Fan Casting Doctor Gordan in The Bell Jar

Dr. Gordon is the first psychiatrist that Esther visits when she becomes depressed. In contrast to Dr. Nolan, Dr. Gordon doesn't seem at all interested in what Esther has to say; he even repeats the same banal comments about her college twice, as if he doesn't even remember their previous conversations. With his conventional attractiveness and the photograph of his model-perfect wife and children in his office, Dr. Gordon is set up as a particularly vicious symbol of male-dominated society.