The Bell Jar 3

Esther really likes Buddy and would always admire him from afar. She would always see him at church when they were both home from college, but they never really talked. One day, Buddy stopped by Esther’s home to say he would like to see her while he was away at college. Later, Buddy invited Esther to the Junior Prom at Yale, and they started dating after that. They were getting along really well until one day, Esther asked if he had ever slept with a woman. Buddy confessed and said that he once slept with a waitress while working for a summer job. Esther was mad and later, after some deliberation, broke it off with Buddy. Right when Esther decided to dump Buddy, Buddy called her to tell her that he had tuberculosis. Esther was pleased to hear this because that meant she would not have to see him as much. Buddy, however, was not happy because he wanted to marry Esther. Esther went back to tell all the seniors that she was living with that Buddy had TB. The seniors then left Esther alone to study because they thought she was just covering her pain of breaking up with Buddy.