In his preface, Currer Bell boldly but respectfully responds to Bronte's critics by telling them they are over reacting. By telling them that "To pluck the mask from the face of the Pharisee, is not to lift an impious hand to the Crown of Thorns," he pushes it in their faces that everything she wrote is a play on their dysfunctional and unjust world. Even though at this point it was known that Bronte had written Jane Eyre, "Bell's" daring statement as the editor put up a barrier for her by giving critics a little slap on the wrist. While he admits that his book is different, he justifies his work by 'reminding' them that "Conventionality is not morality."