Bell Jar #9

Esther says that she ‘would be sitting under the glass bell jar, stewing in my own sour air’. She saying that she feels trapped wherever she goes, whether it be an asylum or her home. Everywhere she goes and whomever she meets tries to shape her, make her more like them. And Esther is vulnerable to this because throughout the book she has been on a quest to find out who she is. At first she thought she was more like Doreen, only to realize she didn’t quite fit in. Then, it was Jody, but she still didn’t fit in. She feels trapped under a bell jar that’s preventing her from living. There is also pressure to conform to society and start a family. She flip-flops with this to. Everyone around her has been controlling her making her feel trapped under a bell jar.