Vol. 7, Issue 2, Part D (2025)

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi is a narrative autobiography that narrates the trauma of illness, which can also be characterized as an autopsy narrated from the point of view of the author. In this paper, we intend to examine the text as a work of fiction that narrates what it is about to heal and recover. As the story unfolds, the narrator's attitude and understanding of life and mortality alter dramatically, and this, in turn, leads to the narrator's feeling of relief and recovery at the end of the story. It is also expressed in the paper that narrative can also be viewed as bridging the gap between the worlds of medicine and literature.