Comments by Reese Vigil Most recent public comments by Reese Vigil https://nowcomment.com/users/112754 throughout the book she has been worried she'll die the same way her mom did, Christoph provided a sense of relief https://nowcomment.com/documents/263709?scroll_to=2737670 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263709?scroll_to=2737670 Tue, 08 Mar 2022 14:36:57 -0500 Christoph empathizes with what the family is feeling and agrees with them about how taking the cells is wrong https://nowcomment.com/documents/263709?scroll_to=2737654 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263709?scroll_to=2737654 Tue, 08 Mar 2022 14:31:55 -0500 this shoes how this statue is seen as a symbol of hope for patients at the hospital. https://nowcomment.com/documents/263709?scroll_to=2737644 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263709?scroll_to=2737644 Tue, 08 Mar 2022 14:30:06 -0500 Skloot didn't have to go i detail about the Jesus statue but she did. I think going into detail about the statue shows the hopefulness it represents https://nowcomment.com/documents/263709?scroll_to=2737642 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263709?scroll_to=2737642 Tue, 08 Mar 2022 14:29:23 -0500 Why was the chapter short? https://nowcomment.com/documents/304185?scroll_to=2707188 https://nowcomment.com/documents/304185?scroll_to=2707188 This chapter was so short because that's how her death was in real life. While she fought as hard as she could, there was no hope for a cure for Henrietta. Her death was slow and painful, and by making this chapter much shorter it paid respect to her life by not going into detail about how painful the end was. Tue, 08 Feb 2022 14:27:24 -0500 Henrietta felt the need to hide this from her family because she wanted to protect them from what was really happening. She cared about them more than anything and didn't want to burden them with her treatments. https://nowcomment.com/documents/303660?scroll_to=2702466 https://nowcomment.com/documents/303660?scroll_to=2702466 Thu, 03 Feb 2022 14:16:47 -0500 Today there are several guidelines researchers have to follow in order to run tests on subjects or the subject's cells. Henrietta not being informed of what they were doing went against all standard medical practices. https://nowcomment.com/documents/303660?scroll_to=2702461 https://nowcomment.com/documents/303660?scroll_to=2702461 Thu, 03 Feb 2022 14:14:26 -0500 The Biden/Democratic relief bill has more of a focus on the people and helping them with their actual needs, rather than just hoping its enough. https://nowcomment.com/documents/297908?scroll_to=2645796 https://nowcomment.com/documents/297908?scroll_to=2645796 Tue, 23 Nov 2021 14:33:42 -0500 The money set aside to American schools shows the difference in priorities. https://nowcomment.com/documents/297908?scroll_to=2645794 https://nowcomment.com/documents/297908?scroll_to=2645794 Tue, 23 Nov 2021 14:32:34 -0500 The first few paragraphs of the document contains a respectful language, but shows a hint of irritation that the two plans were so wildly different https://nowcomment.com/documents/297908?scroll_to=2645792 https://nowcomment.com/documents/297908?scroll_to=2645792 Tue, 23 Nov 2021 14:31:35 -0500 She gave us the perspective of a fourth grader. I t reminded me of the time when we all desperately wanted to fit in. She knows what she's doing is wrong when she speaks about her thrown of deceit. https://nowcomment.com/documents/293736?scroll_to=2610347 https://nowcomment.com/documents/293736?scroll_to=2610347 Tue, 26 Oct 2021 14:59:42 -0400