The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath is the story of a young, vivacious college student who struggles with her everyday college life and her successes. It leads her to over-work her mind and have a nervous breakdown. The novel is a journey through the mind of the young college girl, Esther Greenwood, and her slow descent into insanity. It is an intriguing insight at how the mind works, or in Esther’s case, turns against her. Esther is a young college student who has had much success is her life. She has achieved many different awards, and at the beginning of the book, she goes to New York City for a month because she had won an internship at Ladies Day, a fashion magazine. She and ten other girls worked on the magazine and attended parties and events
