http://frontierpsychiatrist.co.uk/the-bell-jar-by-sylvia-plath-book-club/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:41:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://frontierpsychiatrist.co.uk/the-bell-jar-by-sylvia-plath-book-club/comment-page-1/#comment-424937 Karen Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:58:00 +0000 http://frontierpsychiatrist.co.uk/?p=470#comment-424937 This is one of my favorite books and has been for many years. I read it for the first time in early high school and have re-read it twice since then with the most recent being about 2 weeks ago. I am a senior in college and was performing an excerpt from the suicide for a class. I also get something new out of it every time I read it. The first time, I just liked the story. This last time I began to see all of the issues of her time that Plath was trying to respond to. I noticed how the men in the book were portrayed as distant and cold. I think that was because Plath resented men at the time for being able to do the things she wanted with out having to fight so hard for it. Esther also held this resentment towards men. Esther also seemed very whiny and selfish the last time I read the book, it seemed like she tried to play the victim and blow things out of proportion. This book was also a semi-autobiography of Plath's own life. After some research on the book, it turns out that most of the people, places, and events in the book were based on Plath's own life and her decent into madness. All in all I liked your post and I love this book and will probably read it again in the future. This is one of my favorite books and has been for many years. I read it for the first time in early high school and have re-read it twice since then with the most recent being about 2 weeks ago. I am a senior in college and was performing an excerpt from the suicide for a class. I also get something new out of it every time I read it. The first time, I just liked the story. This last time I began to see all of the issues of her time that Plath was trying to respond to. I noticed how the men in the book were portrayed as distant and cold. I think that was because Plath resented men at the time for being able to do the things she wanted with out having to fight so hard for it. Esther also held this resentment towards men. Esther also seemed very whiny and selfish the last time I read the book, it seemed like she tried to play the victim and blow things out of proportion. This book was also a semi-autobiography of Plath’s own life. After some research on the book, it turns out that most of the people, places, and events in the book were based on Plath’s own life and her decent into madness. All in all I liked your post and I love this book and will probably read it again in the future.

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