Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks Analysis

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Enjoy family and friends, make the most use of having friends and family. You should enjoy every minute that you spend with family and friends because they will not always be there for you. One example I noticed in The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is that Deborah and Rebecca started to have a growing friendship and Rebecca had cherished it. Eventually though Deborah had passed away and this is would explain why you should cherish all the moments and make the most of having friends and family. In the real-world today, you can’t predict when you might lose a family member or friend, therefore when you are with them don’t argue or fight. Instead have fun and play games this will make as a more cherished experience. In …show more content…
Some real-world examples might include things such as divorce which is very common across the United States. I noticed in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet that the supposed “true love” between Romeo of Montague and Juliet of Capulet caused an uproar between both of the families resulting in the tragic loss of both Romeo and Juliet. The differences that both of the families had together ended up taking the lives of many family members from both families just because they did not like each other. Another connection I can make is to The Fault In Our Stars. In this book the two main characters Gus (Augustus) and Hazel are both cancer patients who eventually find love in each other by both connecting to this horrendous disease; however, later in the book we find out about how Gus ends up dying leaving Hazel in a depression. In the very end Gus leaves a eulogy for Hazel when she dies, but instead Hazel cherishes this gift as way of remembering Gus. This just comes to show no matter what happens you can always cherish your love you had with somebody even if they had passed. From a personal standpoint I can back this rule because if you really enjoy being around someone you learn to never forget them, but instead cherish every moment you had together. Back when I was around six or seven my great grandma had passed away from ALS (a.k.a. Lou Gehrig’s Disease). My whole family was heart-broken, but still I remember all the good times that me and her used to have and I never plan on forgetting her. This comes to show to cherish your

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