Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Henrietta Lacks

When reading the Immortally section of the Henrietta Lacks book, I kept wondering if Deborah finding out about her mother and sister was actually beneficial to her, and if it in some way gave Deborah piece. As we can see in the book, the more Deborah found out about her mother and her sister, the more it took a physical toll on her. Though Deborah was curious about what happened to her mother and her sister, maybe ignorance is bliss, and she would have been better off not knowing. Could finding out about what happened to her family members only effect Deborah in a negative way? Also Deborah never got to see the publication of the book, and how well it succeeded. It might have helped bring Deborah piece of mind knowing that the story about her mother was finally out in the public. However, in the book it stated that Deborah had passed away with a smile on her face. I was wondering what other people thought of this. Did you think finding out about her family truly brought Deborah piece?

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