![]() ![]() He writes about some of the other patients who are there longer than him because they have worse problems than being paralyzed. He also describes what it’s like to be stuck in the hospital with limited mobility and time for visitors. The memoir includes memories from before the stroke as well as deepest fantasies about returning to normal life.Īs Bauby spends the summer of 1996 writing his memoir, he reflects on his “locked-in syndrome” which leaves him feeling like he is encased in a heavy diving bell. ![]() He spent the summer composing a memoir with the help of an interpreter and speech therapist at Berck-sur-Mer hospital in France. After he awoke from his coma in January of 1996, he was able to communicate only by blinking his left eyelid-the part of the body over which he had any control. In December of 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby suffered a stroke that left him paralyzed and unable to speak. ![]() 1-Page Summary of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Overall Summary ![]()
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