Dj (Xiaojian) Wu
Class: 3A
Pro:Zach Kelly
03-4-13
Draft4
Question #2 Response
Question: One of Henrietta’s relatives said to Skloot, "If you pretty up how people spoke and change the things they said, that's dishonest "(page xiii). Throughout, Skloot is true to the dialect in which people spoke to her: the Lackses speak in a heavy Southern accent, and Lengauer and Hsu speak as non-native English speakers. What impact did the decision to maintain speech authenticity have on the story?
When the author called Henrietta’s husband (Day), he had a heavy southern accent. The author and Day didn't have a happy dialogue. Day asked author to let Henrietta talk to her. In the beginning of their dialogue,the author didn't understand what Day said. That is the reason why the author couldn't visit the Lackses at first. If Day has native English accent, the author and Day’s speaking would become comfortable. Day will tell the author more Henrietta’s information.
They had different accents because they grew up in different areas and had different education. In early America, blacks were segregated by law. They couldn't get the high education. Henrietta and her relatives didn't have high education. They couldn't go to the white hospital. They couldn't have treatment in the hospital that only service to white people. Henrietta needed the treatment and she must agree the hospital require. The Lackses southern accents mean they didn't have higher education.
This book describes the cell. It belongs to medicine field. Honesty is important to medicine researcher. The author wrote the book about cell, she needed the honesty. Honesty could help her to write this book. It can attract the reader attention. From different accents, we know the author visited many areas and collected many kinds of material and dialogue to help her to wrote this book. The author went to many areas and got into many troubles. The troubles didn't hold her back. Accents are small obstacles for the author.
Class: 3A
Pro:Zach Kelly
03-4-13
Draft4
Question #2 Response
Question: One of Henrietta’s relatives said to Skloot, "If you pretty up how people spoke and change the things they said, that's dishonest "(page xiii). Throughout, Skloot is true to the dialect in which people spoke to her: the Lackses speak in a heavy Southern accent, and Lengauer and Hsu speak as non-native English speakers. What impact did the decision to maintain speech authenticity have on the story?
When the author called Henrietta’s husband (Day), he had a heavy southern accent. The author and Day didn't have a happy dialogue. Day asked author to let Henrietta talk to her. In the beginning of their dialogue,the author didn't understand what Day said. That is the reason why the author couldn't visit the Lackses at first. If Day has native English accent, the author and Day’s speaking would become comfortable. Day will tell the author more Henrietta’s information.
They had different accents because they grew up in different areas and had different education. In early America, blacks were segregated by law. They couldn't get the high education. Henrietta and her relatives didn't have high education. They couldn't go to the white hospital. They couldn't have treatment in the hospital that only service to white people. Henrietta needed the treatment and she must agree the hospital require. The Lackses southern accents mean they didn't have higher education.
This book describes the cell. It belongs to medicine field. Honesty is important to medicine researcher. The author wrote the book about cell, she needed the honesty. Honesty could help her to write this book. It can attract the reader attention. From different accents, we know the author visited many areas and collected many kinds of material and dialogue to help her to wrote this book. The author went to many areas and got into many troubles. The troubles didn't hold her back. Accents are small obstacles for the author.