Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar 1963

A novel, written in the early 1960s.

It is about a young girl, who won a quest edit for a magazine in New York. It seems she is an admired worker and have an adventure in front of her. Indeed it is an adventure, but nothing like what you would expect. It is a deeply emotional novel, and it is dark and brings a mental confusion. With the symbol of the fig tree in this novel, Sylvia Plath is simply telling us that the protagonist Esther Greenwood has three options, future, she has tangled her foot into that it all became unclear, and she could not undo the knots therefore ended up the opposite way. 

Many critics and readers enjoy this novel. Kirsty Grocott for example, says it has taught them something about 'feminism, and the concerns about what constraints the society put upon women. It sure gives us a very strong perspective of this, but this was not my main focus or what I got out of this book. What I would like to point out, is that older readers need to make sure a book like this does not end up in the hands of a teenager. Here is why: 

* A book like this encourages younger people to find attention in the wrong way. 

* Encourages to gain caring, in the wrong direction

* Encourage to focus on the wrong thing

* Encourages to give up 

* It can easily trick the mind of the younger people how to gain more people around them. 

- In the way that, if they are feeling lonely, and reads this novel, they will read about where she is placed, what kind of special relationships she is gaining, how it is painted that she is not lonely. 

I am saying this, because this is what I did when I was younger, I picked up a book from the bookstore, it was an autobiography that encouraged me to do the wrong things, cause for me the book had painted up a world I thought was better, because the person was never alone.
My parents never knew what kind of book it was. 

Finally I just want to say that, it sure is - for some people - a book that brings great impact, and a perspective of how the society was looking upon the women, at this particular period. But was this the actual truth? Or was Esther Greenwood, surrounding herself among people that was no good for her?
Literature about your own being, where do you place yourself?