Do Now: Meet back up with your dialogue partner, be ready to hand in and

present in 6 minutes.

Chapter 6

• I thought it sounded just like the sort of drug a man would invent…” Turn to page 66 to review this excerpt.

Esther and Parenthood

• What is Esther saying about parenting and child birth?• Figurative language: “long, blind, door less and

windowless corridor of pain was waiting to open up and shut her in again.

• Corridor- a long passage way that leads into rooms.-Does this sound like the kind of corridor you would want your life going down?

• Are Esther’s views different from the traditional 1950’s view on parenthood/marriage and the female role?

Images from the 1950’s

What is sexist about these advertisements?

• Write down your answer in your journal.

• Sexism- prejudice, stereotyping, or discrimination on the basis of sex and/or gender.

Clip from The Bell Jar film

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zku3sW_fMk

6:00- 12:30

After Buddy Unveils

“I didn’t know what to say. My mother and my grandmother had started hinting around to me a lot lately about what a fine, clean boy Buddy Willard was, coming from such a fine, clean family...” (p.68)

• Who is Gladys?

• What causes Esther’s view of Buddy to change?

Has Esther’s view of Buddy changed?

• Find a quote from the text that shows her change in attitude towards Buddy:

Exit Slip

• On a separate sheet of paper1. What caused Esther’s opinion of Buddy to

change?2. Do you think Esther is really done with

Buddy? Why or why not?