The Bell Jar This autobiographical novel by Sylvia Plath follows the story of Esther Greenwood‚ a third year college student who spends her summer at a lady’s fashion magazine in Manhattan. But despite her high expectations‚ Esther becomes bored with her work and uncertain about her own future. She even grows estranged from her traditional-minded boyfriend‚ Buddy Willard‚ a medical student later diagnosed with TB. Upon returning to her hometown New England suburb‚ Esther discovers that she was
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In the book‚ The Bell Jar‚ written by Sylvia Plath‚ the main character‚ Esther‚ experiences feelings of alienation. Esther shows her isolation by detaching herself from everyone else. With the build up of mental disorders and life tragedies‚ Esther attempted to take her life four different times. Esther rather not be alive than deal with the cruel world she believes she lives in. Alienation generates from a series of events unique to the person experiencing the feelings of isolation. Mental disorders
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A response to The Bell Jar You would expect anybody to want the story of depression and suicidal thoughts to leave your memory as soon as the last page was over. However‚ The Bell Jar is more about the spirit of survival when you are trapped inside yourself and frightened because the rest of the world expects something completely different from you - something you cannot give them. Something you don’t want to give them‚ if it were your choice. This is a highly auto-biographical account by Plath
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This is the extent to which her husband disregards her. This indifference of her husband whom she loves dearly‚ leads to her having physical relation with Joe. As in the case of The Bell Jar‚ in Surfacing too we have many mirror scenes. The various mirror scenes in the novel portrays the narrator’s distorted sense of self. She doesn’t have a positive self-image. She was very afraid of looking into the mirror. She felt that the dead were
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Greenwood of Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar and Christopher McClandless of John Kraukaer’s Into the Wild had their own “music” different than societies. This “music” lead to Esther’s suicide attempts and Christopher’s journey to Alaska. While media influences both Esther Greenwood’s and Chris Mcclandless’ withdrawal from society‚ Esther is primarily driven by the expectations of a 1950’s woman and Christopher the materialism of the 1980’s. In Plath’s The Bell Jar‚ the media‚ most notably newspapers and
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The Effects of Motor Oil in A Controlled Freshwater Jar Ecosystem Introduction: “An ecosystem is an environment where plants‚ animals‚ and micro-organisms all interact and reside together in a setting” (Simon‚ Reece‚ and Dickey‚ 2010). There are two main types of aquatic ecosystems‚ freshwater and marine. The main difference between them is that marine ecosystems contain salt‚ which causes them to be undrinkable without substantial alterations. Freshwater systems contain nearly no
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"The Bell Jar"‚ which is written by Sylvia Plath‚ indicates that patriarchal society has many effects on women. Men have power over women in both direct and indirect ways. In this paper‚ I would like to concern about Esther and patriarchy. Men use their power directly to oppress Esther. Also they use power indirectly to set up social values and sexual stereotyping which have many effects on Esther. To begin with men’s power that affects Esther directly‚ there is the issue of sexual discrimination
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Final Essay Through the feminist lens‚ equality‚ dehumanization‚ and stereotypes are seen within The Bell Jar‚ A Streetcar named desire‚ and A Farewell to Arms. The time period and author of each book are major reasons to why stereotypes are so strongly enforced. The time period of these novels 1940 to 1960’s was a time when women didn ’t have much status‚ men were superior and women were only housewives. Based on the gender‚ the author comes across these aspects differently by how they characterize
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The Bell Jar: Character Analysis Many people suffer from depression‚ but do we do something about it? Many don’t know when someone is suffering from depression‚ and if they do‚ they don’t pay much attention or just ignore it and don’t know what to do to help the person. What happens when a person does not get any help? Sadly‚ many attempts to commit suicide and they succeed. But what makes a person take away their life? Sylvia Plath’s “The Bell Jar” is an interesting classic story told in the 1950s
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many outcomes‚ love can mean stability and security‚ or it can be unstable and frightening. Christina Perri writes about an ex-lover who has hurt her in the past‚ but wants a second chance to rekindle their relationship. Christina Perri’s lyrics in “Jar of Hearts” confront her ex-lover about his actions in their relationship and how she is not going to giving him a second chance after his deceit. This song is a representation of a love lost and a heart restored. The music video‚ directed by Jay Martin
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