Of Rebecca Skloot's The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks

Compelling Aspects of Rebecca Skloot’s The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Throughout my nineteen years of education, I have learned many lessons from the few books read, but none has caught my eye just from the title until now. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks brings readers back to the 1950’s by retracing to the popular cancer cells of Henrietta Lacks. This specific book, by Rebecca Skloot, brought tears to my eyes along with joy in my heart as this black woman dies of cancer while her cells live forever. The millions made off her cells kept the ignorant scientists smiling, but as for the poor family, nothing was rewarded. In Rebecca Skloot’s The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, I quickly fixed to the descriptive print when Henrietta’s eternal cancer cells took away self-determination and brought different aspects about immortality but also a sense of comfort. Notably, the cells examined during multiple cervical cancer inspection were taken without permission. My automatic reaction to Skloot’s writing was outrage but I was keen to find out conclusions. When I think of self-determination, the term authority comes to mind because I control my own belongings. When Dr. Gey took those cancer cells, Mrs. Lacks was not informed about this procedure and did not have any chance of control. As Zakariyya
Rebecca Skloot smoothly captured every remarkable moment of Henrietta’s mortal and immortal life, but also describes a brief history in science. The research and endeavor to put into this book does not even come close to the days committed to speaking to each individual. Besides the ups and downs about Henrietta Lacks, many parts in Skloot’s writing offer knowledge about science and general biology, which I greatly appreciate after reading this eye-opening