Sylvia Plath: Questionable Sanity "It is as if my life were magically run by two electric currents: joyous positive and despairing negative - whichever is running at the moment dominates my life, floods it" (Brainy Quote). If I was having a good day, I was having a really good day. If I was having a bad day, it was like a dark cloud was constantly overnight me bringing darkness to every light and making every little thing seem ten times worse. It's like I couldn't control my emotions; I never knew what would trigger my depressive state and bring my happiness to a screeching halt. I went through a lot in my life and, clearly, I didn't handle it very well and I reached more than one breaking point. Events of my childhood really shook me and I
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I only wrote one novel in my life, The Bell Jar. It was consider my "modern rite-of-passage" because of how relatable it was. (Rosenberg)
The Bell Jar was pretty much a spin-off my life. It featured a 19 year old college student,
Esther Greenwood, taking on a month in New York on an internship. Sound familiar?
Throughout the ups and downs of her experience, she has a mental breakdown. She seems to not know what she wants and doesn't really know how to stay happy. The novel gives you a close look into the limits of human sanity. You start to feel a deep connection and sense of relation to Esther. You see her break and struggle to recover. I wonder where I got my inspiration from!
Advancements of my depressive, bipolar state throughout tragic life events reflected in the majority of my poetry and novels. I used a lot of my sadness and hate and put it into my writing. It seemed to help me heal slightly. I considered my writing a place to express my emotion. So many things in my life were negative, it was hard to see past any of it. From my father's death to the one man I thought was perfect for me cheating on me. I had many mental breaks in my life and had treatment following the majority of them, but none of the
I only wrote one novel in my life, The Bell Jar. It was consider my "modern rite-of-passage" because of how relatable it was. (Rosenberg)
The Bell Jar was pretty much a spin-off my life. It featured a 19 year old college student,
Esther Greenwood, taking on a month in New York on an internship. Sound familiar?
Throughout the ups and downs of her experience, she has a mental breakdown. She seems to not know what she wants and doesn't really know how to stay happy. The novel gives you a close look into the limits of human sanity. You start to feel a deep connection and sense of relation to Esther. You see her break and struggle to recover. I wonder where I got my inspiration from!
Advancements of my depressive, bipolar state throughout tragic life events reflected in the majority of my poetry and novels. I used a lot of my sadness and hate and put it into my writing. It seemed to help me heal slightly. I considered my writing a place to express my emotion. So many things in my life were negative, it was hard to see past any of it. From my father's death to the one man I thought was perfect for me cheating on me. I had many mental breaks in my life and had treatment following the majority of them, but none of the