Inside the bell jar

"The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath in chapters 19 and 20 is about a woman named Esther who has been depressed and considered mentally unstable and is a resident in long term psychiatric ward. The first section gives you some background of the story and introduces you to Joan who is the main character's best friend at the ward and has aspirations of becoming a psychologist after leaving the ward. Then the story cuts to the scene on the steps of the library where a man asks Esther for the time even though he has a watch, which leads to introductions and some beers and wine as courtship. At one point a lady tries to visit the man who's name is irwin, but he tells the lady that he is working. Then they proceed to the bed and have sex, she tells him that she is a virgin but he doesn't believe her until they finish. After they are done she starts to bleed badly and wants to be taken to the hospital, but all Irwin will do is drop her off at Joan's apartment and she is taken to the hospital from there. After she recovers and leaves the hospital she returns to the ward only to find that Joan is missing and chapter 20 ends with the recovery of Joan's body and Esther's departure from the ward after passing an interview of the doctor's panel.