How To Read Paul Kalanithi

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks This book report is based upon the book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, written by author Rebecca Skloot. This book is published by Crown Publishers and copyrighted by Rebecca Skloot in 2010. Rebecca wrote this book to tell a story about the woman who was behind the HeLa cells she had learned about in a college class at the age of 16. She never knew that the information she would discover about Henrietta’s past and her family’s unfortunate experiences would changer her life forever.

The humanizing aspect of the book is what I enjoyed most about the book, because while I love learning about science, colorless scientific histories are rather difficult to read.

My favorite part of the book was at the end of the story how the doctors completed their pact. At the graduation as they sat in the audience and watched each other go up on stage and receive their degree, as they called their names by Dr. finally all of their hard work had paid off. They had waited eight long years of college and medical school for this day and it was here.

As a reader my reaction to the author was really inspiring because even thought he had a hard childhood, he kept his head up and kept doing what he had to do to successes and make his mother happy. Also the way

it wasn't the best book rye bread but it was a good book. I like that story was about him running away from people that tried to find him and got adopted.it was kind of confusing and hard to believe was that heWas still alive after 2 shots in the leg. but I didn't like of the book was that it was showing a whole bunch of murder and all that. the story was kind of predictable because you could easily tell what was going to happen next. the story was believable becausethis event actually happened but what the part that was not a believable was the characters. the ending was not the best I've red but it was

Tyrell, written by Coe Booth, is a story about a fifteen year old young man attempting to make use of his life in Bronxwood, a town in New York City. Bronxwood is notorious for its drug abuse and criminal charges, so Ty, as referred to in the book, has troubles trying to look out for his family and friends. This book is quite the unique and one of the more straight-forward books out there. It consists of a lot of sex, profanity, fights, drug abuse, and alcohol abuse. I know most of these parts make for a unique plot, but they really catch you off guard and proceed to keep you engaged.

One of the things about the book that I personally liked was the characters, some of them were easy to relate to, even if you couldn't you could relate someone you knew with them. For example, David is not one of the main characters from the story but the more you learn about him, the more you realize how ambitious he is, wanted to change his career path almost every week, standing up to Mr. Neck. I think he's one of the things that helped Melinda find her voice.

I enjoyed this book very much and consider it to be one of my favorites, mainly due to the interesting events in the ward revolving around disease. It was interesting how Donaldson explained the illnesses, symptoms, and medicines along with their purposes, without sounding like a textbook. The Lassa Ward was definitely informative, but personally, I wish the author would have included more description on the conflict in Liberia. The battle was brought up frequently, however, I felt as if his explanations as to what was happening were somewhat redundant. Most of them were constantly repeating that President Bush wouldn't send troops. Donaldson also informed us on some cultural beliefs that the Sierra Leoneans hold. For instance, the children were afraid of white people, because they thought they were ghosts, considering it is not often that they see somebody of another race. Additionally, I can connect the book to my personal life and the world that I live in. When Dr. Conteh leaves the ward in Ross's hands, Ross gets a massive load of responsibility placed upon him. He is now in charge of keeping the ward in tact while trying to save multiple patients lives. A large amount of responsibility comes with babysitting, so I can relate to Ross when I am left alone with my brothers and sisters. While babysitting I have to keep a close eye on my siblings, so that they can stay safe. In Ross's case he must pay attention to his patient's symptoms and treatment. Another way I can connect to the book is on page 75, when Ross wonders if coming to Kenema was courageous and an extremely dumb idea. Usually, I have many regrets whether it is over how much I studied or spend my summer days. Even though my decisions typically aren't as deadly, I still tend to make some impulsive decisions that can cause harm in the long run.

I, personally, loved the author's writing, although I did not really understand why she structured the book like so. With each chapter changing different perspectives and stories, it was kind of hard to remember which chapter went with another considering the chapters where out of order. With each story, I was a little annoyed that they just suddenly ended at the end of the chapter. It made me want to read more and more trying to find the next chapter that went with that person's story. It was also kind of difficult to connect the stories. Other than that, she did a marvelous job grabbing my attention. I loved the analogies that she included in the stories. For example, on page 216- 217, one of the mothers told her daughter about a turtle that eats her tears and then creates birds that laugh

This question is honestly the most difficult to answer. The entire book was intriguing from start to finish. I would say that what I liked the most about this book is all the pictures he placed on there. He captured every image with so much meaning. It is as it’s said, “a picture is worth a thousand words.” I got to see the faces of the fellow heroes in Fallujah.

Over all, I found this book to be very interesting. It brought up a lot of the ethical dilemmas we are going to have to deal with in our field of work. Anytime you work with people problems are bound to arise, like in the book when Ernest found himself sexually attracted to his client Carol, what is important is how you deal with them. While I enjoyed reading the book I felt like it abruptly ended in the middle of a lot of the ethical dilemmas. Personally it left me with a lot of unanswered questions such as what ever happened with all of Marshals ethical problems and his wife, and what ever happened with Dr. Seymour Trotter.

The only thing I did not like was at the beginning he was so focused on how when he first saw himself in the mirror as a black man. He hated it and how it was repulsing. He looks noting like the old John Howard Griffin and he had step in a new man. I know he was trying to make a point that it was a shock. But it almost made me not what to read the book. I will give him credit for putting all his thoughts into the book.

I really liked the book. It was very enjoyable to read. I would recommend it to my friends, because I think they

People should read this book because it teaches the importance of friends and family and it teaches that everybody has personal issues to go through.

I honestly enjoyed reading this book not only because it was short and to the point but it brought clarity to me that life is too short to live in the life of suffering. It helped me to see the importance