The Bell Jar Sylvia Plath

The Bell Jar
By Sylvia Plath

Summary Esther Greenwood a college student , travels to New York to work on a magazine as an guest editor for a month. As she ventures on she slowly realized that her life has no real purpose. She begins to question herself, and worries about what she will do after college. The last night in New York she goes on this disastrous date with a man named Marco, who thinks all women are low down, tries to rape her. Still in doubt about her life, she turns to her college boyfriend Buddy that appears to be everything she needs. But, he does not understand Esther’s desire to write poetry, and he confesses to her that he cheated on her with a waitress. Esther sees him as an hypocrite and cannot marry him. Esther

Luckily, she has survived her suicide attempt with no permanent physical injuries. Once her body heals, she is sent to the psychological ward in the city hospital. Eventually, Philomena Guinea, a famous novelist who sponsors Esther’s college scholarship, pays to move her to a private hospital. In this more enlightened environment, Esther comes to trust her new psychiatrist, a woman named Dr. Nolan, and she slowly begins to improve. She becomes friends with Joan, a woman from her hometown and college who has had experiences similar to

Another example was in the ending of chapter one her friend Dooren comes back to hotel beyond intoxicated, and when Esther has her in her arms she says “ Her body was warm and soft as a pile of pillows against my arm,” [Plath,22]. This simile describes how soft her arms was against Esther’s arms. The tone of the story starts as soon as you open the book; the predicaments that are being displayed, also shows you the structure of the