Bell Jar #8

Esther is transported from the hospital to an asylum quite different from those of her past, a place called Caplan. It was comforting, none like the one Dr. Gordon placed her in. It was like a resort you stay at when you go on vacation. It had a golf course, continuous badminton games, weekly movies and OT- I don't know what that is. It didn't seem like an asylum for the deranged. It was a happy, warm and comforting place even for Esther. She appeared to almost enjoy it there. Even the doctors were kind to her, which is a huge difference for Esther. She was expecting the doctors to be like Dr. Gordon. The whole place seemed like a trap. A trap set in order to keep Esther in; hence, all the nice things available to keep the crazys busy. And this is what would have happened if she had been forced to stay. I think she would have become accustomed to the place and grown old there.