The Bell Jar

"It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and i didn't know what i was doing in New York. The first line gives us the sense that Esther doesn't exactly know what her purpose is in New York. The mentioning of the Rosenbergs's execution in a way shows that nothing really that great happened during her stay. She has never been out of New England before this trip and she seems like she is getting more than annoyed with all the women around her who are living off of their husband and dad's salaries. She says that most women would kill for what she is doing, working for a fashion magazine and constantly partying, but she doesn't see all the hype surrounded by it. Her really only good friend as of now is Doreen. Doreen isn't that great of a friend because she is constantly getting drunk forcing Esther to take care of her and she is sort of a slut. Near the end of chapter two Esther decides that Doreen isn't the best person for her to be friends with so she decides to stop hanging out with her. When the two go to a bar with Lenny and Frankie we see just how uncomfortable Esther really is with the positions she gets placed in. When Lenny and Doreen are hooking up at Lenny's house Esther is just left watching and decides to just get up and go back to the hotel. She doesn't like the constant partying and being hit on by men like most of all the other girls like.