The Bell Jar

towards the front door, chewing on the corner of my lip as I made my way over. My eyes darted left and right as I wiped my palms on my jeans, there was no way I could find my first-period class. Finally, my eyes landed on the one person I knew. The bell rang and he showed me to class; Advertising, Design, and New Media. The summer going into my junior year I made the decision to switch to a different school and begin a graphic design program. A new school and a new program; it was all unknown.…

Under the premise of manifest destiny and the ideals of Americanization, the federal government sought to stretch the Euro-American establishment from coast to coast by disengaging the indigenous people from their ancestral homelands. In pursuance of this goal, the Dawes Act of 1887 was founded in congruence with the ideology that one must “kill the Indian” to “save the man,” with one method of approach being the assimilation of native youth into mainstream society. Providing a unique…

trying to get inside the classroom to ruin everything warm and good. I went to my desk and hauled out the supplies necessary, gawking at all the beakers and other materials that made the classroom look like a mad science lab. Then, the ear-murdering bell rang to announce the start of class. “Today we will be learning about atoms, molecules, and chemical reactions,” Mr. Bodily explained. Some of the students grumbled about how boring this was going to be. I was just waiting for lunch in 4…

First I will be looking at The Bell Jar because we are able to see where Esther came from and see how she did not change from what her mother did. In The Bell Jar, we see how much home and the woman’s sphere play a large factor for Esther. Her home is not haunted or plagued by mistrust because she has yet to build a home, she still lives with her…

that energy trail - it really is that simple. Whatever you invest your energy in comes alive. Clue #2 - Let go of evidence that doesn't make sense This is part 2 of following the energy trail - which is to let go of anything that drains your energy levels. Let go of any thoughts, activities, beliefs, behaviors or people that don't serve your soul's purpose. Notice which people drain your energy levels, and what activities suck the joy out of your life, and let them go. This might be the…

in her mind to the school guidance counselor. The counselor took her claims lightly and unfortunately missed the chance to safe this girl’s life. Mental illnesses are also just as substantial as physical illnesses. Novels like 13 Reasons Why and Bell Jar depict strongly about mental illnesses and if we could somehow incorporate these kinds of books into the syllabus in schools, instead of keeping it taboo, we could actually prevent several deaths from occurring. By raising awareness, we can get…

“Unlike a broken ankle, or other injuries you can feel with your hands, or see on an x-ray, a concussion is a disruption of how the brain works” -USA Football & CDC The concussion throughout the years has dynamically metamorphosed to be a more serious prognosis, and it can be concluded that from the political battles, expanded research studies, and advancing treatment- that the concussion that stands today is far from what it was twenty- five years ago. Diving deep into the definitions,…

DO YOU LOVE HIM?” Mingo asked, af-ter all of his anger and hurt filled tears had abated. Ruby pulled away from him and walked over to the table where the breakfast he’d cooked, for her, sat cooling, and ran her hand over its sur-face, remembering. “It is a thing done that can’t be undone,” she said looking down at her growing belly.” “Take it from me, a dead man, answered Mingo, there’s nothing that can’t be rectified.” Ruby shook her head, no. There was no way that she wanted to wipe out the…

I also enjoyed reading “Totem and Taboo” by Sigmund Freud, however I disagree with his posit that incest and killing the totem animal are the two strongest desires of primitive humanity. Sylvia Plath’s “The Bell Jar” has provided me with a brutally honest insight into the contrast between emotions of anger and depression. “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” by Ken Kesey provided a fictional view of life for people in asylums, as well as how society pressures people…

the surface” the speaker really did not have preview points, but she had everything in chronological order she started off talking about her grandpa and how he helped her, scuba diver and how he influenced her life and how her grandpa used to use bell jar to film and how it would take him weeks to see what was on the film and edit it and then go back and film again. She started talking about how people can use smart phones today and do the same thing her grandpa did in less time almost…