The Search For Self Identity In The Bell Jar By John Steinbeck

In a time when the world was just coming out of the second world war. “The Bell Jar” Sylvia Plath is primarily her autobiographical , using her life post WWII. “The Bell Jar” published in 1963 exhibits the fear of Communism which gripped the nation and its leaders in the 1950s. “East of Eden” by John Steinbeck portray the pain, poverty, and wickedness of the world while at the same time kept the belief in the capableness of man.The novels by Steinbeck and Plath I'm able to analysis the tone, syntax, and theme of the search for self identity based on the experiences in the novel.

“The Bell Jar” through the book expresses a tone of humor and torment.Plath uses images and symbols of life and death pervade The Bell Jar. While the most obvious