"The Middle" - Jimmy Eat World
"It just takes some time, little girl you're in the middle of the ride. Everything (everything) will be just fine, everything (everything) will be alright (alright)."
"The Middle" is a song about a girl who is going through some rough depression, and the artist is telling her that in time everything will be alright, she's just in a bad place at the moment. This relates to The Bell Jar, because of Esther's situation. Esther begins in New York City, going to parties, wearing nice clothes, she even says, "I was supposed to be having the time of my life." (Plath, 2), implying that she had everything a girl her age would want. Yet, she tries to kill herself after going through a shock treatment. When she goes through this phase, she is in the "middle". Soon enough, through various treatments, Esther is able to recuperate, at least as much as ridding herself of her suicidal thoughts, thus out of the "middle" and that everything will soon be alright.
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