Esther got a problem with Joan. Por que?
The readers of the novel The Bell Jar follow the protagonist Esther. Most of the time the reader can empathize with Esther, but she is oddly rude to another patient with mental health issues, Joan. For some reason, Esther refuses to empathize with Joan, even when she opens up to her and sees Esther as her best and only friend. Joan goes out of her way to take Esther to the hospital the night she loses her virginity. Esther is usually a relatively likable person, so why is she so mean to Joan. In my opinion, most of this can be attributed to her own mental illness. An example of this is that after her procedure and she is in a healthier mental state, she asks Dr. Nolan if she should feel responsible for Joan's death. While this isn't exactly a direct display of empathy, it shows that she is able to think about other people and their emotions and worry about things other than her own pain and feelings. Despite this, I would argue Esther still isn't as nice to Joan as she s