1. Copy and paste into your blog post one showing scene that illustrates compelling action--and then write a commentary about why you think this scene works so well
"On January 29, 1951, David Lacks sat behind the wheel of his old Buick, watching the rain fall. He was parked under a towering oak tree outside Johns Hopkins Hospital with three of his children—two still in diapers—waiting for their mother, Henrietta. A few minutes earlier she'd jumped out of the car, pulled her jacket over her head, and scurried into the hospital, past the "colored" bathroom, the only one she was allowed to use. In the next building, under an elegant domed copper roof, a ten-and-a-half-foot marble statue of Jesus stood, arms spread wide, holding court over what was once the main entrance of Hopkins. No one in Henrietta's family ever saw a Hopkins doctor without visiting the Jesus statue, laying flowers at his feet, saying a prayer, and rubbing his big toe for good luck. But that day Henrietta didn't stop."
I think this is a good showing scene because you know nothing about the characters and right from the start it tells you a date so you know the time period. Next it tells you that David and Henrietta own an old Buick which means that they were higher lower class, lower middle class, or maybe middle class. Then it sets the scene its raining outside, and they're parked under a towering oak tree outside Johns Hopkins Hospital. After that the showing scene lets you know that David and Henrietta have three children and two are still in diapers. Next the story lets you know why they are at the hospital by using descriptive details telling you about Henrietta’s trip from the car through the hospital. Also the story lets you know that Henrietta and her family are religious people.
2. Copy and paste into your blog post one telling scene that provides insightful information then write a commentary about why you think this telling scene is integral to the story's meaning.
"Less than a week later, Jones got her biopsy results from the pathology lab: "epidermoid carcinoma of the cervix, Stage I." Translation: cervical cancer. Cervical carcinomas are divided into two types: invasive carcinomas, which have penetrated the surface of the cervix, and noninvasive carcinomas, which haven't. The noninvasive type is sometimes called "sugar-icing carcinoma," because it grows in a smooth layered sheet across the surface of the cervix, but its official name is carcinoma in situ, which derives from the Latin for "cancer in its original place.”
This is a good telling scene because it provides a lot of information about the type of cancer that Henrietta had. The scene uses medical terms and then translates the terms for the readers and makes it easier and more understandable. Also it describes how the cancer grows which is educational and important for us to know because its specific to the cancer Henrietta had. “it grows in a smooth layered sheet across the surface of the cervix.”
3. Write a commentary about how Henrietta Lacks' decision to visit the doctor impacted her life, her family's life, and the life of future patients. Feel free to use direct quotes from the text to support your claim.
Henrietta’s decision to visit the doctor impacted so many lives. From the reading I gathered multiple quotes and text to support my claim that if she hadn't visited the doctors office we don't know if they would've found a cure to help people. Henrietta was a strong woman. Instead of telling her family and having them worry about her cancer she just said, "Ain't nothin' serious wrong," she said. "Doctor's gonna fix me right up.” Henrietta impacted future patients “HeLa cells allowed researchers to perform experiments that would have been impossible with a living human.” The doctors performed these experiments on rats until they were ready to use on humans. My favorite quote from the reading that also showed how Henrietta impacted her families life was “her daughter Deborah once whispered to a vial of her mother's cells: "You're famous, just nobody knows it."
"On January 29, 1951, David Lacks sat behind the wheel of his old Buick, watching the rain fall. He was parked under a towering oak tree outside Johns Hopkins Hospital with three of his children—two still in diapers—waiting for their mother, Henrietta. A few minutes earlier she'd jumped out of the car, pulled her jacket over her head, and scurried into the hospital, past the "colored" bathroom, the only one she was allowed to use. In the next building, under an elegant domed copper roof, a ten-and-a-half-foot marble statue of Jesus stood, arms spread wide, holding court over what was once the main entrance of Hopkins. No one in Henrietta's family ever saw a Hopkins doctor without visiting the Jesus statue, laying flowers at his feet, saying a prayer, and rubbing his big toe for good luck. But that day Henrietta didn't stop."
I think this is a good showing scene because you know nothing about the characters and right from the start it tells you a date so you know the time period. Next it tells you that David and Henrietta own an old Buick which means that they were higher lower class, lower middle class, or maybe middle class. Then it sets the scene its raining outside, and they're parked under a towering oak tree outside Johns Hopkins Hospital. After that the showing scene lets you know that David and Henrietta have three children and two are still in diapers. Next the story lets you know why they are at the hospital by using descriptive details telling you about Henrietta’s trip from the car through the hospital. Also the story lets you know that Henrietta and her family are religious people.
2. Copy and paste into your blog post one telling scene that provides insightful information then write a commentary about why you think this telling scene is integral to the story's meaning.
"Less than a week later, Jones got her biopsy results from the pathology lab: "epidermoid carcinoma of the cervix, Stage I." Translation: cervical cancer. Cervical carcinomas are divided into two types: invasive carcinomas, which have penetrated the surface of the cervix, and noninvasive carcinomas, which haven't. The noninvasive type is sometimes called "sugar-icing carcinoma," because it grows in a smooth layered sheet across the surface of the cervix, but its official name is carcinoma in situ, which derives from the Latin for "cancer in its original place.”
This is a good telling scene because it provides a lot of information about the type of cancer that Henrietta had. The scene uses medical terms and then translates the terms for the readers and makes it easier and more understandable. Also it describes how the cancer grows which is educational and important for us to know because its specific to the cancer Henrietta had. “it grows in a smooth layered sheet across the surface of the cervix.”
3. Write a commentary about how Henrietta Lacks' decision to visit the doctor impacted her life, her family's life, and the life of future patients. Feel free to use direct quotes from the text to support your claim.
Henrietta’s decision to visit the doctor impacted so many lives. From the reading I gathered multiple quotes and text to support my claim that if she hadn't visited the doctors office we don't know if they would've found a cure to help people. Henrietta was a strong woman. Instead of telling her family and having them worry about her cancer she just said, "Ain't nothin' serious wrong," she said. "Doctor's gonna fix me right up.” Henrietta impacted future patients “HeLa cells allowed researchers to perform experiments that would have been impossible with a living human.” The doctors performed these experiments on rats until they were ready to use on humans. My favorite quote from the reading that also showed how Henrietta impacted her families life was “her daughter Deborah once whispered to a vial of her mother's cells: "You're famous, just nobody knows it."