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In The Bell Jar, the main character, Esther, can be compared to the "hero" in Vogler's "Writer's Journey". Vogler describes a hero as having qualities that we can all identify with. We tend to think about heroes as being self-less, powerful, strong, and always wanting to help people. But for a character in a story to be a hero, he/she isn't required to save people from a fire or have special powers. They can be ordinary people that are driven by the same universal drives that we can all relate to. In The Bell Jar, Esther wants to grow up and be free. She is desperate to become a woman and to "mature". Her experience with sex for the first time was not exactly what she expected, but she is pleased with it. In chapters 19 & 20, Esther went through a big change in her life, therefore she went through most of the stages Vogler talks about in that small time period. This is why I would consider Esther to be the hero of the story.