25. Plath was worried about her lack of social class and the fact she had to work to support herself at her prestigious college
Even though she had a scholarship, Plath still had to earn money while studying. For her first two years at Smith College, she held down a number of jobs to help pay her rent for her accommodation in the yellow-walled Haven House. As well as waiting tables, Plath peeled potatoes in a local kitchen. On several occasions, she lamented her modest background, even resenting her family for not being wealthier. According to some of Plath’s biographers, this made her work even harder as she tried to prove herself among the wealthy elite young ladies she studied alongside.
