The protagonist claims to detest children and her patron is Philomena Guinea. Though she claims that Doreen is "dirty common slag", she befriends and emulates her in nearly every fashion.* Her boyfriend, Buddy Willard, is diagnosed with tuberculosis and is moved to a sanatorium for treatment, while she attempts to cope with life in New York. Irwin, a professor of mathematics, has sex with the protagonist, fulfilling her obsession with losing her virginity, and she attempts suicide, resulting in a stay at a mental hospital, where she receives electroshock therapy. FTP, name this book by Sylvia Plath, which details the experiences of Esther Greenwood and which is sometimes called a feminine _Catcher in the Rye_.
The protagonist claims to detest children and her patron is Philomena Guinea. Though she claims that Doreen is "dirty common slag", she befriends and emulates her in nearly every fashion.* Her boyfriend, Buddy Willard, is diagnosed with tuberculosis and is moved to a sanatorium for treatment, while she attempts to cope with life in New York. Irwin, a professor of mathematics, has sex with the protagonist, fulfilling her obsession with losing her virginity, and she attempts suicide, resulting in a stay at a mental hospital, where she receives electroshock therapy. FTP, name this book by Sylvia Plath, which details the experiences of Esther Greenwood and which is sometimes called a feminine _Catcher in the Rye_.
The protagonist claims to detest children and her patron is Philomena Guinea.
{The}{ Bell Jar} (accept either Esther or Greenwood before this book)