Imagery and Metaphors
When I began reading The Bell Jar , I honestly did not understand the metaphor of the title. I didn’t give it a second thought and just decided to enjoy the book. However, when we began discussing the title in class, I was fascinated. I found the title to be an excellent metaphor and extremely compelling. Throughout the book, Sylvia Plath used this type of imagery and description not only to bring her Esther to life but to provide context and tangible examples for her readers. I found the descriptions, explanations, and metaphors in this book extremely vivid and they brought the book to life. With the descriptions, as with the metaphor of the title, Sylvia Plath brings the characters to life through her writing. One passage that I found particularly interesting was when Esther talks about the future. Plath writes that Esther sees the future “glaring ahead of me like a white, broad, infinitely desolate avenue” (Plath 128). I found this description of how she sees t...