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The main character in Susanna Kaysen’s, “Girl, Interrupted” and Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s, “The Yellow Wallpaper” are similar in the fact that they both were suppressed by male dominants. Be it therapist or physicians who either aided in their mental deformities or created them. They are similar in the sense that they are both restricted to confinement and must endure life under the watchful eye of overseers. However similar their situations may be, their responses are different.      In

decision for her to go to McLean Hospital was based on a twenty minute conversation with a psychiatrist. Kaysen had been picking at her acne and been acting out in ways which would not be considered unusual for teens today, but at the time it was a sufficient excuse for commitment to an institution. In an interview, Kaysen further develops the idea that her illness was influenced by outside factors saying, “ [Her] retrospective account of her confinement at McLean Hospital makes a cultural intervention

members about topics regarding McLean Hospital and the medical field of mental health. I comprehended the proper administration of eight medicines applied in the pre-hospital setting authorized for EMT-Basic by a medical director and mastered seven pre-hospital life-saving skills, including the cardiopulmonary resuscitation and trauma assessment. Throughout the course, I interacted with fellow students in several simulated scenarios, including numerous hypothetical pre-hospital situations. At age ten

According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, the definition of the word “bell jar” is, “a bell-shaped usually glass vessel designed to contain objects or preserve gases and or a vacuum”. Sylvia Plath’s title, The Bell Jar, symbolically represents her feeling towards the seclusion and inferiority women endured trapped by societes glass vessel during the 1950’s. The Bell Jar, follows the life of Esther Greenwood, the protagonist and narrator of the story, during her desperate attempt to become a woman

The world is filled with an infinite amount of human possibilities; however, this spectrum of "infinite possibilities" can slim down to one because an individual can succumb to peer pressure. Their thoughts and actions are altered according to the respective environment they associate themselves with. They may or may not face the reality at one point in the future, but the chances for that are slim because naive minds are susceptible to adapt according to their surroundings. In other words, the individual

Sylvia Plath uses many literary devices to convey her purpose in The Bell Jar such as symbolism. The Bell Jar itself is used as symbolic representation of the emotional state Esther is in. The glass jar distorts her image of the world as she feels trapped under the glass. It represents mental illness; a confining jar that descends over her mind and doesn’t allow her to live and think freely. Symbols of life and death pervade The Bell Jar. Esther experiences psychological distress which is a major

Independent Essay Alienation is common throughout society in regard to adolescent youth and young adults. Many factors cause one to become alienated by their society and peers, including one’s sexuality and often times appearance. Novels such as The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger and The Bell Jar, by Sylvia Plath, focus on the theme of alienation when considering their main characters, who readers are often able to relate to upon reading their stories. The novels, The Catcher in the Rye, by

In Sylvia Plath’s despondent book entitled The Bell Jar, Plath creates a character by the name of Esther Greenwood. Esther feels trapped inside society’s expectations but finds an escape every time she writes. Her love of writing has gotten her through the traumatic events of her childhood, such as her father’s death. When she applies to the writing school of her dreams and gets denied, she falls into a deep depression, and she feels as though not even writing can save her this time. After going

Depressions often personified as a villain that traps people and does not let them go. This is a claim most of its victims would agree with, especially Esther Greenwood. The Bell Jar, written by the Sylvia Plath, follows Esther Greenwood’s descent into and recovery from madness. Esther is a young and brilliant writer, whose ambitions are stunted by a crippling depression. Plath, describes an outlook on reality that is distorted by mental illness through the symbolism of the fig tree and the bell

Her failed suicide attempt causes her mother to put her in a mental ward of a hospital, and it is here that Esther meets Dr. Nolan. Dr. Nolan is Esther’s doctor in the mental facility. Unlike many other figure of authority in Esther’s life, Nolan brings a good influence. Esther respects her and Nolan’s difference from the stereotypical