The "Fig Tree" Quote In 'The Bell Jar' Is Always Used Out-Of-Context, And It Actually Changes The Entire Meaning
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The "Fig Tree" Quote In 'The Bell Jar' Is Always Used Out-Of-Context, And It Actually Changes The Entire Meaning
I felt dreadfully inadequate. The trouble was, I had been inadequate all along, I simply hadn’t thought about it. The one thing I was good at was winning scholarships and prizes, and that era was coming to an end. I felt like a racehorse in a world without race-tracks or a champion college footballer suddenly confronted by Wall Street and a busines
... See moreSylvia Plath • The Bell Jar (FF Classics)
perhaps it was simply that things were happening inside her, terrible things, which no one else could even guess at, and thus it was impossible for her to engage with everyday life at the same time. If so, she would naturally have no energy left, not just for curiosity or interest but indeed for any meaningful response to all the humdrum minutiae t
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