Mla Citation For Still Alice

Lisa Genova’s book “Still Alice” was a tragic depiction of the intellectual downward spiral that the main character, Alice experienced. Alice was a world-renowned Linguistics professor that had lived a very successful life until she was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s. Alzheimer’s is the most common type of Dementia, responsible for 70% of cases. It is a painful process to watch Alice lose her memory, personality, and identity. Alice’s identity was rooted in her love for language and she has to watch her passion slip away from her at an alarming rate and know that there’s nothing she can do to stop it. The title of the book “Still Alice” is ironic because while her body is still Alice, she loses her personality and passions. In essence,

After a couple of appointments and a battery of tests were administered, Alice was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s. Her doctor requested that Alice starts bringing another person to her appointments with her as she may not have a complete understanding of her limitations. However, Alice fights the idea that she will soon lose control of her life and wants to hold on to her independence for as long as possible. In a moment of impulse, Alice tells her husband, John all the details of what has been happening to her and that she has Alzheimer’s. Instantly, he knew that their lives were changed forever but at the same time, he realized that the signs had been there for awhile but he had chosen to ignore

As Dementia progresses, there is an increase in memory loss, more difficulty with orientation of time and place, word finding problems, reading and writing is impaired, and more. According to the in-class lecture on Dementia, depression is common in individuals with Dementia. I believe that Alice became increasingly depressed as her Alzheimer’s progressed. The language dysfunction aspect of Alzheimer’s is what I believe was most detrimental to Alice. Alice’s life is defined by her command of language. In the early stages, this was mostly word finding difficulties but it progressed into Alice having difficulty comprehending conversations, she even forgets the name of her own family members. Alice’s loss of language helps portray how Alice lost control of her life and lost touch with the world around