The Truth Unveiled What if a boy grew up having a great relationship with his parents and then lost them both, well this is the life of Eli Samuels. Eli’s mom went crazy because of Huntington’s disease and he and his dad drifted after she moved into the nursing home. Now Eli is at risk of getting Huntington’s disease and becoming insane. So in order for him to protect the people he loved, he left them. Throughout Nancy Werlin’s Double Helix Eli Samuels and his father never got along because of Eli’s mom’s disease; this all changed when Jonathan Samuels told Eli what the devious Dr. Wyatt had done with Ava Samuels’ eggs.
Eli and his father had a difficult relationship with ups and down, mostly caused by their tendency to not trust one another, …show more content…
To find out why Jonathan hated Dr. Wyatt, Eli told his dad he loved him. Eli exclaimed, “I love you, Dad” (144). Eli used the word “love” to symbolize how far him and his father had come relationship wise, but to also try and get his dad to elaborate on the hatred he had for Dr. Wyatt. Eli told his dad this after a meaningful conversation they had after Ava died. Jonathan wanted to go through Ava’s items that day, because he was able to keep himself together. Eli saw his dad hurting and went along with all of it. Jonathan muttered, “I’m sorry. I need to do it today. I feel I can do it today” (157). Jonathan used the words “I feel I can do it today”, because all of the other days he missed Ava too much; Eli had gotten closer with his father so he decided to do whatever he wanted. Although it was not good that Ava died, it was good for Eli and his relationship with his father. Dr. Wyatt helped Ava have kids without Huntington’s disease by taking out her eggs and working with them. The outcome was Eli, but Dr. Wyatt also got to keep her other eggs to experiment on. Jonathan exclaimed, “The other eggs. Wyatt got all of your mother’s extra eggs to keep” (204). Jonathan uses the word “keep” to let Eli know why he hated Dr. Wyatt so much; he hated him because he intended to experiment with the extra eggs he got to keep. Jonathan and Eli were closer because the secret was exposed, and now they could stop keeping secrets and lying to each other. Eli and his father finally understood the reasons they did what they did because they decided to actually talk to each
Eli and his father had a difficult relationship with ups and down, mostly caused by their tendency to not trust one another, …show more content…
To find out why Jonathan hated Dr. Wyatt, Eli told his dad he loved him. Eli exclaimed, “I love you, Dad” (144). Eli used the word “love” to symbolize how far him and his father had come relationship wise, but to also try and get his dad to elaborate on the hatred he had for Dr. Wyatt. Eli told his dad this after a meaningful conversation they had after Ava died. Jonathan wanted to go through Ava’s items that day, because he was able to keep himself together. Eli saw his dad hurting and went along with all of it. Jonathan muttered, “I’m sorry. I need to do it today. I feel I can do it today” (157). Jonathan used the words “I feel I can do it today”, because all of the other days he missed Ava too much; Eli had gotten closer with his father so he decided to do whatever he wanted. Although it was not good that Ava died, it was good for Eli and his relationship with his father. Dr. Wyatt helped Ava have kids without Huntington’s disease by taking out her eggs and working with them. The outcome was Eli, but Dr. Wyatt also got to keep her other eggs to experiment on. Jonathan exclaimed, “The other eggs. Wyatt got all of your mother’s extra eggs to keep” (204). Jonathan uses the word “keep” to let Eli know why he hated Dr. Wyatt so much; he hated him because he intended to experiment with the extra eggs he got to keep. Jonathan and Eli were closer because the secret was exposed, and now they could stop keeping secrets and lying to each other. Eli and his father finally understood the reasons they did what they did because they decided to actually talk to each