People's lives are shaped by their success and failures in their personal lives, and relationships with each other. The author, Sylvia Plath, expresses this in her novel, "The Bell Jar." She is concerned almost entirely with the education and maturation of Esther Greenwood, the main character o...

Women's Literary Expression in America Women offer a needed different perspective from men's writing. Women authors offer a voice for women that couldn't be heard for many years. Specific authors like Sylvia Plath and Toni Morrison are more modern authors. Plath was a leader in...

Part One The Catcher in the Rye and Depression The classic novel, The Catcher in the Rye, written by J.D. Salinger, was published in the 1940's and instantly became a hit. The Catcher in the Rye is ...