For example, Gregor became an insect and Esther was admitted to a mental institution. Gregor is too weird to be accepted; Esther is too mentally unstable to be considered a normal human being. Characters who alienate the victim use the anomaly to justify their actions. In The Bell Jar, characters, like Arnold, no longer want to associate with Esther because she has been assigned a label. Arnold does not see Esther as she is, rather he recognizes her label. Gregor also faces this kind of cruelty. His family does not recognize him as Gregor Samsa; Gregor's family considers him nothing more than a troublesome insect. The two characters became