McCombs,+Josie

For my independent book I am reading The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath. I have read 66 pages in the last two weeks. It is about this girl named Esther that is very worried. Esther worries about the electrocution of the Rosenbergs, a husband and wife who were convicted of spying for the Soviet Union and sentenced to death. She also worries about the fact that she cannot enjoy her job, her new clothes, or the parties she attends, despite realizing that most girls would envy her. Esther lives in the Amazon, a women’s hotel, with the other eleven girls who work as guest editors and with upper-class girls training to work as secretaries. She spends most of the time with a girl named Doreen that is very pretty but she always puts herself first. One time Esther and Doreen were in a cab and a guy named Larry Shepherd approached their cab when they were in a stand still. Esther was very attracted to him but of course Larry goes for Doreen. The get out of the cab and go to the bar and Esther consists of telling the guys that her name is Elly Higginbottom. After a little talk the three of them go back to Larrys house where Esther grew tired and walked home (48 blocks). Esther started to feel lonely and very isolated. In the night she got woke up by Doreen pounding on the door. Doreen was very drunk and passed out in the hallway and Esther left here there. In the morning Doreen was gone. The next day there was a lunch for a magazine but Doreen decides to skip it and go hang out with Larry. Esther doesn't mind at all, she is just puzzled as her poor family can barley afford to eat but now she has a big job and can. I think this is a great book so far and I enjoy reading about Esther and Doreen because I can relate to their relationship sometimes. Also, if I was Esther I could feel very lonely and isloated as her.

sep 18th: This week I didnt get to read that much, so I only read 17 pages. What I got out of the reading was that Esther was at a luncheon and a girl asked why she wasn't there earlier which made her cry because her boss called her. She cried because of what happend with the boss. In the meeting with him, she findly realizes that she is speaking the truth about not knowing what to do because she is so lost. Later on, Esther was at a movie but got suddently ill along with this other girl. They were throwing up everywhere and figured out that they had food poisioning from the banquet luncheon. This reading was very interesting to read and I hope I can pick up from where I left off and hope to get in a lot more reading this week!