Throughout the book, Skloot uses a large amount of flexibility in form to not only provide different types of sources for the audience, but also to present information on the Lacks family as well. An example of flexibility of form is found as early as the introduction, where Skloot decides to end it by presenting the words of Deborah Lacks. “I used to get so mad about that to where it made me sick....I just want to know who my mother was.” Skloot decides to incorporate this to the introduction because it explains the hardships that HeLa cells had brought to the family and asserts the primary goal of the book itself, which is to bring to light the injustices that resulted from the cultivation of HeLa cells. Another use of the element is when
