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Author awaits arrival of the emissary from his publisher to record his words, dictated by blinking his left eye.
*Favorite Lines/Phrases*
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confined "like a hermit crab dug into his rock"
"The diving bell becomes less oppressive, and my mind takes flight like a butterfly."
*To Analyze/Discuss*
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HE FEELS PAIN (in his heels, hands, and limbs), BUT CANNOT MOVE OR DETERMINE THE REASON FOR HIS PAIN (HOT/COLD). DISCUSS TIMES WHEN YOU'VE FELT PAIN WITHOUT MOVING OR DOING ANYTHING TO PROVOKE IT. THINK OF PAIN AS A PREDATOR AND YOURSELF AS ITS PREY - DO YOU FEEL THAT BAUBY'S INABILITY TO RUN FROM PAIN MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO ESCAPE IT?
WHAT DOES THE DIVING BELL SIGNIFY? THE BUTTERFLY? TO WHAT IS THE BELL ATTACHED? - HIS BODY? HIS LIFE? HIS BUTTERFLY? CAN YOU DRAW ANY MEANING FROM THE FACT THAT HE HAS CHOSEN A MAN-MADE OBJECT AND A NATURAL CREATURE TO HELM HIS BOOK?
CONSIDER THIS QUOTE: "In the past you simply died. But improved resuscitation techniques have now prolonged and refined the agony." DO YOU FEEL THIS CONDITION WOULD WARRANT THE EXTREME MEASURES HERALDED BY DR. KEVORKIAN AND EUTHANASIA SUPPORTERS? DO YOU FEEL THAT BAUBY BELIEVES MODERN MEDICINE & TECHNOLOGY GOES AGAINST NATURE? WHAT DO YOU THINK ON THIS MATTER? WHAT DOES THE AUTHOR MEAN BY "REFINING" THE AGONY?
THE AUTHOR'S BUTTERFLY "WANDERS OFF IN SPACE [AND] IN TIME." ITS LANDING PADS ALTERNATE BETWEEN FANTASY AND REALITY, MEMORY AND IMAGINATION. WHAT DOES THIS ALTERNATING QUALITY SUGGEST ABOUT THE MIND THAT DIRECTS THIS BUTTERFLY?
BAUBY WATCHES A CARTOON OF THE "FASTEST FROG IN THE WEST." HE WONDERS, "WHAT IF I ASKED TO BE CHANGED INTO A FROG?" WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE THE FROG SYMBOLIZES IN THE AUTHOR'S MIND? WHY WOULD HE ENVY THE FROG?
"The diving bell becomes less oppressive, and my mind takes flight like a butterfly."
*To Analyze/Discuss*
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HE FEELS PAIN (in his heels, hands, and limbs), BUT CANNOT MOVE OR DETERMINE THE REASON FOR HIS PAIN (HOT/COLD). DISCUSS TIMES WHEN YOU'VE FELT PAIN WITHOUT MOVING OR DOING ANYTHING TO PROVOKE IT. THINK OF PAIN AS A PREDATOR AND YOURSELF AS ITS PREY - DO YOU FEEL THAT BAUBY'S INABILITY TO RUN FROM PAIN MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO ESCAPE IT?
WHAT DOES THE DIVING BELL SIGNIFY? THE BUTTERFLY? TO WHAT IS THE BELL ATTACHED? - HIS BODY? HIS LIFE? HIS BUTTERFLY? CAN YOU DRAW ANY MEANING FROM THE FACT THAT HE HAS CHOSEN A MAN-MADE OBJECT AND A NATURAL CREATURE TO HELM HIS BOOK?
CONSIDER THIS QUOTE: "In the past you simply died. But improved resuscitation techniques have now prolonged and refined the agony." DO YOU FEEL THIS CONDITION WOULD WARRANT THE EXTREME MEASURES HERALDED BY DR. KEVORKIAN AND EUTHANASIA SUPPORTERS? DO YOU FEEL THAT BAUBY BELIEVES MODERN MEDICINE & TECHNOLOGY GOES AGAINST NATURE? WHAT DO YOU THINK ON THIS MATTER? WHAT DOES THE AUTHOR MEAN BY "REFINING" THE AGONY?
THE AUTHOR'S BUTTERFLY "WANDERS OFF IN SPACE [AND] IN TIME." ITS LANDING PADS ALTERNATE BETWEEN FANTASY AND REALITY, MEMORY AND IMAGINATION. WHAT DOES THIS ALTERNATING QUALITY SUGGEST ABOUT THE MIND THAT DIRECTS THIS BUTTERFLY?
BAUBY WATCHES A CARTOON OF THE "FASTEST FROG IN THE WEST." HE WONDERS, "WHAT IF I ASKED TO BE CHANGED INTO A FROG?" WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE THE FROG SYMBOLIZES IN THE AUTHOR'S MIND? WHY WOULD HE ENVY THE FROG?
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