Analysis Of Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar

The literary phenomenon of The Bell Jar presents readers with a view of the character of Esther and her story through Victoria Lucas and Sylvia Plath. The development and circulation of the publication created a projection of the integrity of the story’s plot that can be seen as being affected by the autobiography of Plath’s life. The publication of the The Bell Jar, through Victoria Lucas, revealed a story of a young woman dealing with depression and a coming of age story of a young woman trying to live in a society where she does not feel she fits into: having to deal with the patriarchal power, to understand the orders of women’s lifestyle, and the destruction of ambition to become a writer. When it was published in the United States, in 1971, five years later, under the name of Sylvia Plath, the narrative began to take another outlook. This impacted the view upon the novel’s identity, the classification of what the novel truly is. Thus, the novel, The Bell Jar, not only had reviews of the way it was written before her name was revealed, but after, since the suicide of Sylvia Plath. The Bell Jar, within the United States, was received as a novel that changed due to its republication. The critical reviews taken upon book reviewers and newpapers such as The New York Times, the counterpart, The New Yorker, The New Republic addressed the proclamation of Plath’s identity and her successful suicide attempt having an affect by the reviewing the literature. Though the novel