Both Uses of
myopic
in
The Bell Jar
- In a few swift words, I managed to tell her the truth about my predicament before Joan came in the door, blinking and wide-eyed as a myopic owl.†
Chpt 19 *
- Glancing at her-myopic, spinsterish, effaced-I wondered how she knew she had graduated at all, and, unlike her clients, was whole and well.†
Chpt 20
Definition:
unable to see distant objects clearly
or (figuratively): not thinking or understanding beyond immediate effect to future or broader effect
or (figuratively): not thinking or understanding beyond immediate effect to future or broader effect