The Bell Jar
A Novel Written By Sylvia Plath
Meet Esther:
Esther Greenwood is a young woman from the suburbs of Boston. Esther is given the chance to work a summer internship at a prominent magazine in New York City under editor Jay Cee. Unfortunately, Esther isn't stimulated or excited by the big city and the glamorous culture/lifestyle that girls her age are expected to love. Instead, her experiences frighten and disorient her. This leads her to many struggles she faces through out the novel.
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The struggles of a young woman
Esther is an autobiographical portrait of Sylvia Plath. The novel displays her journey into madness and her struggle to escape from it. The title of the book is a metaphorical explanation for what her insanity felt like. It is suffocating, and it closes her off from the world. Read more below to see what her story is about
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important events:
- Esther is an intern at a magazine in New York City.
- Esther attends a country club dance with her friend Doreen, where she's attacked by her date, Marco.
- After returning home from New York, Esther quickly spirals downward into a deep depression.
- Unable to sleep or work, she is referred to a psychiatrist, Dr. Gordon. Dr. Gordon introduces Esther to electroshock therapy, which only worsens Esther's condition.
- Esther takes a few practice runs at suicide. She attempts the act many times but is unsuccessful. Eventually, Esther steals a bottle of sleeping pills from her mother's closet, burrows her way into a crawl space underneath the house, and swallows the pills.
- Esther is rescued, and taken to a psychiatric ward of the hospital she's staying at.
- Esther undergoes more electroshock therapy which goes well the second time around.
- Esther loses her virginity to a Harvard professor but was sent to the hospital for treatment.
- Esther's friend Joan commits suicide, and Esther attends her funeral.