Jane – narrator and heroine of the novel. Readers follow her growth from a child to a young lady to a woman, and from place to place as she constantly is moving around. Jane is characterized as witty, headstrong, and stubborn. She has a great personal sense of pride and a strong sense of right vs. wrong. Despite acting and wanting to be fiercely independent, Jane is always seeing approval and love from others (one of the great anomalies of her character). Jane also, despite having a strong personality, seems transient in her habits and values as she moves from one place to another; she absorbs qualities from others, and then casts them off in no time as she moves on to the next place.Moving from place to place was natural for Jane, for she is constantly restless and needing to find a change of setting to explore the world. Jane has a knack for telling stories - she tells the reader that herself. That skill, in combination with personal bias and emotion, can lead the reader to question Jane as a narrator throughout the novel. Jane was one of the most groundbreaking characters of Victorian Literature because she is a strong woman figure that challenges the social and economic restraints that were on women at the time. Jane's desire for independence, knowledge, and mobility set an example for progressive Victorian women everywhere. More on Progressivism in Jane Eyre