"Just remember that your real job is that if you are free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else." --Toni Morrison
According to your latest novel, you have Alzheimer's
Iris Murdoch's last novel, in comparison to her early works, shows a reduced vocabulary and simplified verbal patterns that point to early Alzheimer's.
I guess it holds together, but this type of study still makes me feel a little queasy.