What does "the fall" mean to me?

Personally, the most emotional tug on the word "fall" is to fall ill. Over the summer i watched a film called "my sister's keeper" and it is without a doubt the saddest, most heart warming film i have ever watched. One scene in particular illustrates the ill character (dying of cancer) wanting to go to the beach as she knows she hasn't got long left to live... The emotive music corresponding with the images on screen makes the scene so powerful without a single bit of dialogue. As well as this, the fact that the audience knows cancer effects so many families in real life makes the theme of falling ill even more touching.