The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

The film adaption of The Diving Bell and The Butterfly is an inspiring movie about the story of Jean Dominique Bauby who suffers a stroke that leads to him being paralysed from head to toe. The film adaption of the book written by Jean-Dominique Bauby accurately depicts who Jean-Dominique Bauby was, settings, and his love life.The film used flashbacks, imagery, and portraying the portrayal of Bauby as man who was coming to terms with his condition. The use of flashbacks in the beginning and throughout the film were quick and did not have color. An interesting aspect in the film was when he was about to have a flashback the screen would momentarily turn a bright white before the next scene, which was the flashback was shown. The use of the…

Jean-Dominique Bauby, who was the author and wrote his own biography of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly on March 6, 1997, was full of life and worked as the editor for the French Elle Magazine had a Massive Stroke in his early forties while enjoying life with his two beautiful children. Jean Massive stroke took over his brainstem and he was in a coma for 20 days. Jean was a person who was very outgoing and active, sadly, his massive stroke turned into a locked-in syndrome and was paralyzed…

main character Jean-Dominique Bauby, but many of us experience a similar paralysis of our mind. We are stunned by our disagreements and our fears. This sours us and keeps us distant from the people in our lives. Julian Schnabel's masterful The Diving Bell and the Butterfly allows us to better appreciate the simple pleasures in life by dramatically illustrating the trauma faced by the 43-year old editor who suffered a massive stroke that left him unable to speak or to move his head. Blinking…

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is an autobiography of Jean-Domonique Bauby, the editor-in-chief of the French magazine Elle. Jean suffered a massive stroke at the age of 43, becoming paralyzed except for blinking his left eyelid. With this massive stroke, when he woke, it was discovered he had the locked-in syndrome. Jean describes this condition as being “Paralyzed from head to toe, the patient, his mind intact, is imprisoned inside his own body, unable to speak or move” (Bauby, 1997, p.3).…

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is a testament to more than the clichéd human spirit, but to the original reality that we are more than the sum of our collective parts. Bauby’s courage to reclaim his life amongst unthinkable challenges creates inspiring accountability to us all, both personally and professionally to never stop our achievement in the name of those who cannot. The author presents a realism in tragedy that challenges our comfortability and forces the reader to experience and…

"Whereupon a strange euphoria came over me. Not only was I exiled, paralyzed, mute, half deaf, deprived of all pleasures, and reduced to the existence of a jellyfish, but I was also horrible to behold" (Bauby 27). This is a quote from Jean-Dominique Bauby's memoir entitled The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, in which the editor-in-chief of the French version of Elle magazine describes his very rare neurological disorder called Locked-in Syndrome. Locked-in syndrome, or Cerbromedullospinal…

Have you ever woke up to a stroke only to find out that your body is completely paralyzed? The diving bell and the butterfly is an award winning book which depicts a story of a journalist called jean-Dominique Bauby who has suffered a condition named locked in syndrome.In the book,he discloses his life leading to become an editor in chief for a famous magazine,implications that he faced as he descended into a life of pain and misery. Why does this book capture my attention?The reason is…

Julian Schnabel released in 2007 that tells a touching true-life story of Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby. Schnabel made this film based on a book that was written by Ronald Hardwood and Jean-Dominique Bauby (“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”). Schnabel is an American director and had one Oscar-nominated performance for Javier Bardem in Before Night Falls in 2000 (“Schnabel”). The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is a true story of Jean-Dominique Bauby. Bauby was in a coma for three weeks after…

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby is a memoir that tells readers about Bauby’s life after, and some memories before, he had a stroke. He was the editor-in-chief of French Elle, who suffered from a stroke at the age of forty-three that leaves him paralyzed. Unfortunately, he suffers from “locked-in syndrome” until he passed away. Throughout the memoir, Bauby still uses many different types of figurative language, especially symbols and metaphors, and can still find the…

Locked-in syndrome is not a disorder you want to have. The syndrome most commonly occurs after a stroke that destroys the brain stem, and leaves the victim in a state of paralysis, or as Jean-Dominique Bauby states that he was: “reduced to the existence of a jellyfish.”(25) This statement really shows the intensity of the disorder. No muscles are able to voluntarily move except for the eyes which you blink to communicate. Locked-in syndrome is so rare that according to the Texas Medical…