a) What is 'Locked-in syndrome'? Why would one consider Bauby's condition a prison? What is the significance of The Butterfly? The locked in syndrome is a condition where the patient is paralyzed from head to toe. This would be considered a prison because the patient cannot move, confining him to one place until he is either moved with help, or dies. The butterfly is significant because it is a parallel for the writer to think that he can fly anywhere with his mind.
b) What was Bauby's "frightening truth'? Bauby’s frightening truth was that he was stuck in his state of a quadriplegic. Also, he would now be on his own.
c) In your opinion, how do you think Bauby should measure progress? Why do you think Bauby ends the chapter "Prayer" with the phrase, "I set out for the kingdom of slumber with this wonderful talisman, which shields me from all harm." I think that Bauby should measure progress by through the movements that he can make. I think that Bauby ends the chapter “prayer” with this phrase because it gives the reader the thought that these prayers helped him with his suffering.
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