The Bell Jar By Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath is known for being a feminist writer before the women’s rights movement. She wrote numerous poems and books including The Bell Jar. The story is about a women that is slowly losing her sanity and includes all of her family and friends. The time frame makes the story more intense because treatment then was very harsh against mental illness. But they didn’t know how much more damage they were actually causing. Mental illness can’t be forced out of a human but it can be helped if the person can trust others and them self. Sylvia Plath was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on October 27, 1932. In 1950 Plath won a scholarship to Smith College. While she was a student, she spent time in New York City during the summer. A Fulbright Fellowship brought Sylvia Plath to Cambridge University in England. While studying at the university's Newnham College, she met the poet Ted Hughes. The two married in 1956 and had a stormy relationship. Plath and Hughes had two children Freida and Nicholas. Unfortunately the two divorced because Hughes had an affair which led to her into her depression. As she was struggling with her depression she wrote …show more content…
They used shock therapy for almost all types of mental illnesses. It was cruel and it was not humane. You cannot force a mental illness out of someone it takes time for anyone to heal from depression. Using electric shock in a way does help with depression but it damages the brain. The brain can recover after awhile but the brain will have some deficits from the electric shock. The shock has the same affect as in a surgical procedure called a lobotomy. It makes the patient not care anymore. Mental illness is a real thing and it’s real you can’t force it out of someone you have to find the right way to help as in seeking a therapist or talking to anyone you trust the most. People can wish it away but it’ll still be there once they open their eyes and face