Comments by Suzy Trujillo Most recent public comments by Suzy Trujillo https://nowcomment.com/users/112617 Makes you wonder if Skloot regretted her decision to get Deborah and the rest of Henrietta's family involved, appeals to my own personal experiences with regret. https://nowcomment.com/documents/263709?scroll_to=2737477 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263709?scroll_to=2737477 Tue, 08 Mar 2022 08:07:55 -0800 This part is italicized in the text, and all the other parts where Gary is channeling God's voice are italicized too, and I think it works to emphasize how strange of a moment this was https://nowcomment.com/documents/263709?scroll_to=2737468 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263709?scroll_to=2737468 Tue, 08 Mar 2022 08:06:06 -0800 The sudden use of capitalization is like a jump scare and Skloot uses it as a shock factor to help readers understand her own emotions when she was experiencing this (Me, Neve, Breck) https://nowcomment.com/documents/263709?scroll_to=2737456 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263709?scroll_to=2737456 Tue, 08 Mar 2022 08:03:57 -0800 The fact that Henrietta knew she would never be able to see her baby grow up is heartbreaking and describing the death scene would be very hard for her all of her family to read because they would then have to relive those painful memories. https://nowcomment.com/documents/304185?scroll_to=2706520 https://nowcomment.com/documents/304185?scroll_to=2706520 Tue, 08 Feb 2022 07:43:56 -0800 I think Henrietta didn't want her close friends and family to see her at such a sad moment and the author decided to respect her privacy. https://nowcomment.com/documents/304185?scroll_to=2706513 https://nowcomment.com/documents/304185?scroll_to=2706513 Tue, 08 Feb 2022 07:42:02 -0800 It's sad that she hid the fact she had the disease, but she probably didn't tell her family because she didn't want them to worry about her, showing her kind and loving nature. https://nowcomment.com/documents/303660?scroll_to=2701619 https://nowcomment.com/documents/303660?scroll_to=2701619 Wed, 02 Feb 2022 13:02:17 -0800 The fact that Henrietta herself didn't know about her cells being grown in a lab goes to show the extent of how racist white researchers/doctors were to her https://nowcomment.com/documents/303660?scroll_to=2701601 https://nowcomment.com/documents/303660?scroll_to=2701601 Wed, 02 Feb 2022 12:59:22 -0800 This reminds me of when I was little and I would ignore all the bad things I did because I didn't like to feel bad https://nowcomment.com/documents/227745?scroll_to=2640659 https://nowcomment.com/documents/227745?scroll_to=2640659 Wed, 17 Nov 2021 13:21:34 -0800 shows the reality of Trevor's situation and how bad it was https://nowcomment.com/documents/227745?scroll_to=2640656 https://nowcomment.com/documents/227745?scroll_to=2640656 Wed, 17 Nov 2021 13:19:58 -0800 Attempt to deal with the problem https://nowcomment.com/documents/294215?scroll_to=2613592 https://nowcomment.com/documents/294215?scroll_to=2613592 Fri, 29 Oct 2021 10:31:43 -0700 Result of the problem https://nowcomment.com/documents/294215?scroll_to=2613588 https://nowcomment.com/documents/294215?scroll_to=2613588 Fri, 29 Oct 2021 10:30:47 -0700 Introduces the reason for why he is a refuge and tells us the problem https://nowcomment.com/documents/294215?scroll_to=2613586 https://nowcomment.com/documents/294215?scroll_to=2613586 Fri, 29 Oct 2021 10:30:34 -0700 Made a purposeful choice to relate to his old home, showing how he misses it. https://nowcomment.com/documents/294215?scroll_to=2613573 https://nowcomment.com/documents/294215?scroll_to=2613573 Fri, 29 Oct 2021 10:28:53 -0700 Provides context and background to what is going on and where the person being described is coming from https://nowcomment.com/documents/294215?scroll_to=2613567 https://nowcomment.com/documents/294215?scroll_to=2613567 Fri, 29 Oct 2021 10:27:53 -0700 She describes it in a way where I can imagine the exact setting and I can almost hear the chatter of her friends https://nowcomment.com/documents/293736?scroll_to=2610054 https://nowcomment.com/documents/293736?scroll_to=2610054 Tue, 26 Oct 2021 08:10:59 -0700 Repeated "nothing without" and then various senses to help readers slowly imagine life without them https://nowcomment.com/documents/290222?scroll_to=2587845 https://nowcomment.com/documents/290222?scroll_to=2587845 Tue, 05 Oct 2021 12:06:33 -0700 word choice and tone help convey his contempt https://nowcomment.com/documents/290222?scroll_to=2587844 https://nowcomment.com/documents/290222?scroll_to=2587844 Mon, 04 Oct 2021 15:46:31 -0700 Appeals to logos and pathos because being enslaved brought him much pain and he uses evidence (earlier) to backup his claims https://nowcomment.com/documents/290222?scroll_to=2587843 https://nowcomment.com/documents/290222?scroll_to=2587843 Mon, 04 Oct 2021 15:45:30 -0700 Appeals to pathos https://nowcomment.com/documents/290222?scroll_to=2587842 https://nowcomment.com/documents/290222?scroll_to=2587842 Mon, 04 Oct 2021 15:43:44 -0700 Exigence: took advantage of what was previously a useless task https://nowcomment.com/documents/290222?scroll_to=2587827 https://nowcomment.com/documents/290222?scroll_to=2587827 Mon, 04 Oct 2021 15:41:21 -0700 Choices: purposefully chose to tell about the lady and her story with her experience with slavery and how it cahnged her, showing that it is inherently bad. https://nowcomment.com/documents/290222?scroll_to=2587826 https://nowcomment.com/documents/290222?scroll_to=2587826 Mon, 04 Oct 2021 15:39:46 -0700 Purpose: shows he had to teach himself how to read and write to show jsut how bad the situation was. https://nowcomment.com/documents/290222?scroll_to=2587823 https://nowcomment.com/documents/290222?scroll_to=2587823 Tue, 05 Oct 2021 12:04:40 -0700