Quick Write: Imagine if you were diagnosed with a paralyzing condition that resulted in you not being able to communicate with anyone (it doesn't have to be locked in syndrome). What would your emotional state be like? Would you feel like giving up or would you persevere?  What would you want to say to the people around you---family? Friends? Doctors? etc.

If i was diagnosed with a paralyzing condition that resulted in you not being able to communicate with anyone my emotional state would be very disappointed, sad, mad, disturbed knowing that i wouldn't be able to speak to anybody. but at the same time i would always look for all the help i can get to be able to move again and be able to communicate somehow.

Final Reflection: Turn to the bottom of page 24 in "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly". We are going to read an excerpt from that page. After reading, write a 1-paragraph response describing how you think Bauby felt throughout those moments. Describe the emotion(s) that occurred during those moments. If you find there to be more than one emotion, compare and contrast those emotions. Do these emotions change your original perception of people living with paralyzing conditions? Why or why not? If we have time, we will discuss with the class.

Jean Dominique Bauby did have more then one emotion during those moments. the emotions that Bauby had those not change my aspect on how people with a paralyzing condition live. no matter how much emotions or imaginations, it isnt the same as doing things in real life. yes you can have emotions and other things but you cant be able to share them with other people if you only have one moving eye. it may be possible because he did write the book but it isn't the same as being able to actually express how you fell and so forth.