The Bell Jar
Beginning of paper
Examine the various reasons for Esther`s suicide attempts in .
One of the main reasons why Esther tried to commit suicide was the way she perceived her mother's actions, and the fact that she hates her mother:
`"I hate her", I said, and waited for the blow to fall.`
she obviously believes that ....
Middle of paper
.... hadn't died he would have taught me....`
Before visiting New York and getting thrown into the real world Esther had been very successful academically:
`I had already taken a course in botany and done very well. I never answered one test question wrong all year.`
Because of her perfectionist attitude, Esther was surprised to hear herself say that she didn't know what her career plans were:
`Usually I had these plans on the tip of my tongue.
"I don't really know", I heard myself say. ....
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