The Bell Jar - Paragraph

     In Silvia Plath's The Bell Jar, the main character Esther is trying to regain her Ordinary World.  During chapters 19 and 20, Esther is focussed on living away from the asylum and returning to her college.  When Esther looses her virginity, she feels that it is a step in the right direction for her to become a "normal" college student again.  Although her Ordinary World has been changed, her attempts to regain her old life reflect the step of Returning with the Elixir.  Esther has learned enough in the asylum that she can return to her previous life as a "normal person", yet has changed so that she will not resort to her old ways that originally landed her in the asylum.