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...
When Esther meets Doctor Gordon, the psychiatrist, she has not changed from the clothes she wore when she left New York City, bathed in three weeks, or slept in a week. Esther complains that she is unable to read or write and takes an instant disliking to Doctor Gordon. She agrees to see him for another appointment but decides not to tell him anything important, such as the fact that her handwriting has changed into that of an unsteady child's.
Later, walking on the Boston Common, Esther encounters a sailor. She introduces herself as Elly Higginbottom, an orphan from Chicago. As she and the sailor walk along, Esther makes up an imaginary, perfect life for Elly. Maybe, she thinks, she should move to Chicago and actually start over as Elly Higginbottom. This vision is interrupted by an imagined sighting of Mrs. Willard.
At her second session with Doctor Gordon, Esther scatters torn pieces of the letter with the distorted handwriting that she tries to write to Doreen. He asks to speak to Mrs. Greenwood and recommends electroconvulsive treatments.
Esther sits in a park and reads about suicide in a tabloid. She considers running away to Chicago but takes the bus home instead. The next day she is scheduled for electroconvulsive treatment with Doctor Gordon at his private hospital in Walton.
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