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The Bell Jar has been challenged for its descriptions of depression and suicide attempts. The nature of Plath’s writing represents her own long history of clinical depression and later suicide in 1963. The most famous instance occurred when a school board in Warsaw, Indiana, removed the book from a high school "Women in Literature" course and school libraries. However, the book has and still continues to face numerous challenges among schools across the US.
The Bell Jar has been challenged for its descriptions of depression and suicide attempts. The nature of Plath’s writing represents her own long history of clinical depression and later suicide in 1963. The most famous instance occurred when a school board in Warsaw, Indiana, removed the book from a high school "Women in Literature" course and school libraries. However, the book has and still continues to face numerous challenges among schools across the US.