The Bell Jar

Poets and Poetry Task 8 Noel Mains Biography of Sylvia Plath Sylvia Plath was known as an American poet, novelist, and a short- story writer. She was born on October 27, 1932. Boston, Massachusetts was where she was born. Her parents Aurelia Schober Plath and Otto Plath were so happy to have a baby girl. Three short years later Sylvia gets to meet her new little brother Warren Plath. Who was born on April 27, 1935. A little later Sylvia and her family moved to Winthrop Massachusetts. This is…

Salsa Brava? More like Salsa Disappointing. Located just off of quiet Route 66 in Flagstaff, Arizona is a Mexican restaurant the whole family can partake in. And, no, it is not Taco Bell. No, it is not Chipotle Mexican Grill, either. This restaurant is Salsa Brava and it makes customers wish they were at Taco Bell or Chipotle because at least those places will leave their clients plenty satisfied. However, Salsa Brava does have its own delicious spin on classic Mexican dishes, such as their…

TEENAGERS AND SUICIDE BEHAVIOR In the past two decades, suicide has been a focus of research of psychologists, educators, and others who are interesting in. Suicidal behavior became a public major worldwide. The number of people who killed themselves is increasing. This article is going to explain the rise in youth suicide. People should know and be aware on this phenomenon. According to Jennifer Riedl Cross, the behavior of suicide is considered into four categories: Ideators – thinking about…

an A in this class.” I sat by my ramen-loving friend in the back left corner of the room, opened my pink sparkly binder, and began imagining how fun it would be to read The Great Gatsby. However, as the class started and the annoying jeopardy school bell rang in my ear, all I could think about was the “fish n’ chips” lunch that I would be receiving in exactly fifty-three minutes. Our teacher, Ms. Bramwell, began…

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We, as individuals are able to relate to both Holden from The Catcher in the Rye and Esther from The Bell Jar in a way that most people have trouble explaining. Esther and Holden exhibit similar experiences of alienation from their society because of a sense of disassociation from those around them, the need for understanding, and an assurance of morals in their life. Holden finds it hard to relate to the people that surround him. Most people he finds to be “phony” and has very little respect…

In “Mourning and Melancholia,” Sigmund Freud suggests that when an object of love is lost, the ego recreates an image of the loved one inside the self. This image, or “shadow,” is not fully integrated into the personality, thereby enabling the ego to split off. In this “ego splitting,” a part of the ego sits in judgment on the rest of the ego, criticizing it, attacking it. Suicide is the ultimate expression of this dynamic; because one cannot kill this person, one “kills” them by destroying the…

grades take for science, they were taking a chemistry class with Mr. Nasser, they had a lab that day, I saw an assortment of weird looking flasks, jars, and shiny stuff? Mr. Nasser took a piece of silvery looking ribbon, and a hot blue Butane flame? he took the slivery piece and slowly lowered it to the flame? when ?Ding?ding?ding?ding?ding!!!? the bell rang with a strong sharp ringing…

had led to her first suicide attempt and ‘regular insulin and electric shock under the care of Dr Ruth Beuscher’ . The reference to ‘I was supposed to be having the time of my life’ regarding her internship on a New York fashion magazine in ‘The Bell Jar’ emphasises her lack of happiness and contentment as she failed to fill the void with literature. ‘I felt very still and empty’ portrays the mental numbness Plath encountered as the novel is primarily based on her life. Following on from this,…

INTRODUCTION- ‘Mirror’ is a lyrical confessional poem written by Sylvia Plath a year prior to her death. She had written in the year 1961 but it was first published in 1971 by a London firm named Faber and Faber, eight years after her death. It was published as a part of a collection entitled ‘Crossing the Water’. It expresses the feelings of Sylvia Plath by an animated and personified mirror. GENRE- The genre of confessional poetry came into being in the mid-twentieth century with the entry of…