Karakteranalyse af 'The Bell Jar' og 'The Curious Incident'

The main character in the bell jar, by sylvia Plath is Esther. We don’t hear much about Esther’s background, but one important thing is that she has been an interne at a magazine in New York. She has been denied a joining a writing course. And as a consequence of that she has moved to Boston to stay with her mother. “I was still wearing Betsy’s white blouse and dirndl skirt (…) I hadn’t washed them in my three weeks at home (…) I hadn’t washed my hair for three weeks, either. I hadn’t slept for seven nights.” (p. 223,