Who Is Esther's Identity In The Bell Jar

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The bell jar is really popular among the adolescent girls and has always been. One aspect of The Bell Jar that many don't realize is the humour in it. It has also gained reputation in terms of belonging to a particular gender that is for females or irritable teenage girls. The bell jar tells about a young lady's final breakdown after going through so much and her suicide attempt,but it also tells a story of trying to get things better and self improvement and also scans the harmful culture of 1950s America which is a culture that does not accept effort of identifying the positive identity of a woman and therefore it leads to her own breakdown.
In the novel,the main character,Esther Greenwood tries to find her identity in different other women,but she is unot completely satisfied with any,one or the other characteristics in the other person definitely differs from her personality which makes her think that she is different from …show more content…
Esther explains that the girls had to be virgins,and at the same time they were discovering sexual desire.
Esther also tells one of her boyfriends that she is neurotic and confused. Plath also depicts that she hates women who stick to the society's rules,she can't stand them and therefore the society is indeed making Esther sick.
The book has been rejected by the male readers maybe because it could not feed their ego. It focused on how Esther finds sticking to male's point of view discomforting and alarming,which is not acceptable for them. And even the reaction that the book got also tells about how true the thoughts of Plath's were,how men only likes what they are portrayed in or given attention in.
Esther sees double standards how men are allowed to sleep or being sexually involved with any or/and as many number of women they want but women have to protect their virginity for one man and remain 'pure' for him until the time comes
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