The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Format and Length: 750-1500 words, about 3-6 pages double-spaced. Choose a book from the list of approved books at the back of the syllabus, or another book with the professors prior approval. Make sure your essay includes some summary, enough to give someone who hasn’t read the book a good basic idea of what it is about, but try to make your summary as brief as you can. The majority of your essay should be analytic discussion: evaluate, criticize, or interpret the book. Think about questions such as: How effective or convincing is book? Who is the author, and what are their biases or perspectives? What are the consequences of the author’s argument? Who is the intended audience, and how well will it speak to that audience? Write about the book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks