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Sylvia Plath’s 1963 novel The Bell Jar is regularly described as autobiographical. This description has some merit—there are many parallels between the experiences of the novel’s protagonist, Esther Greenwood, and those of Plath—but it can also be misleading in its implication that Plath is concerned with fidelity to the truth. The Bell Jar is a complex interweaving of interpretations, deliberate alterations, and pure invention; readers should therefore be wary of concluding that       

Which choice most logically completes the text?

A

The Bell Jar contains any material that could illuminate aspects of Plath’s life or perspective.

B

all events and characters depicted in The Bell Jar have real-world analogues.

C

Plath intended The Bell Jar to be understood as fiction.

D

Plath was conscious of drawing on any of her actual experiences when writing The Bell Jar.