Journal Entry
#10
November 8, 2007
Chapter 5
Page 62 Paragraph 2
Quote:
"It seemed to me Buddy Willard and I were like that Jewish man and that nun, although of course we weren't Jewish or Catholic but Unitarian. We had met together under our own imaginary fig tree, and what we had seen wasn't a bird coming out of an egg but a baby coming out of a woman, and then something awful happened and we went our separate ways."
It's sometimes pretty cool when you have a story that relates to you. I like to have stories relate to me because it means I'm not the only person like me that is going through these certain things around me. It makes me feel like I can deal with what I'm going through, if it's hard. The people are going through the stuff, so I can too. I think that is the way Esther feels too.
Thursday, November 8, 2007
The Bell Jar: Chapter 5
Journal Entry
#9
November 8, 2007
Chapter 5
Page 60 paragraph 1
Quote:
"Later, when I told Doreen about his curious behavior, she said, 'You ninny, he wanted his tip.'"
When you're new to a place you usually don't learn the customs till after you find out about them. Doreen seems to have found out about a custom of giving bellboys tips. The only problem is that she didn't give the boy his tips. This is bad because the boy ends up being sad and mad at Esther and Esther ends up feeling stupid and unknowledgable.
#9
November 8, 2007
Chapter 5
Page 60 paragraph 1
Quote:
"Later, when I told Doreen about his curious behavior, she said, 'You ninny, he wanted his tip.'"
When you're new to a place you usually don't learn the customs till after you find out about them. Doreen seems to have found out about a custom of giving bellboys tips. The only problem is that she didn't give the boy his tips. This is bad because the boy ends up being sad and mad at Esther and Esther ends up feeling stupid and unknowledgable.
The Bell Jar: Chapter 4
Journal Entry
#8
November 8, 2007
Chapter 4
Page Paragraph
Quote:
"'See what the the present is,' I begged. Then I remembered and said, 'I've a present for you as well.'"
I always do this. I'll talk about something with someone and either they'll say something or do something and it reminds me that I have to do something or give someone something. It's like a thing that clicks with our brain and we remember. An example is war veterans, if you do something that reminds them of stuff that happened to them in the war, their taken back to that time and place. It's not a pleasant experience, it's usually quite horrifying.
#8
November 8, 2007
Chapter 4
Page Paragraph
Quote:
"'See what the the present is,' I begged. Then I remembered and said, 'I've a present for you as well.'"
I always do this. I'll talk about something with someone and either they'll say something or do something and it reminds me that I have to do something or give someone something. It's like a thing that clicks with our brain and we remember. An example is war veterans, if you do something that reminds them of stuff that happened to them in the war, their taken back to that time and place. It's not a pleasant experience, it's usually quite horrifying.
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
The Bell Jar: Chapter 4
Journal Entry
#7
November 7, 2007
Chapter 4
Page 44 Paragraph 1
Quote:
"My own mother wasn't much help. My mother had taught shorthand and typing to support us ever since my father died, and secretly she hated it and hated him for dying and leaving no money because he didn't trust life insurance salesmen. She was always on to me to learn shorthand after college, so I'd have a practical skill as well as a college degree. 'Even the apostles were tentmakers,' she'd say. "They had to live, just the way we do.'"
Esther's mother is a typical widow. Her occupation is teaching, and she teaches a simple skill, shorthand. She hate the job that she has, but she takes it without complaint, because that is what women are supposed to do. She is also trying to get Esther to learn shorthand so she can have a "practical" skill. She wants Esther to learn shorthand becuse she knows that Esther is not going to get married, and her degree is not what a spinster should have, she would need to be a teacher.
#7
November 7, 2007
Chapter 4
Page 44 Paragraph 1
Quote:
"My own mother wasn't much help. My mother had taught shorthand and typing to support us ever since my father died, and secretly she hated it and hated him for dying and leaving no money because he didn't trust life insurance salesmen. She was always on to me to learn shorthand after college, so I'd have a practical skill as well as a college degree. 'Even the apostles were tentmakers,' she'd say. "They had to live, just the way we do.'"
Esther's mother is a typical widow. Her occupation is teaching, and she teaches a simple skill, shorthand. She hate the job that she has, but she takes it without complaint, because that is what women are supposed to do. She is also trying to get Esther to learn shorthand so she can have a "practical" skill. She wants Esther to learn shorthand becuse she knows that Esther is not going to get married, and her degree is not what a spinster should have, she would need to be a teacher.
The Bell Jar: Chapter 3
Journal Entry
#6
November 7, 2007
Chapter 3
Page 29 Paragraph 2
Quote:
"The joke was that at my wedding my grandfather would see I had all the caviar I could eat. It was a joke because I never intended to get married, and even if I did, my grandfather couldn't have afforded enough caviar unless he robbed the country club kitchen and carried it off in a suitcase."
Esther right now would be considered a spinster. She has decided that she will not get married. Her job options would be a school teacher, a waitress, or a nurse. She wouldn't have very high social standings because she would not have a husband to get her there. Esther I'm sure will come across the right man someday and will change her mind, because I believe that their is a soul mate out there for everyone.
#6
November 7, 2007
Chapter 3
Page 29 Paragraph 2
Quote:
"The joke was that at my wedding my grandfather would see I had all the caviar I could eat. It was a joke because I never intended to get married, and even if I did, my grandfather couldn't have afforded enough caviar unless he robbed the country club kitchen and carried it off in a suitcase."
Esther right now would be considered a spinster. She has decided that she will not get married. Her job options would be a school teacher, a waitress, or a nurse. She wouldn't have very high social standings because she would not have a husband to get her there. Esther I'm sure will come across the right man someday and will change her mind, because I believe that their is a soul mate out there for everyone.
The Bell Jar: Chapter 3
Journal Entry
#5
November 7, 2007
Chapter 3
Page 27 Paragraph 1
Quote:
"We were always taken out on expense accounts, so I never felt guilty. I made a point of eating so fast I never kept the other people waiting who generally ordered only chef's salad and grapefruit juice because they were trying to reduce. Almost everybody I met in New York was trying to reduce."
The people in the 1950's liked to keep up appearances. People today like to do the same too. The girls will eat salads and small soups so they will stay skinny and people will think they have a little appetite and eat healthy, but that is only what people see when the people are eating out. Esther likes to be herself everywhere she goes. She eats a lot at the Ladies' Day Banquet because she doesn't really care what people think about her, she does it because she wants to do it. Esther eats a lot because she knows that she doesn't have to pay for the food, that is the same thing I would do.
#5
November 7, 2007
Chapter 3
Page 27 Paragraph 1
Quote:
"We were always taken out on expense accounts, so I never felt guilty. I made a point of eating so fast I never kept the other people waiting who generally ordered only chef's salad and grapefruit juice because they were trying to reduce. Almost everybody I met in New York was trying to reduce."
The people in the 1950's liked to keep up appearances. People today like to do the same too. The girls will eat salads and small soups so they will stay skinny and people will think they have a little appetite and eat healthy, but that is only what people see when the people are eating out. Esther likes to be herself everywhere she goes. She eats a lot at the Ladies' Day Banquet because she doesn't really care what people think about her, she does it because she wants to do it. Esther eats a lot because she knows that she doesn't have to pay for the food, that is the same thing I would do.
The Bell Jar: Chapter 2
Journal Entry
#4
November 7, 2007
Chapter 2
Page 20 paragraph 6
Quote:
"The china-white bedside telephone could have connected me up with things, but there it sat, dumb as a death's head. I tried to think of people I'd given my phone number to, so I could make a list of all the possible calls I might be about to receive, but all I could think of was that I'd given my number to Buddy Willard's mother so she could give it to a simultaneous interpreter she knew at the UN."
Esther is thinking about phone calls. In the Catcher in the Rye, Holden was always thinking about calling someone so he could talk to them, but then he would decide that he didn't want to talk to the people after all. Esther is also thinking about the phone, but she is thinking about people calling her, not her calling someone else. She also doesn't want to talk to the person who has her phone number, just like how Holden didn't want to talk to people that he was going to call. Also, when Holden felt like calling people he was sometimes drunk, and Esther is drunk right now too.
#4
November 7, 2007
Chapter 2
Page 20 paragraph 6
Quote:
"The china-white bedside telephone could have connected me up with things, but there it sat, dumb as a death's head. I tried to think of people I'd given my phone number to, so I could make a list of all the possible calls I might be about to receive, but all I could think of was that I'd given my number to Buddy Willard's mother so she could give it to a simultaneous interpreter she knew at the UN."
Esther is thinking about phone calls. In the Catcher in the Rye, Holden was always thinking about calling someone so he could talk to them, but then he would decide that he didn't want to talk to the people after all. Esther is also thinking about the phone, but she is thinking about people calling her, not her calling someone else. She also doesn't want to talk to the person who has her phone number, just like how Holden didn't want to talk to people that he was going to call. Also, when Holden felt like calling people he was sometimes drunk, and Esther is drunk right now too.
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