I think that the symbol in the book The Secret Life of Bees is the bees in Lily's bedroom. In the story bees are described to have a "secret life". In Lily's room there are a lot of bees, however they are mostly unseen. In the book, it states: "There's a swarm of bees in my room! But when we got there, they'd vanished back into the wall like they knew he was coming." P4 The secret life of the bees represent the secret life of Lily. She lives in the secret of her mother's past and she's always searching for a mother that will love her. Mom to Lily is like the queen bee to the worker bees, she is the "unifying force of the community".P1 Without a queen, bees will show a sign of "queenlessness". In the book, lily's life is also messed up from the death of her mom.

I decided to read the book The Secret Life Of Bees next by Sue Monk Kidd. I chose to read this book because Stephanie said it was really good!!! This book have 302 pages, so it will take me about 3 weeks. Sue Monk Kidd was born in Sylvester, Georgia on August 12, 1948. The Secret Life of Bees is her best known novel. This novel took her three and a half years and was published in 2002. It was surprising that the author worked through her twenties as a nurse; not a writer. I not yet know what this book is about but i know that it is also based on her experiences just like "The Bell Jar." I'm looking forward to reading this book! Thanks to Lauren for letting me borrow her book. :D

I finally Finsh the book "The Bell Jar"!!!! The book was soo good and i love it!!!!
At the end of the book, Esther no longer want to suicide and had more hope toward her life. When she was at the funeral service for Joan; one of her best friend, who is also mentally ill, she heard herself saying in her mind " I am I am I am". Last time she heard this in her mind, she was wanting to commit suicide and use it as a way to protest against her life. Now i really think that it means the opposite. She is saying it in a more positive way and she is willing to live. In the book, Esther said that Joan is just a reflection of herself. so maybe, Joan's death also represent the death of Easter's suicide thoughts. What happened in this chapter, reminds me how that the author of this book actually suicide. I think this book is like the author's hope that her life will get better and it's her way to encourage herself to make the best out of her life...

"Every time I tried to concentrate, my mind glided off, like a skater, into a large empty space, and pirouetted there, absently." (Chapter 12)

"I thought the most beautiful thing in the world must be shadow, the million moving shapes and cul-de-sacs of shadow. There was shadow in bureau drawers and closets and suitcases, and shadow under houses and trees and stones, and shadow at the back of people's eyes and smiles, and shadow, miles and miles and miles of it, on the night side of the earth." (Chapter 12)

I think that this two quotes basically summarized Esther's inner feeling. They are her thoughts or feelings when she is in depression.During chapter 9-13, Esther is in really deep depression. She never wants to do anything, she thinks that there's no point of doing them. For weeks, she didn't sleep, wash her hair or wash her clothes. She think that everyone else is "silly" because she thinks that there's no purpose of life; everyone dies at the end anyways. Esther start to try to kill herself, and she almost did. Her mom later on sent her to recieve lots of treatments. One of them is the shock treatment, which she especially hate. The thoughts and feeling in the book were so well written because the author went through all this in her life. It made the story more touching, sad and weird at the same time.

The book The Bell Jar is about a girl name Esther Greenwood. She won a fashion magazine contest and live in New York for that summer...


Here's a character profile for the characters i know so far:

Esther: A really smart student and also the main character of the book. She doesn't have any confidence in herself. ( I felt very still and very empty, the way the eye of a tornado must feel. p3)

Betsy: She also won the fashion magazine contest. She's always cheerful and happy.
It is described that she is a "bouncing blond ponytail and Sweetheart-of-Sigma-Chi smile."

Jay Cee: Ester's boss and editor pf the Ladies' Day magazine. ( Jay Cee had brains, so her plug-ugly looks didn't seem to matter. p6)

Constantin: Interpreter at the United Nation. The gay that Esther likes.

Doreen: Also one of the interns at Ladies Day. Esther's good friend in New York. She is funny and outgoing.

Frankie: Some random person Esther met in the bar.

Mrs. Greenwood: Esther's mother.

Buddy Willard: A Yale medical student. He is two years older than Esther and wish that Esther would marry him. He is smart, athletic and good-looking.

i decided to read the book " The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath. Sylvia Plath was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1932. She wrote many poetry book and won the Pulitzer Prize. She had two children and died at the age of thirty-one. Surprisingly, "The Bell Jar" was the only novel she wrote! If i read 100 pages each week, it would take me 3 weeks. I would expect to learn about her life because it is a semi-autobiography. It is a semi-autobiography because it is about her life,but the names of people are changed.

HI!!!! Welcome to my english blog :D For the reading project, i want to read the book "The Bell Jar" by Syvia Plath. However, it depends on if i can get the book or not...I want to read this book because the reader review was really good. They were all positive comments and it have a perfect grading. I'll tell you more about the book when i'm sure i'm reading it. (=^.^=)