I am in the middle of the process of writing my final paper and some thoughts and questions are going through my head so I wanted to share them.

Although “The Year of Magical Thinking” speaks of terrible […]

In “The Year of Magical Thinking”, Joan Didion writes about the year she tried to come to terms with twin calamities of December 2003: the life threataning sickness of her daughter and death of her husband. This […]

Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason by Michel Foucault
 

French philosopher is exploring what does it mean to be mad?

“Foucault traces the conception of madness as it […]

1. Is “The Bell Jar” a novel? Why?

2. Is Plath’s portrayal of mental illness convincing?

3. How does our knowledge that Plath eventually killed herself affect our reading of the book?

4. What does the […]