6/29/2023 0 Comments The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath![]() ![]() When she goes swimming in the ocean, she tries to drown herself, but she keeps popping back up "like a cork." A gun? She always had trouble with mechanical things, thought she might blow it: We learn the many different ways that Esther Greenwood - presumably a stand-in for Plath - toys with so many different ways to do it. The book also may serve as a manual on suicide. ![]() And the ultimate message is clear: living in a world where no one understands despair can drive one to self-murder. If that surprised us, it was because we hadn't read The Bell Jar which is a chronicle in words of how words mean nothing to those in the bog of despond. The same year she stuck her head in the oven and killed herself. In 1963 she published The Bell Jar, her first and only novel. ![]() Plath got everyone's attention the hard way. ![]()
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