Female struggle and appetite/body autonomy in The Bell Jar.

• Main Author: Heng, Grace Hui Mien.
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::Literature::English
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/45379
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This essay will look into the significance of Esther’s interaction with food in The Bell Jar and in doing so, argue that the many binge/purge cycles that Esther goes through is really an internalization of the denial of the fulfilment of female desire and appetite. In precisely the same way females...