"Sylvia Plath is renowned as one of the most powerful postwar American poets. Her acclaimed poetry and prose are characterized by intense self-consciousness, accusatory desperation, and haunting expressions of futility and frustration,” (Sylvia). Sylvia Plath was an American poet, who had a very unique way of writing. He used many tools to radiate his life through literature and poetry. Plath wrote only one novel, The Bell Jar, shortly after suffering a suicide attempt. The novel was about a Boston student named Esther who seems to be trying to understand her power as a woman. Esther's stubborn personality and indecision don't help her advance; they prefer to put her down so much that she has many suicidal thoughts. The novel tells of Esther as a naive teenager with a woman who has had terrible life experiences. Throughout the novel, Plath has a unique literary style and writing style. Figurative language is portrayed to create vividness in the novel. As the character's condition worsens, Plath adjusts the tone and mood to give it feel. The bell jar is also a reflection of his personal experiences. Sylvia Plath is The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, a semiautobiographical fiction novel that portrays a unique writing style. It is written in an informal style. Esther, the protagonist is practically having a personal conversation with the reader. Plath uses this style to draw the reader in and make them feel like they are actually experiencing it. “There's something demoralizing about watching two people go more and more crazy for each other, especially when you're the only extra person in the room. It's like looking at Paris from an express car... middle of paper... being a poet obsessed with death, and usually all of her pieces were dark and negative. "Although Sylvia Plath's seemingly inevitable suicide may conjure up a dim image of her, as does the main character's suicide attempt in her novel, it is in her work that we see her emotional triumphs as well as her emotional failures" ( Sylvia Plath). Esther is just as weak as Plath, she is negative and has no motivation to complete anything. Plath wrote the novel The Bell Jar as a depiction of her life. He has a unique writing style that makes his novel easier to understand and easier to engage with. The protagonist, Esther, is portrayed as a woman who is trying to understand herself, but is ultimately weak and negative. Plath uses the city change and diction to fit her main character's personality. The informal style helps the reader understand the novel.