negative view of the mentally ill in beyond the glass and the bell jar
In beyond the glass the glass symnbolises a wall between her and the rest of the word. ... "she had an insanious vision of herself as someone forever outside,forever looking in through the glass at the bright human world,which had no place for her and where the mere sight of her produced terror" page 2. Through reading the bell jar we realise that esther is sinking into depression durinng the summer of her internship at a fashion magazine company in Manhatton.