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The book, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly has truely changed my life. After reading this book it makes me think about how lucky I am to not be like Jean. The conditons he lived with every waking day is something I could not handle in my life. Jean does say it he would have almost rather died, but for me I would have rathered die. Never being able to eat, talk, even go to the bathroom on my own would bring me so down I wouldnt be able to stand living. The courage and patience Jean had is unreal to me. I do not understand for about a year Jean would sit dreaming about how life was great. In most cases people let reality take over, but Jean was different. He tryed to dream and think about what he used to have and not let beeing locked in his body stop him from being himself. The struggles he faced with his wife and family to me seemed the hardest. Not having someone with me who truely loved me 24/7 would kill me. Litteraly kill me. I dont understand how his wife could just leave him like that after all that happened. I mean I understand she would never be able to talk to him, or know what real love was like again but he was in a desperate condidtion. To me, if I was in this situation as the wife, i would stay with my housband until his last days. I loved the book and I would love to read another memoir just like this one!

I am a musician kind of like Bob Dylan. i play the guitar and have now for about a year. i think that when you set your mind to something, you can really do it. when i first started the guitar i didnt know how fast i would progress. i had no idea that i would accel to the level that i am at now. I love what i do with my music. i love to write songs etc and Bob dylan does as well.

hw memoir

In the beginning of the book about Bob Dylan, bob is really trying hard to really make it into the business and he tries so hard that it is making him fatigued. i think that Bob has some of the greatest persistincy to stick with his business and what he felt was right through all of his toils in his music. it is very inspiring.

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The memoir The Diving Bell and The Butterfly has left me still determining how I feel about the situation of which the author was in. I have thought about the book’s meaning and still have not been able to find a true meaning to why it was written. I have some ideas such as he wanted to show people how life was for him, or maybe to show others that he could accomplish something while being “locked in”. I feel three main things about this book. One of these things would be great sadness. I feel sadness because the author could not move besides the blinking of his eye. When I read a book, I always put myself in the shoes of the main character, with the main character in this book being a paraplegic it was difficult for me to relate. Another emotion that I feel towards this book is confusion. It was difficult for me to figure out how everything really pieced together. The part that mainly confused me would be when he began talking about the matron of the hospital and how they were dancing together. It was difficult for me to visually picture those chapters. A final emotion that I feel would be achievement for the author. I thought it was really great that he achieved so much for a person in that situation. He wrote a book-I would definitely not think of writing a book with my body so confined. I would rather have people mope and feel sorry for me, which I know is not the right way to go about that. So, in my opinion this book was not one that I would chose to reread or commonly suggest to people. The genre of memoirs does not really attract me to start out so I may already have a bias.

dbatb hw

The memoir The Diving Bell and The Butterfly has left me still determining how I feel about the situation of which the author was in. I have thought about the book’s meaning and still have not been able to find a true meaning to why it was written. I have some ideas such as he wanted to show people how life was for him, or maybe to show others that he could accomplish something while being “locked in”. I feel three main things about this book. One of these things would be great sadness. I feel sadness because the author could not move besides the blinking of his eye. When I read a book, I always put myself in the shoes of the main character, with the main character in this book being a paraplegic it was difficult for me to relate. Another emotion that I feel towards this book is confusion. It was difficult for me to figure out how everything really pieced together. The part that mainly confused me would be when he began talking about the matron of the hospital and how they were dancing together. It was difficult for me to visually picture those chapters. A final emotion that I feel would be achievement for the author. I thought it was really great that he achieved so much for a person in that situation. He wrote a book-I would definitely not think of writing a book with my body so confined. I would rather have people mope and feel sorry for me, which I know is not the right way to go about that. So, in my opinion this book was not one that I would chose to reread or commonly suggest to people. The genre of memoirs does not really attract me to start out so I may already have a bias.

this i believe...

1. http://www.npr.org/templates/story.php?storyId=72935982. Ann Karasinski3. There is No Blame; There is Only Love.4. The mother of a Heroine addicted teen now believes that she cannot blame anyone, not even herself, for the addiction of her daughters...she can only love her.5. -The only thing that connected her and her daughter while she left due to her addiction was believed to be love. - They meet every Friday for coffee, she doesn't try to heal her or change her. She just loves her. 6. "Sometimes there is pain and sorrow, but there is no blame. I believe there is only love."

goals

The thing I am most anxious about at Edina High School is becoming friends with the upperclassmen and being able to hangout with them like i do with my friends in my grade. I know if i keep good grades and let go of my inhibitions i will have a fun high school experience.One goal for myself in my sophomore year is getting and keeping good grades. I believe i can do it although the pressure from my dad is not helping. I know if i pay attention and keep up with all my work i will be able to obtain good grades.