As we know, during the America Civil War, America was separated into two parts. One part was the North of America which hand an economy bases on industry. The other part was the South of America which hand an economy bases on agriculture. Compare the different economy system of those two parts of America, there were a lot of problems between the North of America and the South of America such as segregation, discrimination and slavery. The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot, describe the terrible life of Henrietta who is a black woman with cancer and shows the period of treatment of cancer of Henrietta after America Civil War. In addition, Skloot uses One of Henrietta’s relatives said to Skloot,”If you pretty up how people spoke and change the things they said, that’s dishonest.” from page xiii of this book. According to the dialogue of Henrietta’s relatives, no one can transform the past of America which were discrimination, segregation and slave. By those situation of the past of America, Henrietta’s relatives who are black people don’t believe that people will help they find the true of the maintain speech authenticity about Henrietta who is a black woman was separate by the white people after Civil War.
Civil War fought from 1861 to 1865 in the U.S.A. After Civil War, black people didn’t completely get equality and right. Because of Jim Crow Laws, black people still be separate after Civil War such as the segregation of public schools, public place, public transportation,and the segregation of restrooms and restaurants for whites and blacks. By comparison, Henrietta also suffer in the same way of the people who were be segregate by the Jim Crow Laws. One quote relate to this law from page 32 paragraph4 of the immortal life of Henrietta Lacks, “Another wheeled Henrietta into the small colored-only operating room on the second floor, with stainless-steel tables, huge glaring lights, and an all- white medical staff dressed in white gowns, hats, masks, and gloves.” this quote shows that when Henrietta has treatment in the Johns Hopkins Hospital, she was separated into a “colored” sickroom.
Skloot the author asked the relatives about Henrietta and took a lot of note about the past of Henrietta and how was she suffer the treatment of cancer. In addition, Skloot also asked the doctor who gave medical treatment to her and scientist who research Hela cell. After all of those research about the relationship between Hela cell and Henrietta Lacks, Skloot started to show the fact of Henrietta’s life. For instance, from page 31 of this book, it shows the first treatment of Henrietta. The first time she went to hospital, she took the physical exam . As a result , the impact of the decision to maintain speech authenticity on the story is telling a true story of Henrietta Lacks’ terrible life.
In a conclusion, the author Skloot shows the fact about Henrietta Lacks’ terrible cancer life after American Civil War. During this period, Henrietta Lacks a black woman hadn’t equality and right. Specifically, one of the Henrietta’s relatives said to Skloot, “If you pretty up how people spoke and change the things they said, that’s dishonest.” from page xiii. This quote shows that people can’t transform the past which are segregation, discrimination and slave. Moreover, Skloot the author supports many facts about Henrietta from The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks such as the treatment of Henrietta, the process of growth of Hela and the background of Henrietta Lacks’ life.
Civil War fought from 1861 to 1865 in the U.S.A. After Civil War, black people didn’t completely get equality and right. Because of Jim Crow Laws, black people still be separate after Civil War such as the segregation of public schools, public place, public transportation,and the segregation of restrooms and restaurants for whites and blacks. By comparison, Henrietta also suffer in the same way of the people who were be segregate by the Jim Crow Laws. One quote relate to this law from page 32 paragraph4 of the immortal life of Henrietta Lacks, “Another wheeled Henrietta into the small colored-only operating room on the second floor, with stainless-steel tables, huge glaring lights, and an all- white medical staff dressed in white gowns, hats, masks, and gloves.” this quote shows that when Henrietta has treatment in the Johns Hopkins Hospital, she was separated into a “colored” sickroom.
Skloot the author asked the relatives about Henrietta and took a lot of note about the past of Henrietta and how was she suffer the treatment of cancer. In addition, Skloot also asked the doctor who gave medical treatment to her and scientist who research Hela cell. After all of those research about the relationship between Hela cell and Henrietta Lacks, Skloot started to show the fact of Henrietta’s life. For instance, from page 31 of this book, it shows the first treatment of Henrietta. The first time she went to hospital, she took the physical exam . As a result , the impact of the decision to maintain speech authenticity on the story is telling a true story of Henrietta Lacks’ terrible life.
In a conclusion, the author Skloot shows the fact about Henrietta Lacks’ terrible cancer life after American Civil War. During this period, Henrietta Lacks a black woman hadn’t equality and right. Specifically, one of the Henrietta’s relatives said to Skloot, “If you pretty up how people spoke and change the things they said, that’s dishonest.” from page xiii. This quote shows that people can’t transform the past which are segregation, discrimination and slave. Moreover, Skloot the author supports many facts about Henrietta from The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks such as the treatment of Henrietta, the process of growth of Hela and the background of Henrietta Lacks’ life.