The Bell Jar
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Are there abusive parents?
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A character dislikes and avoids her parents, but it is unclear if that is because they are abusive or for other reasons.
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Is there throat mutilation?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is there domestic violence?
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Addiction
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A character tries to overdose on prescription sleeping pills.
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Does a woman get slapped?
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A man tries to sexually assault the main character at a party.
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There is an attempted rape
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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A character haemorrhages heavily from her genitals after losing her virginity.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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A character chokes herself and nearly drowns. In both cases there are descriptions of struggling to breathe.
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Does someone break a bone?
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A character breaks her leg in a skiing accident.
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Is there a hanging?
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A character dies by hanging.
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Death
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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A character attempts suicide by overdosing on sleeping pills.
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Medical
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Is electro-therapy used?
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The main character is forced to undergo shock therapy to "treat" her depression.
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Mental Health
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Not explicitly, but a character does hide food she is given to avoid eating it.
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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At times the main character could be deemed unreliable
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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A character buries herself inside a small alcove underground.
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Several descriptions of not recognising oneself in the mirror, feeling disconnected from other people/life in general, etc.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Noxious
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Pregnancy
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Mention of women dying in childbirth in the abstract.
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Prejudice
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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The word n**ro is used many times towards the end of the book
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Sex
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Are there nude scenes?
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A character exposes himself to the narrator. A character is injected in her backside while in a mental institution, during which she needs to expose herself to the nurse.
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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The main character is suicidal and mentions wanting to drown on a trip to the beach.
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