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The Bell Jar - Online Term Paper

The Bell Jar

The book starts with the setting in New York as the main character is
pondering the execution of the Rosenbergs. Esther the main character is in
New York because of contest held by a fashion magazine. While in New York
Esther tells about her life by the encounters she's had. She is a college
student and is in the honors courses. The whole trip to New York had messed
up Esters way of thinking. For example before she went to New York she had
planed to finish college and become a poet or English professor, but now she
had no idea.
When Esther returned home she became very depressed. She wanted to
disregard the whole New York experience by taking a exclusive summer writing
course. ...

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she went to see a doctor who gave her
shock treatments. This made Esther even worse an so she slipped even deeper
into her depressed state. She knew the bell jar was almost completely apon her
and there was nothing she could do to prevent the suffocation of her own life.
She knew there was something very wrong and neither her family or herself had no
idea how to help prevent this and it made her wish for death. Finally she did
it, she plotted a scheme to end the torture of her insanity. "The silence drew
off, baring the pebbles and shells and all the tatty wreckage of my life."
This way she thought she could escape the madness inside herself and this made
her happy. So she did it and her family knew then she needed help so they with
the help of a rich lady put her in a facility that could help her. Esther did
get help and became sane again through special help and a good doctor who gained
Esthers trust.
Sylvia Plath's life is the basis for this intriguing book. She was ...

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Added: 11/17/2006 10:28:10 AM
Category: Book Reports
Type: Premium Paper
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