane” but she hated it because it made her sound different, and all she wanted was to be a normal kid.
First of all, in order to be a normal kid she has to start completely over in a new place, with new people- a fresh start, which means getting to know all of her family and new friends, but as a young girl, this could be a struggle because she is so innocent. But in the beginning of the book is when she loses her innocence. If you were Jane you would feel awkward but if you were her uncle you would be excited to have someone as fancy as Jane among them. Jane gets irritated when everybody she knows from America calls her “Lady Jane”
Although her family believed she like being treated like royalty, she actually hated it. Seeing this point of view from one side of the story can really change a reader’s perspective of all the characters, and see what it’s like to see through their eyes.
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