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Plot Summary. All Themes Mind vs. Body Purity vs. All Characters Esther Greenwood. LitCharts Teacher Editions. Teach your students to analyze literature like LitCharts does. Detailed explanations, analysis, and citation info for every important quote on LitCharts. The original text plus a side-by-side modern translation of every Shakespeare play.

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Guinea's first novel was made into a movie with Bette Davis, and a long-running radio serial, based on the novel, is still running. Guinea flies back from the Bahamas to help Esther be admitted into a good private hospital after her suicide attempt. Apparently, Mrs. Guinea is willing to pay for Esther's care since Mrs. Greenwood has told her that it is Esther's writing problems that have made her ill. For some reason never explained, Mrs. Guinea would not have anything to do with Esther's case if it involved a boy.

Joan shows Esther newspaper clippings. The first one reports Esther missing. The second reports sleeping pills missing along with Esther, and shows photos of men and dogs searching the woods. One night, Esther wakes up in the middle of the night to find herself beating on her bedpost with her hands. She has had a reaction to her insulin treatment, and feels better.

To her delight, Dr. Nolan tells her she will have no more visitors. Esther dislikes the visits she receives from old teachers and employers, who get nervous or say her depression is imaginary.

She especially dislikes visits from her mother, because her mother begs to know what she did wrong. She tells Dr. Nolan she hates her mother, a statement that pleases the doctor. SparkTeach Teacher's Handbook. Character List Esther Greenwood Mrs. Greenwood Buddy Willard. Themes Motifs Symbols. Important Quotes Explained. Mini Essays Suggested Essay Topics.

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