Toward the end of the passage when the main character is alienated, the surrounding society's values are obvious. Mr. Brocklehurst is very unforgiving and views every mistake as a flaw. He called the character forward and alienated her from her peers to make her an example. His actions show that the society does not care for the girls as individuals but simply wants them to follow in line and respect the many rules and regulations set out for them. The society does not permit any sin or mistake, no matter how minuscule, to go unpunished. They believe that if the body is not set in line after it commits a sin, then the soul will be lost. The society assumes that a small mistake marks someone as being influenced by the devil. If a girl slips up and does not follow instructions to the tee, society assumes that she is filled with sin and needs to be punished. When the main character is aliened, the reader can infer that the girls are held accountable for every mistake they make and subjected to excessive punishments to serve as examples for everyone else. It is clear that the society has few morals when punishing the girls and individuals. Their moral values are the extent of the girl's acceptance of the rules laid out for them. They assume that every girl that sins must be punished or she will fall to the devil and corrupt the others. The character's alienation reveals how the society lacks to value the girls individually and pays little attention to their feelings because the society assumes that these are insignificant in the big picture and play a little role compared to the importance of obeying the rules and keeping accountability.
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