Comparing The Diving Bell And The Butterfly

In the movie, The Diving Bell and The Butterfly, the seven different genres of humanities each have their own role and are displayed throughout the film. Starting out with literature, it is displayed in a number of ways. The title of the film refers to the ways that Bauby describes himself and the situation he is in. With him being paralyzed, he feels as if he is trapped inside a diving bell with all the pressure from the ocean making it impossible for him to move or act for himself. The butterfly is describing his mind and how even though he is immobile, his mind is still as free as a butterfly. Another example of literature in the film is Bauby writing this book about his experiences, struggles and character throughout his paralysis. Bauby decides to write this book no matter what the struggle is about what happened and his new outlook on life. He was reading the Count of Monte Cristo and wanted to make a more modern version of
People he doesn’t even know are praying for him as well, and even Bauby accepts to get taken to a church on one Sunday although he says he is not religious at all. Bauby really dislikes Sundays because the hospitals are nearly empty these days so when a nurse offers to take him to a church, he gladly accepts so he is not stuck spending the day alone in the hospital, and at church, Bauby is blessed and gets a communion even though he does not want it to happen. When the priest mentions having a communion, Bauby is reminded of his trip with an old girlfriend to Lourdes to find a Madonna. The film as a whole is a very religious film discretely displaying French Catholicism with the church visits, the shrine at Lourdes, the crosses hung around the necks of the nurses in the hospital that work with Bauby, and the prayers of his ex-wife and