| Esther seizes a great opportunity to travel to New York and work on a magazine, only to find the night life and social obligations to be more than she desires. She struggles with trying to fit in with everyone else in terms of men and work, but ultimately finds herself wishing to be anywhere else. When faced with marriage, she fights to find a way out of that as well.
Ultimately, she finds herself finally struggling with a mental illness, which includes severe depression and contemplations of suicide. Meanwhile, she tries hard to keep a hold on reality and make others think there is nothing wrong with her. She goes as far as going to a mental hospital and facing electric shock treatments to "cure" herself. | ||
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Plot & Themes Struggle with: - Mother Phys disability/mental struggle? Yes Struggle with - mental illness Which institution - mental hospital Life in an institution Yes Period of greatest activity? - 1950+ Subject of Biography Gender - Female Profession/status: Ethnicity - White Nationality - American Unusual characteristics: Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 5 () United States Yes Misc setting - moving train Century: - 1930's-1950's Writing Style Book makes you feel? - thoughtful - like laughing Graphic sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - descript. of nude males (the big P) - rape/molest - Pictures/Illustrations? - None How much dialogue in bio? - significantly more descript than dialog How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life? - 51%-75% of book |
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