Obsticles in Writing /Reading TILOHL: Matt Cavallaris

           After reading the front and back fold of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot, I believe that Henrietta Lack's story should be heard by the public. Henrietta's story should be heard because it was very wrong for what the doctors did to her and her family. Henrietta has been gone for sixty years now and doctors have taken her DNA and cloned it to weigh over fifty million metric tons. The doctors are still using Henrietta's DNA to this day. I understand that Henrietta's DNA is very important to science, but the doctors never gained permission from her to study her DNA in lab testings. Henrietta's family finally found out fifty years later that doctors have been using Henrietta's DNA in labs to help find cures for different diseases. This is the where the problem lies. If doctors had asked Henrietta sixty years ago if they could use her DNA, because her blood could be the cure to many diseases out there, the public would not be reading this novel today. Also Henrietta's family was poor, and were southern tobacco farmers. A monetary gift or at least recognition would have been nice from the doctors. I feel that Rebecca Skloot faced a difficult challenge of keeping her broad audience occupied and willing to turn the page.This story does encompass the medical field, but the average American citizen looking for a good read can still enjoy this compelling novel. I feel like this was a large challenge for Rebecca, because of the scientific nature of the book, and Americans reading the novel today will find something they have never encountered before. For myself i feel like this novel will be a difficult read for me, because I never understood the medical field, and all the science work for DNA and cloning. I also do not read very much, and loose interest in reading quickly as well. To be honest this novel does not seem interesting to me, once again the whole science medial field study does not excite me.