The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lack Analysis

When reading an author’s work of art, the author writes with the intention of a purpose. Whether that is to inform the audience with knowledge about current events or to persuade them into thinking a specific way. William Stafford states, “but writing itself is one of the great, free, human activities.”, from his except A Way of Writing is one of the few aspects of writing. In the book unSpun: Finding Facts in a World of Disinformation written by Kathleen Jamieson and Brooks Jackson, they discuss the spin in the world; spin which is deception. As well as, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks written by Rebecca Skloot, which analyzes the life and death of a woman, who’s being affected more than hundreds of thousands of lives. These …show more content…
Yes, some of the deceptions that go around are very minuscule, however, the deception they talk about rages from how wars start to deception in mouthwash commercials. The authors’ purpose is to inform the public about the deception that they were possibly unaware about, along with ways to avoid future deception. Who knew that just by paying attention to the superlatives in commercials could reveal the truth about what they’re actually selling. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks describes a woman whose death lead to the author’s decade-long journey to figure out who she was and why her cells were so important. The author finds out that this woman’s cells aided in the study of herpes, cancer, hemophilia, cloning, and aids, just to name a few. On the other hand, Henrietta’s family suffered a lot due to the injustice they were given. The book’s intention was to give justice to the family that they so well deserved, including the ethical dilemma of whether it was right or wrong for them to use her cells without the family’s …show more content…
She went above and beyond her call of duty as a writer and got herself into bad situations, which she was fortunate to get out of. She did this all to provide her audience with a message; a message that took her 10 years to develop. Her exigency about the book was to question ethical side of medicine and race, which some were oblivious to. She was able to tell a story few thought of and none pursued. Rebecca even used a few ribald terms because she knew who her audience was so she wasn't afraid to do so, and it made her work more appealing to the average reader. Kathleen Jamieson and Brooks Jackson, the authors of unSpun, used Stafford's aspect to educate their audience on government corruption and societies deception. They turned their knowledge into something the readers can use for future