The novel is owned by the author - Sylvia Plath. The summary of course I took from Google.
The Bell Jar details the life of Esther Greenwood, a college student who dreams of becoming a poet. She is selected for a month-long summer internship as a...
In a flashback, Esther recalls that she had always wanted Buddy to show her "some really interesting hospital sights." He more than granted her wish. First, he showed her the cadavers he and his classmates were dissecting. Next came a hall lined with jars of unborn fetuses, and after that Buddy took Esther to a lecture on sickle-cell anemia.
After lunch came the big show: a woman giving birth. Esther was revolted by what she witnessed. Later, Esther and Buddy hung out in his room. He disrobed and asked her to look at him. When he asked her to do the same, she refused. Suddenly, Esther asked Buddy whether he had ever had an affair and was shocked when he admitted to sleeping with a waitress for a summer in Cape Cod: "What I couldn't stand was Buddy's pretending I was so sexy and he was so pure."
She concluded that Buddy was a hypocrite and decided to break up with him, but before she got the chance, Buddy phoned the next weekend to tell her he had tuberculosis and was being sent to a sanatorium. Esther was delighted at the news. Now she would not have to see him for a good long time.
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