The Bell Jar

In Plath story, The Bell Jar, the main hero Esther, goes through an ordeal throughout the story. This story uses different stages that Vogler talks about in his book. Readers first get a glimpse of the ordeal when it is revealed that she is in an asylum. Also Esther begins to contemplate about her virginity. However she decides to loose her virginity with a man she met, Irwin. The consequences of those actions was that she started to profusely bleed after having sex with Irwin. After receiving help she decides that she no longer wants to stay at the asylum. This is also could be seen as the possible "The Road Back" stage in Vogler's book. She also realizes that she is not as crazy as she use to think she was at one time. Esther now goes through another journey of going through the interview process of leaving the asylum. Overall, there is great representation of Vogler's stages in Plath, The Bell Jar.