When I saw this article, the novel, "Beloved," lit my light-bulb by an idea that was in the story. This article is basically about improving our health and making our lifestyle better even at an old age by providing some type of drugs. However, from "Beloved," what is the point of trying to stay alive? Is it for freedom or is it to escape a nightmare? From Paul D and Sethe, they've escaped from hell and had many memories that they wish they wouldn't remember. So why not just suicide in prison or die on the farm. Paul D gets tortured in prison and had to face all those pain and Sethe had been raped multiple times and then barely survive when she escaped from slavery while pregnant. I just want to bring up an idea about the will of survival. What is the goal that we accomplish by staying alive "longer" than we should rather than dying of old age or suicide from grief/suffering? Isn't it great to have Alzheimer’s for Paul D and Sethe?
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/06/magazine/06dialogue-t.html?pagewanted=3
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