empts suicide and is put in a mental facility. The novel is more than a story of attempted suicide. It is a novel that inspires renovation and originality in mind and spirit. In Sylvia Plath's, "The Bell Jar," Esther Greenwood's inability to cope with daily life and social pressures bring her down into an inescapable word of profound depression.
             Esther's desire to be someone else makes her a chameleon of identity. She longs to be perfect, thus she wants to be everyone but herself. Esther's desire to be carefree and a risk taker is stirred by the character of Doreen. Doreen was fashion-conscious, worldly, and lived a life on the edge, unlike Esther. She is Esther's exact opposite, her rebellious side. This is evident when Esther expresses that "Doreen had intuition. Everything she said was like a voice speaking straight out of my own bones" (Plath 7). Jay Cee is just another identity Esther is eager to assume. Successful and famous is exactly what Esther has been working all her life for. Jay Cee is wise and could give direction or answers to all the questions Esther is confused about. Once again, Esther is looking for herself in other characters. She believes that Betsy is more like her. Betsy encompasses her view of virtue and goodness. Esther is not able to decide for herself, what she wants; this is why she incorporates the different identities of the characters that surround her and does not establish one for herself. Esther struggles to know herself and be self-motivated, she longs for acceptance not only from her peers, but also of herself.
             Esther feels that no matter where she goes or who she is, she is always in the "hell" of her own mind "...wherever I sat-on the deck of a ship or a street café in Paris or Bangkok I would be sitting under the same glass bell jar stewing, in my own sour air"(Plath 185). This quotation introduces the symbol of the bell jar. Esther...