After reading the synopsis of The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks I feel very strongly that a story like the one of Henrietta Lacks be told and heard by the public. I say this for a two reasons. First off, Henrietta Lacks deserves recognition, as it was her cell that has helped develop very important vaccines and other advances in the medical world today. Some of these include; polio vaccine, viruses, gene mapping, and also cloning. If a single person’s cell can contribute this much to today’s society they deserve to be at least recognized. The second reason why the public should hear the story of The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks is because it is a somewhat controversial story. Where the doctor did not ask for consent to take cells from Henrietta Lack’s body. If anything this story can cause awareness and make sure the proper consent is happening in today’s society.
Some challenges that the author Rebecca Skloot may of faced when writing this book is that she had to make it readable for all readers as that is what it was written for. A problem she might have faced is the one of finding the right academic tone to write in, as it would have to be an academic tone that all levels of readers could understand and relate to. This is hard as there are a lot of different reading levels throughout our country and the world.
As I read The immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks there is one challenge I can see myself facing. The challenge for me well be trying to get a knowledge of the medical field and how someone goes about transporting cells and then re using them. It will be a challenge to understand it better for I can have more background knowledge of the book and hopefully make it easier to understand.
