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Dr. Gordon vs. Dr. Nolan

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    Dr. Gordon vs. Dr. Nolan      Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar follows Esther Greenwood through her journey and struggles with depression. She ends up going to an institution that helps her with her illness and suicide attempts. At the institution, she meets two doctors, Dr. Gordon and Dr. Nolan. Esther had two different experiences with Dr. Gordon and Dr. Nolan. Dr. Nolan made Esther feel more comfortable, and Dr. Gordon made her feel more uncomfortable and didn’t help her depression at all.      The first doctor who works with Esther is Dr. Gordon, and in my opinion, he was a disaster. He doesn’t listen when Esther is talking, and he thinks that Shock therapy is just going to cure her. Dr. Gordon tells Esther's mother, “A few more shock treatments, Mrs. Greenwood, and I think you’ll notice a wonderful improvement” (Plath 145). This quote shows that Dr. Gordon was so confident in his skills and his method to help Esther. But what happened after sh...
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The Special Bond between Holden and Mr. Antolini is ruined

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  The Special Bond between Holden and Mr. Antolini is ruined In J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield gets kicked out of his boarding school and starts to live life on his own. He travels all around pretending that he is an adult living in hotels and visiting bars. After visiting his little sister Phoebe, he decides to go to the house of his old English teacher, Mr. Antolini. Holden thought of Mr. Antolini as sort of a mentor and someone that he could go to, but that changed ever since his experience at his house.      Even though we only get one small scene with Mr. Antolini and Holden in this entire book, we can already tell that they have a pretty strong relationship. Ever since Holden saw Mr. Antolini helped James Castle after he jumped out a window and died, he has always looked up to him. When Holden needed somewhere to go after he visited his sister Phoebe, Mr. Antolini was the first person that he thought of. Mr. Antolini is different fro...
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