Bell Jar Esther Journeys

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In The Bell Jar Esther journeys from one location to another. Her expedition is predominantly an innermost one, within the self and superficially to the world. Her ailment is a result of the world surrounding her. Conversely, Esther’s estrangement is not individually concerned, but a feature of existence. Yet, it is when she comes home after not having been accepted to the writing course that her mental and carnal fragmentation fundamentally ensues: “All through June the writing course had stretched before me like a bright, safe bridge over the dull gulf of the summer. Now I saw it totter and dissolve, and a body in a white blouse and green shirt plummet into the gap”. The mentioned person here, with the ‘white blouse and green shirt’ is Esther,