Exploring the diving bell and the butterfly: Locked in but not out

The Main character is Jean-Dominique Bauby who was 43 and the editor in chief for the French magazine Elle. Bauby was successful, some say at the height of his career and described by many as an enigmatic, vivacious, charismatic, talented, handsome and a charmer who had the world at his fingertips and an impassioned approach to life. He led a privileged life, with a lot of it spent globetrotting and undertaking exciting adventures and activities (Glenn, 2009). Spending his time between work, social events, his mistress and his two young children.