I thought the overall ending of The Bell Jar was pretty good. I wasn't really expecting the ending where she was in front of the review board from the hospital, but it was certainly a good, and one of the few ways to end the novel. There was really nowhere else to go, since just up until that moment it seemed that the only thing that mattered was Esther getting her freedom back. If she was allowed to leave the hospital, then that would be the ultimate aspect of her attaining the freedom she longed for for so long in the novel.
Another aspect of he freedom that I wasn't really expecting was how she got the birth control. It seems kind of genius now that I think about it, because throughout the novel she has been simply worrying about losing her virginity and getting pregnant with the wrong guy, and this is a sure-fire way to stop that from happening. So, in terms of how she concluded the book, I though Plath did a pretty good job of bringing everything to a close.
For some information on mental institutions and mental illnesses, this is a great link:
http://www.toddlertime.com/advocacy/hospitals/Asylum/history-asylum.htm
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I also enjoyed the ending of th book Matthew, not as much as Phil Hughes throwin' 6 innings of 2 hit ball, but it was enjoyable. Though if Esther would have just been successful in drowning herself, then all the problems would have been solved and the book would have ended about 100 pages sooner but unfortunately that was not the case. I believe that when Joan hung herself that kind of took away Esthers suicidal thoughts and thats when her freedom began.
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