The bell jar is a metaphor that our main character Esther Greenwood uses to describe the world closing in around her. The book is really split up into three sections, even though it's just individual chapters. So we have the first section in New York. We have the middle section where she goes back home. And then we have the third section which most closely models after Platt's time in McLean hospital.
This week we dive into Sylvia Plath's novel The Bell Jar, a quasi-autobiographical novel about womanhood, depression, and identity. We also discuss the unfortunate circumstances of Plath's early death, country mice moving to big cities, and metaphorical chemistry equipment.
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