The Bell Jar blog #1

This novel by Sylvia Plath so far is interesting . It starts with a dark and wicked mood. The first sentence is about the electrocution of a family, the Rosenbergs. From the start you know in this novel there is gonna be an immoral setting. The main character is a girl , and so far I understood that her fake name is Elly, but her real name is not mentioned yet. Elly's life is described so well that I understood that her everyday life would be putting on make up, wearing beautiful dresses, looking fashionable, and at nights partying all night long. From Elly's lifestyle, I believe that she starts to hate her job because it gives her this lifestyle that she hates. I felt like she didn't like to party every day, and she started to get bored of what she was doing every night. There was one character named Doreen, that was very mean to Elly, but Elly was her roommate at the hotel in New York. From the novel I got the idea that Doreen was a women that felt highly of her self, smoked a lot, and loved to attract guys. Doreen was the opposite of Elly, and this was evident through the way they acted toward each other and to other characters in the novel. One event that struck me while reading was when Doreen and Elly went to a guy's house, (Lenny), and Elly notices that Doreen starts to kiss Lenny. I noticed that Elly was so shocked and disgusted at Doreen that she left the house and went back to the hotel. I think that Elly just has to deal with Doreen, and has no friendship going on with her. I feel like the author Sylvia Plath is trying to emphasize the hatred between these two women. So far the book is moving slowly, but I think eventually it will move faster to the point.