Most recent public comments by 2024 Sofia Fouad https://nowcomment.com/users/140983 https://nowcomment.com/documents/362437?scroll_to=3203756 https://nowcomment.com/documents/362437?scroll_to=3203756 In these stanzas, the author is sharing an exchange between herself and Deborah Lacks. The quote "I don't know who to trust," is especially powerful to include for readers to understand the gravity of the situation at hand. Mon, 11 Dec 2023 10:12:27 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/362436?scroll_to=3201239 https://nowcomment.com/documents/362436?scroll_to=3201239 The author intentionally included Stanley Gartler's qualifications and his wide spread of influence to 700 other scientists to speak to the reader's sense of credibility to what is being claimed by the geneticist. Tue, 05 Dec 2023 14:33:32 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/362435?scroll_to=3194443 https://nowcomment.com/documents/362435?scroll_to=3194443 In this excerpt, the author uses hyperbole in the phrase, "they could hear (her) from a block away". The use of this exaggeration conveys the depth of pain Henrietta must have been in. Not only that, but also how it effected her family and the community around her. Sun, 26 Nov 2023 19:15:16 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/360952?scroll_to=3177887 https://nowcomment.com/documents/360952?scroll_to=3177887 By using real headline titles of the times, the author shows how influential these scientific discoveries were for the whole world. Headlines themselves are written to audiences to provoke a strong emotion or capture the readers attention, and by using them in the text, the author creates the same effect on their readers. Thu, 09 Nov 2023 16:21:04 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/360671?scroll_to=3170090 https://nowcomment.com/documents/360671?scroll_to=3170090 By "eyes on the street", does the author mean both normal people going outside again as well as more cops/patrol being enforced in Salt Lake? Thu, 02 Nov 2023 12:01:37 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/360671?scroll_to=3170084 https://nowcomment.com/documents/360671?scroll_to=3170084 I think I mostly agree with this statement, but I partially disagree because of the stress of rising costs on everything which I would assume leads to more crime related to stealing property or tax evasion. Thu, 02 Nov 2023 11:58:25 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/360671?scroll_to=3170077 https://nowcomment.com/documents/360671?scroll_to=3170077 was the "peak" they refer to in 2020 relevant to the riots/protests? Thu, 02 Nov 2023 11:50:32 -0400