Blog Post 11: Welcome to the JUNGLE!

From the very beginning of The Bell Jar, Esther does not make The Amazon seem like much of an ideal place. She describes The Amazon as an all female hotel that resembles much of just a college dormitory to her, which seems like a very poor excuse for a hotel. Edna is familiar with college dorms as well, I'm sure. Esther seems to look up to her boss, Jay Cee throughout most of the chapters we have read so far. This seams to be an unpopular opinion amongst the 12 girls, or at least to Doreen who badmouths her as soon as she is introduced in the book. Apparently Jay Cee is ugly and has a fat husband. In How to Read Literature Like a Professor we learn that most encounters with water are symbolic of renewal and awakening. Esther also closely relates to Blanche from A Streetcar Named Desire, who is constantly taking hot baths just like Esthers (They both might be equally as crazy). In chapter 4 Edna tells us about her fathers death and her mothers somewhat cluelessness. Edna describes how her mother was keen teaching her how to type and being able to do multiple things in order to live and survive. Esthers mother seems to not know too much, but she has done the best that she can.