rew to dislike. But also here, she meets Dr. Nolan, the only person she seems to open up to. She actually allows the doctor to perform electroshock therapy even with the previously failed treatments. The sessions proved to help greatly and in a few weeks, she seemed ready to return home. Esther goes in for her interview to be released, but how did I know that someday at college, in Europe, somewhere, anywhere the bell jar, with its stifling distortions, wouldnt descend again? (Pg. 241) And so, the story ends. The novel brings back to life the 1950s. Being that the novel reflects Plaths own life in the 1950s, many similarities occur. Women grew more superficial in the 50s, concerning themselves with the opposite sex. This is shown by the other girls at the hotel painting their nails and trying to keep their Bermuda tans. Also in the Fifties, sex became more and more casual. Esther had expected Buddy to remain pure until marriage, but she finds that he is not a virgin and was sexually active during that summer. But this novel does not concern too much of Americas history, but more of Plaths own past. The Bell Jar depicted Sylvia Plaths life and ulitmate destruction....
