Sylvia Plath is the poet that people dream about, talk about, and quote. She has written such amazing work in the past including The Bell Jar, Lady Lazarus, and many more. Her tender writing brought awareness to topics many people did not discuss back then. When she had written The Bell Jar Plath struggled with severe depression and later committed suicide. The book discussed mental illness and the struggle of societal pressure; two things Plath dealt with. Not only did her publishing those poems make people feel something and know her struggles, but it was also a way for Plath to escape. Plath wrote the bell jar as an autobiography but did not want people to be called out for their acts and tried her hardest to turn it into a story, the book discusses her struggles growing up and what her thoughts eventually lead her to. Why did she name the book the bell jar? Plath wanted a deeper meaning to the novel itself and The New Yorker wrote, “A thin layer of glass separates her from everyone, and the novel’s title, itself made of glass, is evolved from her notion of disconnection: the head of each mentally ill person is enclosed in a bell jar, choking on his own foul air.” All she wanted was for those who struggled with the same thought or the same feelings to know that they all live in a “bell jar” together and that they are not alone.