The novel does, however, touch on the pressure of conforming to expectations and the anxieties of young women in the 1950s. The main character, Esther Greenwood, is a young woman struggling with mental health issues and her place in society.
The novel focuses on Esther's experiences with:
* The pressure to succeed in a patriarchal society: Esther faces expectations to be a wife, a mother, and a successful career woman, all of which conflict with her own desires and aspirations.
* The difficulty of fitting in: Esther feels alienated from both the women she meets in a New York magazine internship and her own peers back home.
* The struggle with mental illness: Esther's experiences with depression and suicidal thoughts are central to the novel.
While the novel doesn't specifically address sorority rituals, it highlights the larger social pressures and expectations that young women were confronted with during this time period. These pressures can be seen as a kind of "test" that women were expected to pass in order to be deemed successful and worthy in society.
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