Hopeful Journey In Hope Jahren's 'Lab Girl'

Hope’s Hopeful Journey
Here in Summit Campus, we see students every day who stress over an assignment; in a way, Hope Jahren faced the same issue. We all started with a blank paper, but gradually, we began to write down a few of the things we experienced. Here and there, we will even go through a phase where we are stuck and don’t know what else to write. In Hope Jahren’s Lab Girl, Hope finds herself struggling becoming a scientist. Growing up, Hope was just a young girl with big dreams of becoming a scientist. She was raised in a town where only men were the doctors, teachers, and scientists. This story shows how difficult problems may be, but also how important it is to work your way up to it. Lab Girl tells Hope’s story, all of her fights and achievements from dealing with depression to opening up her first research laboratory.
While much of the content provided in Lab Girl are about plants, it is also a metaphor referring to Hope’s life. Hope often uses her beloved plants to help the readers understand more about her life and humanity in general. For instance, she speaks about the childhood tree that stood outside her home. From her graduating kindergarten to graduating high school, she …show more content…
Why she became a scientist, who influenced her, and how she overcame inequality are all the reasons why Hope is the great scientist she is today. The lack of women scientists was why she wanted to become a scientist. Her intelligent parents inspired her to be gracious. Hope didn’t have much money nor did she have the greatest companions. However, this only taught her to be bolder and know when it was the right time to start sticking up for herself. She might have began with a blank document but she ended with pages of her life she can now she say she accomplished. Hope Jahren is a brilliant scientist, not a brilliant female