Thursday, April 30, 2009

The Bell Jar Ch. 19-20

Why does Esther feel such a need to sleep with Irwin? Does she feel better or different after it has happened?

Ever since that Esther found out that Buddy had sex before she found a new desire to have sex as well as soon as possible with any man. Throughout the entire novel Esther talks to different men and many times she tries to have sex but she is denied. When Esther first meets Irwin she thinks that she will be able to sleep with him. He is an intelligent, handsome young man who would be the perfect fit for Esther. It turns out that she was able to have sex with Irwin after they do she doesn't feel as good as what she had hoped for. Esther ends up feeling physically hurt after that she looses her virginity. She's happy that she has finally had sex but that's about it. She later goes to the hospital and then calls Irwin and tells him that she will not see him again which I didn't find very nice.

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