The Bell Jar is Finished

The Bell Jar turned outtobe another depressing book. I can't stand how Esther tries to kill herself multiple times. She is just a crazy girl whoshould never have been let out of that mental hospital because she is an unstable danger toherself and others. This book reminded me of the TV show Sex in the City, especially when the novel mentioned her writing in the city for the magazine. Esther would be Carrie, a writer just like her, and all of her friends in the city would be just like Carrie's friendson the TV show. The only diference is that Esther has hollo, almost non-existent relationships with the girls she calls friends in the city,while Carrie is very close to her friends and is very emotionally attached. The one major similarity would be The relationships that both Carrie and Esther share with the men that they date. Both find men that they are not usually happy with, especially Esther, and they never find the true connection that they are searching for. Both women are upset and disappointed due to their failure to find the right man, except that Esther resorts to suicide to releive her unhappiness. I know people in my life who have experienced depression, but never got to the point where they wished to take their own life. Esther must have been extremely troubled to try to kill herself multiple times. Althogh this book was not at all cheerful, I liked it better than most of the other books we have read.