Washington vs. Skloot

In reading both works about Henrietta, they had very different meanings. Skloot emphasizes how the cells were taken without her knowledge and her family was never informed. Washington, on the other hand, never mentions that they were taken without permission and only focuses on Henrietta's race to support her book. She also says that this happened to many people and Henrietta's case was one of many and had no importance. Skloot sees it very different. She focuses on Henrietta as a person and not just as another number who was treated badly by the medical community.