A Silent Revolt

"It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it. Millions are condemned to a stiller doom than mine, and millions are in silent revolt against their lot. Nobody knows how many rebellions besides political rebellions ferment in the masses of life which people earth. Women are supposed to be very calm generally: but women feel just as men feel; they need exercise for their faculties, and a field for their efforts as much as their brothers do; they suffer from too rigid a restraint, too absolute a stagnation, precisely as men would suffer; and it is narrow-minded in their more privileged fellow-creatures to say that they ought to confine themselves to making puddings and knitting stockings, to playing on the piano and embroidering bags. It is thoughtless to condemn them, or laugh at them, if they seek to do more or learn more than custom has pronounced necessary for their sex"- (111)

I believe that it is absurd to say that humans sould be satisfied with tranquility. Why should we be compelled under what the world perceives as "right"? Jane explains how woman were back then in this passage. Women, weren't supposed to be an individual. They were not to express their imagination, but keep those fantasies imprisoned inside their brains, and only bear the characteristics of knitting and silence. Jane feels that woman and men should be able to put their individual characteristics to use, and if they are not, then they will suffer. I believe this true, because I have experienced this in a point of my life, in which I was in silent revolt against my preacher at the family church I attended. He believed that faithful christian children should not play any sports, attend any parties, and only watch biblical shows. I disagree, because this can make a child grow to become rebellious to their own religion. If they are raised in these secluded beliefs, when they go into the real world and realize the wide variety of things that they can do, then they will want to experience these things. I believe children should live their life with the intent to have fun, but also build a connection with God later on in their future. God is forgivable and forgetful of our sins, and when you are young, you are trying to figure out what you believe in. You make mistakes to figure out what is right. So everytime my preacher had a sermon about children, I was always in silent revolt against his beliefs.

I also disagree that we have to only marry attendants of the church. I believe that as long as you find a woman, whether or not she is religious, and you inform her about your religion, then you have completed what God asked you to do(letting people know about Him). Let her decide if she wants to convert or not. Love between two human beings will exist, whether or not one mate or both are religious or not. Love beween God or any god may or may not build a better connection.