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be very melancholic. But, holy shit. This book is fucking hilarious so far. The event with Doreen vomiting,the whole passage about foThe comedy in The Bell Jar Is hilarious
The Bell Jar is hilarious.
I am currently reading it. 40 pages in. I always thought that it was a very somber work; considering it's reputation. After reading some of the poetry of Plath I was sure it would be a very serious and somber work.
I was dead wrong.
It's still pod at the start of the third chapter, the conversation with Jay Cee in the same chapter,the constant monologue, the dead pan commentary on various topics, the absurdity of Esther's situation and the alienation she is constantly feeling just adds to the situational comedy. I guess it's more effective because how melancholic some of the other passages could be. Juxtaposed against those passages the humorous passages feel more funny. Any other writer might have struggled to perfectly balance this tone but Plath does it seamlessly and in turn, she shows the absurdly comic nature of human life and 50's American society and a woman trying to navigate through it.
I don't know if Sylvia Plath read him or not, but it reminds me a lot of J.D Salinger. Particularly Franny and Zooey. That is also a book which deals with a very somber story with a very humorous approach and the same style of crispy, accessible and beautiful prose. I am not an American but I truly believe that the American literature from this era is unparalleled.
#entertainment retty serious. The way Esther talks about her self hatred and her alienation and her family and how she feels lost in life etc.could
The Bell Jar is hilarious.
I am currently reading it. 40 pages in. I always thought that it was a very somber work; considering it's reputation. After reading some of the poetry of Plath I was sure it would be a very serious and somber work.
I was dead wrong.
It's still pod at the start of the third chapter, the conversation with Jay Cee in the same chapter,the constant monologue, the dead pan commentary on various topics, the absurdity of Esther's situation and the alienation she is constantly feeling just adds to the situational comedy. I guess it's more effective because how melancholic some of the other passages could be. Juxtaposed against those passages the humorous passages feel more funny. Any other writer might have struggled to perfectly balance this tone but Plath does it seamlessly and in turn, she shows the absurdly comic nature of human life and 50's American society and a woman trying to navigate through it.
I don't know if Sylvia Plath read him or not, but it reminds me a lot of J.D Salinger. Particularly Franny and Zooey. That is also a book which deals with a very somber story with a very humorous approach and the same style of crispy, accessible and beautiful prose. I am not an American but I truly believe that the American literature from this era is unparalleled.
#entertainment retty serious. The way Esther talks about her self hatred and her alienation and her family and how she feels lost in life etc.could
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