This reveals that she is a selfless person, she cares more about others than herself and always tries to do the best for everyone. She wanted to make sure her whole family kept living. By keeping her cancer discrete, Henrietta made sure her kids continued on with life and were not distraught by her illness. Henrietta kept her diagnosis a secret as well because she did not want her family to fall apart. Henrietta’s decision to send Elsie to Crownsville crushed her heart, but she had to do what was best for her whole family. Although she had loved all of her kids, Elsie’s epilepsy and incapability became too difficult to handle. Henrietta always wanted to help her family by fulfilling her role as a mother. Without repeating his results he is making claims that could be easily disproved, resulting in him being ridiculed by the scientific community and the press. He should have informed the Lacks family beforehand and confirmed his own findings. In my opinion, it was not a good idea for Gey to begin giving away samples of HeLa cells immediately. Many strange combinations were used, and often times some ingredients “weren’t so easy to come by.” These include chicken plasmas, cow fetuses, and special salts that were not as readily available as other common substances used in medicine. There were no known details at the time as to “exactly what nutrients needed” to be sustainable in culture. During the 1950’s, there was ambiguity in cell culturing. Gey and his assistants faced many obstacles, starting with little knowledge of cells. Thus, there was no right for Gey and TeLinde to collect samples to use for research. Henrietta signed the document because it was for the use of “operative procedures,” not for the collection of samples from her body and then later mass producing them. It is effective at drawing in readers because of the suspense and emotional description within the writing.Īlthough Henrietta gave consent on paper, she did not allow for herself to be used as a test subject rather than a patient. By describing the housing, daily life, and social life of Henrietta, details are provided that elevate the story. In addition, I believe that there will be a recurring issue of ethics and human rights because of the lenient and weak laws in medical practice.īy providing an extensive history of the Lacks family, Skloot attempts to bring interest towards the culture of the time period. I predict that many cases of racism may appear due to the time period and Henrietta being a black woman. She writes the introduction to inspire the reader to relate to the topic as much as possible. Skloot clearly cares about the Lacks family, invoking feeling for the family within the reader, which is Skloot’s intention. Skloot talks about the intensive research she had put into Henrietta’s story, making the reader more interested and value the topic. This chapter sets the tone for the book by showing the author’s passion for the topic.
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