Still Alice Essay
Still Alice by Lisa Genova is a sensational novel about one woman’s journey through her everyday life as she battles against early-onset Alzheimer's disease. Alice Howland is a 50 year old professor at Harvard university, and one could say that she lives a very prestigious life; she is one of the top rated professors at Harvard, she has 3 wonderful kids and a loving husband, and she is pretty well off financially. Alice’s life begins to take a turn when she suddenly starts forgetting things, and then later is diagnosed with early-onset alzheimer's disease. After she is diagnosed, Alice is heartbroken because she slowly starts to loose the things she worked very hard for. The story is told by Alice’s point of view, and it gives its readers a
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There is an old saying that goes “you don’t truly know someone until you walk a mile in their shoes.” I think that this novel helps its readers apply this message into their lives. Alice is a lens into the world of alzheimer's and readers can understand what people with alzheimer's live with through Alice. Connecting this back to the message, Alice seems to be “the shoe” in this case; through her, readers can better understand the world of alzheimer's. Alice’s story is “the mile” that readers have to walk in order to understand alzheimer's patients better. Understanding the struggle that people with mental illnesses go through is the first step to being able to help those with mental illnesses. When we are able to realize that the strenuous battle against mental illnesses is a tough one to fight, we are able to open ourselves up more to those that have to fight this never ending battle, so that these people are then able to talk to us about the difficulties they are facing. In the book, after Alice is first diagnosed with alzheimer's, she feels very isolated from her family and co-workers, because they do not understand what she is going through so she feels like she has no one to talk to. Alice is forced to bottle up all of her emotions and keep them to herself. When someone is having a problem or is upset
There is an old saying that goes “you don’t truly know someone until you walk a mile in their shoes.” I think that this novel helps its readers apply this message into their lives. Alice is a lens into the world of alzheimer's and readers can understand what people with alzheimer's live with through Alice. Connecting this back to the message, Alice seems to be “the shoe” in this case; through her, readers can better understand the world of alzheimer's. Alice’s story is “the mile” that readers have to walk in order to understand alzheimer's patients better. Understanding the struggle that people with mental illnesses go through is the first step to being able to help those with mental illnesses. When we are able to realize that the strenuous battle against mental illnesses is a tough one to fight, we are able to open ourselves up more to those that have to fight this never ending battle, so that these people are then able to talk to us about the difficulties they are facing. In the book, after Alice is first diagnosed with alzheimer's, she feels very isolated from her family and co-workers, because they do not understand what she is going through so she feels like she has no one to talk to. Alice is forced to bottle up all of her emotions and keep them to herself. When someone is having a problem or is upset