Category: Book The Bell Jar

The novel starts off in a summer in the 1950s in New York City, where Esther Greenwood, the narrator has arrived. Esther has just won a scholarship and is now interning for a fashion magazine called Ladies Day for a month, all expenses paid. She is one of twelve people who has been given this…

The Bell Jar The book, The Bell Jar, tries to show the readers the kind of society prevailing in the 1950s. Esther Greenwood, the main character of the story, conveys this to us as she narrates her experiences. A 19 year old student on a full time scholarship, Esther was torn between maintaining the image…