In chapters 19 and 20 of The Bell Jar, by Sylvia Plath, several interesting things take place. The audience is first introduced to a character, Esther, who has a friend named Joan. We learn that Joan and Esther are in some type of institution. The audience is never told what they did to get themselves in the institution, but we learn they both once in the past dated the same guy, who thinks he may be at blame for whatever reason they are in the institution. There are two main events in these chapters. First Esther looses her virginity. Afterwards, she asks the man Irwin who she was with to take her to Joan's house because something went wrong and she would not stop bleeding. Joan had no choice but to take Esther to the hospital. The second main event in these two chapters is when Joan kills herself. She had permission to leave the institution and go to the movies. Joan never returns and is found by an elderly worker out back by the frozen ponds, she had hung herself. I found these two chapters very interesting and am considering checking the book out from the library and reading it.
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