Question for Discussion
02-10-2012
XiaoTing Ma
Clip 3a
2-21-2013
Draft 3
2 One of Henrietta's relatives said to Skloot, "If you pretty up how people spoke and change the things they said. That's dishonest ". Throughout , Skloot is true to the dialect in which people spoke to her: the Lackses speak in a heavy Southern accent, and Lengauer and Hsu speak as non-native English speakers.
I think it was correct. Skloot had to understand a lot of different language and write the truth. For that reason, she needs to do more work such as speak clearly and listen carefully. When she interviewed people who spoke different languages, she could through that person's body languages, personal experiences and people’s story to fix whole story and find the truth. The truth from people is very important to this book because the writer's destination is to find Henrietta Lacks's life and how her cells worked around the world. Moreover, Henrietta Lacks is not alive. So, the writer had no choice that she just can through Henrietta Lacks's family and her friends, as well as with lawyers, ethicists and scientists who were written about the Lacks family. All of them will make readers know who is Henrietta Lacks . So, Rebecca Skloot is a responsible writer, she spent a lot of time to shows readers “The Immortal life of Henrietta Lacks”.
Clip 3a
2-21-2013
Draft 3
2 One of Henrietta's relatives said to Skloot, "If you pretty up how people spoke and change the things they said. That's dishonest ". Throughout , Skloot is true to the dialect in which people spoke to her: the Lackses speak in a heavy Southern accent, and Lengauer and Hsu speak as non-native English speakers.
I think it was correct. Skloot had to understand a lot of different language and write the truth. For that reason, she needs to do more work such as speak clearly and listen carefully. When she interviewed people who spoke different languages, she could through that person's body languages, personal experiences and people’s story to fix whole story and find the truth. The truth from people is very important to this book because the writer's destination is to find Henrietta Lacks's life and how her cells worked around the world. Moreover, Henrietta Lacks is not alive. So, the writer had no choice that she just can through Henrietta Lacks's family and her friends, as well as with lawyers, ethicists and scientists who were written about the Lacks family. All of them will make readers know who is Henrietta Lacks . So, Rebecca Skloot is a responsible writer, she spent a lot of time to shows readers “The Immortal life of Henrietta Lacks”.