The Bell Jar: Chapter 17

Journal Entry
#34
9 NOvember 2007
Chapter 17
Page 230 Paragraph 6
Quote:
"Draping my blanket loosely around my shoulders, like a stole, I wandered down the hall toward the light and the gay noise."

She seems to look like a ghost going toward the light. Esther is in the blanket, that usually makes people look like ghosts, and the gay noise is the light. She wants to be part of it, but the blanket is also shealding her from the light, so she can back away when things get too serious.