The Bell Jar is about a young reporter, Esther Greenwood, and her life during an all expenses paid trip to New York in the 1950’s. Esther won the month long trip in a fashion magazine, one of only twelve winners. She is jealous of all the rich girls staying at the all female hotel, especially since it is her first time out of her humble home in New England. In the presence of all the …showed first 75 words of 386 total…

…showed last 75 words of 386 total…food poisoning from the food at the banquet except for Doreen, who was socializing with Lenny at the time. Doreen tells Esther that the crab everyone ate had too much bacteria growing in it. Even though Esther is too ill to even walk around, she enjoys the time in which she doesn’t have to socialize with others, just sit around and do nothing at all – which is what she really wants to do anyway.