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i get sad and then i read this and then i actually feel worse

sylvia might be the first writer ever to make me cry

can’t tell if the widow mangada is just racism or if she was really like that

on “stone boy with dolphin”: i love it, so weird and depressing and oddly poetry-like. spectacular give me 14 of em no i don’t wanna know what’s in it

above the oxbow was mid im sorry
i know there’s meant to be symbolism but i just need more substance not like 4 pages 😭

wooo, almost 50%!!
i REALLY enjoyed “johnny panic and the bible of dreams” and can certainly see why it is the name of the entire collection. i desperately need more analysis on this ASAP

i think “the shadow” might be my favorite short story of this collection yet. it was so impactful and its ending so abrupt. it led its reader to believe one thing, making it a core message and dismantled it all in the last page. magnificent 10/10 did NOT expect a story on racism and religion from plath to be this good

when i first read “the fifty-ninth bear” i almost pooped my pants because i thought it was actually misogynistic. after the ending, i feel i’ve been saved by mother sylvia oncemore

fifteen-dollar eagle:
i don’t really get this one. it felt very misogynistic, and i’m struggling to tell if this was intentional or more of plath’s ignorance. i do see quite a bit of potential in this story though. i’m also exhausted and can’t analyze properly atm so i will examine more soon

fire bro