The Bell Jar

I studied the Bell Jar for my Alevel English Lit course work, in which we could choose a work to write an essay on or create original creative writing based off. I elected for the second, writing from the perspective of the fig tree (in the instance where it is described by Esther as a metaphor for her overwhelm over her future) as a motherly figure. I think i chose the bell jar as i was 17, on the verge of the worse period of mental health ive probably ever been through and feeling widely misunderstood... tho ive been re-reading the bell jar recently and i do think it stands up against the trope that it is just for angsty depressed teen girls - not that i think that is as awful a thing as we like to make out.