Resilience Seeking Hope, Love in Durjoy Datta’s Till Last Breath

Abstract

This paper explores resilience, hope and love in Durjoy Datta’s Till Last Breath. It focuses on the battle to death, the ultimate reality, and the pain for those who are close to the person because death is ultimate. The paper emphasizes the worth of human life, and they learn the lesson and must move on after loss. Dushyant is a young man whose life has been characterized by suffering, addiction, and estrangement. Dushyant Roy is a self-destructive young man. He is twenty-five years old and has descended into alcoholism when his girlfriend Kajol left him for a wealthy man his sadness and his parents' incessant criticism drove him further, and he has reached the point of no return due to liver failure. Pihu and Dushyant wound up in the same hospital, in room 509, fighting their different ailments. Pihu is a gifted medical student who suffers with ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis), a degenerative 'necroed generative' illness that damages nerve cells that drive voluntary muscle movement. ALS causes muscle weakness, twitching, and eventual paralysis, ultimately affecting breathing and leading to death. There is currently no cure for ALS. Pihu is conscious that her time is limited; she confronts death with courage, aiming to leave behind memories of joy rather than despair.