1. Read The Ladies of Hong Kong. Think of a place you know by smell. Can you adequately describe it? Which situation is more horrific? Bauby's or Jean-Paul K. Please explain your answer.
I know the Indian food restaurant, The Pavilion, by smell. It is always filled with a warm, spicy aroma mixed with the sweeter smell of tea. Bauby’s condition seems more horrific because he will never again have the chance to live and fix those mistakes of not appreciating his life enough that he dwells upon every day.
2. After reading Wax Museum, why do you think Bauby is "fond of all these torturers"?
I think he is fond of them because they take time out of the lives they are living to help him continue living his.
3. Read The Mythmaker and explain why you think Bauby has admiration for Olivier. What is the connection between memory and emotion?
I think he admires Oliver for his ability to instantly change his life story to anything he wishes. Emotions bring us back to the memories that affected us the most, good or bad, and because of their power they are always the ones we learn the most from.
4. Why do you think Bauby likes the song A Day in the Life? Why do humans always wait for life's crescendo? Why do you think he places this chapter towards the end of the book?
He likes it because it leads up to something big and meaningful. Humans wait because they feel they do not have the power to control what that crescendo will be and they don’t’ realize that anything worth having is something you need to work for. I think he did this because that the message he wants to leave his readers with so they can learn from it.
5. Read Season of Renewal. Why is he savoring the last week of August? Is there something we can learn from him beause of his reaction to the end of vacation?
He is savoring it because he has never been able to truly enjoy it until now when he knows that he does not have to go back to work. We can learn that we too should savor it and we should not let the idea of work ruin our time of relaxation.
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