Double Wammy

     I am so sorry me week got so busy. This week I am double posting for last week my Utah Compose assignment(errors and all) and for this week my opinion on todays English bellwork.

Utah compose:
      Muskets loaded aimed at devils in red. Shots fired from behind rocks and tree leaving many of those devils dead. The shooters believed in basic ideals about unalienable rights and a fair government. The devils in red were the British red coats, the shooters were American colonists called Minuete Man, and the battle was after the Redcoats had beat the colonists at Lexington and Concord. The battle of Lexington and Concord was part of the Revolutionary war. The Revolutionary war was the most historic wars of all time. There after the Revolutionary war the ideals of defense and unalienable rights were passed down from generation. These ideas are instilled in American's brains so much that many think that these ideas were bred into Americans. I know that the topic for this paper is the true origin of violence in America and the media's apperance in America. Many would think limiting guns and video games is the solution however, It is my belief that limiting or restricting is not the way to solve any problem. The answer for this prompt is in the fact that Americans were bred on defense, knowing their rights in the constition, and that the media is not to blame.
 Many people think the bulk of the origin of violence is from technoligy media or guns. There is one purpatrator that Americans often neglect. This purpatrator is that American's were bred on defense. Ever since the Revolutionary war Americans have been very particular on their defense. After England lost, America was a very fragile country for a very long time and colonists were worried that another counrty would come and try to conquer them. In turn that fear was passed down and eventally bred into Americans. Defense is having the means at any time to defend yourself at any cost when you feel scared. Colonists kept guns, their children kept guns and their children's children had guns all the way down to the 21st centuray. Violence is the opposite of defense, or rather defense taken to far is violence. Rather then blaming mental illness, health issues, family problems, or even the media has anyone ever thought that those involved in shootings were scared? According to the article Does Media Violence Lead to the Real Thing it states " Although exposure to violent media isn't the only or even the strongest risk factor for violence, it's more easily modified then othe risk factors like being male or having a low socioeconomic status or low I.Q." These people had reason to be scared. I am not shrinking responsibliltiy for those who did/do things like that but individuals who are resoponsible may simply be scared and those people have great reason to be.  In my opinion I think violence in America originated from defense. It is how people use defense that can make it violent. Defense or violence has been in our herritage since the begining of our counrty and Americans were bred on defense. Since the Revolutionary war Americans were bred on defense and that may be viewed as violence depending on how a person defends themselves.
 Americans were bred on their consitutional rights and that may contribute to the war on violence. The Revolutionary war was the war wher Americans firmly established who they are and what exactly the gvermant and the population can and can not do. Based on interpritaion may people that in the ammendmants of the United States Constitution there is a clause that states that Americans have the right to bear arms and that the govermant can tnot take that right away. While poeple have good intentions for gun control it is in American herritage that Americans are very protective of their rights. I do not think that having some gun control is worth loosing a right that is clearly spelled out in the constitution. There are many problems in this nation and many poeple think that the answer is to take away or limit a right that is mention in the constitution. When you have a nation where the population is essentially bred on the knowledge of their rights and limitations and you limit a right it will cause a historic uproar for the whole nation. There is considerable evidance to show go against limiting Americans rights. The band on Alchohol and the prohibitaion ammendmant caused national uproar and the prohibitation only lasted 14 years. It had absolutley no benifit on siocioty. In 1971 President Nixon declared a war on drugs. Now almost 50 years later the trenches of the drug war have long since collapsed. This long effort at prohibitation also has not worked and infacts according to an article called Violence: The American Way of Life it states " the war on drugs resulted in deaths of thousands of Americans . This prohibitatino fostered a creation of international crimeinal cartels. The war on drugs made America and the whole world worse off then they were before the war was declared. Bottom line, Takign away a right is not the way to solve problems, they only make things worse.
The modern American has fictionalized that a large portion of the 'war on violence' is the media's fault or that modern American has a violent culture. The media's job is to report everything. The media understands that the American people have a right to know. The idea that the American people want to blame the news is garbage. If the American people want to blame the media then they need to thank or credit the media for reporting 'good' things. Therefore since the American people dont credit the media the media can no loneger be held accountable. Modern American is bred on defense and constitutional rights, that is tour culture that is who we are. So the question is do I think modern America is violent? No, Modern America does not have a vioent culture because I think that modern America has more access to things that may make our culture violent. Take for example the media, if there is 'violent' things on the media and I as an American have easier acces to read the media does that make me or my life have a 'violent' culture? NO. Sure I may be very teritorial on defense but that and the media does not make me have a vioent culture.
 Americans were bred on defense and constituion. While defense may seem like violence it clearly is not. Taking a right away to limit violence will not nor has ever been a solution worth achieving. Since the Revolutionary war we were bred on two idas it is part of our heritage and our culture. Violence however is not. The media is not at all held accountable for the violence that it reports because we do not credit the media for the good thingd they do. Thank you!

Today's bellwork: the question was something to the extent of : what can we learn from older texts/stories?
My Answer: Things that we can learn from older texts/stories are: history, the culture of the time period, the things those in that era thought, what is within social norm and what is not within the social norm.
I an going to do a brief 3-5 sentence summary on each thing listed.
History- History repeats itself. Older literature gives us views on how view history. By looking at how others view historical events it can help us be prepared for a repeat and it can help us look on the bright side and be a mental helper if we ever come across that historical event.
Culture of the time: Old(der)literature will help us understand the culture of that time period. In the literature there is (not generalizing here)  the music, fashion, population, government, language, writing styles, art fads, house plans, fad color swatches, healthcare advances, furniture fads, government protests, or even new countries. This is all a small part of the word culture. How peoples' culture is bases on how the write and interpret literature.
Social Norm.- Social Norm is what people view as socially acceptable. Inside Social Norm are things that are only normal in that particular era( bellbottom pants, the Beetles, powdered wigs). Social Norm plays a massive role on how we can learn things from texts in that time because by reading the literature we get an understanding for how they views things going on in THEIR world.
Outside of Social Norm- Outside of the Social Norm are things that are done that is not viewed at socially acceptable or 'normal'. Things that are outside of social Norm now would be like convicting women on witch craft like the Puritans did. While that was within Social Norm if you did that today it would be Outside Social Norm because you would be considered crazy and weird. Outside Social Norm plays a role in what we can learn from older literature because many literature  outline things that the 'wierdos' do telling us that was acceptable and what was not acceptable in that era.

SEE YA NEXT WEEK!-Kalea

The Last Juror

     Well I first want to apologize to however is reading this because I posted late. It get's hard to remember that you have a blog sometimes. This post is about my favorite author and the book I am reading for this quarter.  You are in for a little treat because I actually posted pictures!!! Hopefully pictures will make my blog more interesting for you and for me. So based on the picture you can predict that the book is called The Last Juror by John Grisham. Since I have not finished the book I got this short summary from wikipedia
In 1970, the first person narrator, a 23-year-old college drop-out by the name of Willie Traynor, comes to Clanton, Mississippi for an internship at the local newspaper, The Ford County Times. However the editor, Wilson Caudle, drives the newspaper into bankruptcy through years of mismanagement. Willie decides to buy the paper spontaneously for fifty thousand dollars, using money borrowed from his wealthy grandmother, and becomes the editor and owner of The Ford County Times. Months later, a member of the notorious and scandalous Padgitt family brutally rapes and kills a young widow named Rhoda Kassellaw. The murderer, Danny Padgitt, is put on trial. Before being found guilty, Danny threatens to kill each of the jury members, should they convict him. Although they do find him guilty, the jury cannot decide whether to send him to life in prison or to Death Row, so Danny is sentenced to life in prison at the Mississippi State Penitentiary.
After only nine years in prison, Danny Padgitt is paroled and returns to Clanton. Immediately, two jury members are killed and one is nearly killed by a bomb. Jury member and close friend of Willie, Miss Callie Ruffin, reveals that the recent victims were the jurors who were against sentencing Danny to Death Row......
As you can imagine from the title at some point what happens in the rest of the book upon stumbling on this I found out the ending(by accident)...
Moving On..
John Grisham- John Grisham's books usually deal with the legal field and lawyers. I am drawn to books like this and I think John is an AMAZING author.  Here is his biography from Wikipedia
John Ray Grisham, Jr. (/ˈɡrɪʃəm/; born February 8, 1955)^[2][3] is an American lawyer, politician, and author, best known for his popular legal thrillers. His books have been translated into forty-two languages. John Grisham graduated from Mississippi State University before attending the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1981. He practiced criminal law for about a decade, and served in the House of Representatives in Mississippi from January 1984 to September 1990.^[4] He began writing his first novel, A Time to Kill, in 1984, and it was published in June 1989.

Points and Biasism

     Hi, welcome back! I hope that your break was enjoyable! In the past my posts have been on random days during the week and this semester I would like to keep it on a regular date so due to class conflicts and such posts will be posted on Tuesday 99% of the time for the rest of the semester.
     In my English class we are getting into argument papers unit. Yesterday we did the difference between an argumentative paper and a persuasive paper. I being on the speech and debate team for my high school like argumentative papers much more then persuasive papers. For today's blog post I am going to explain the difference between argumentative and persuasive papers while also giving my personal views on each. Happy reading!!!

Argumentative paper- An argumentative paper is a paper more based on logical thinking, involves a claim and is backed by warrants of evidence. There are a few arguments of an argument paper they are as follows:
 -Evidence or a warrant
-claim
-An explanation to how the evidence proves the claim
-Things to support the warrant
-Qualifications and rebutals
- Counter arguments that refute

Kalea's take- Argumentaive papers are great to be read aloud. Argumentative papers have a  lot of emotion and need to be treated as such. When you type or read an Argumentive paper you need to act like you have confidence (even if you don't). The biggest thing for an argumentive paper is that you constantly repeat what you believe. When I create my debate brief I am basically writing an argumentative paper and so when I write briefs and argument papers I try to get myself in the competitive aggressive mindset that I need for my debate rounds.


Persuasive paper: The word of advertisements is nothing but persuasion. When a piece of writing tries to convince the reader about the efficacy or efficiency about a product or service, it is known as persuasive writing. However, it is an umbrella term that includes all writing that is done to convert the opinion of the reader so that he finally accepts the point of view of the author. Persuasive writing makes heavy use of logic to drive home the point. This style of writing appears to have a personal touch where the writer seeks to speak in a direct manner with the reader. At the end of the piece, there is always a call for action from the writer.

Kalea's take: When you compare argumentative and persuasive papers the argument paper is the dad and the persuasion paper is the mom. Persuasion is less in your face, less in-your-face, and less evidence is required to make your point. Like mothers persuasion requires less questioning on the down side of things. When I do persuasion papers I keep the paper upbeat, keep grasp of the readers attention,  and I use things that my reader can relate to. I like to use words and points that are the simplest and leave the least amount of room for questions. Argument papers are more about proving a point and persuasion papers are more giving a bias version  to the reader of the point keeping the readers interest  at all times.
               Thanks for reading see you next week

Dracula Essential Questions

Last week I told you that I would publish the essential questions for Dracula. I did love this book I would strongly recommend that you beware filter wise of which website you use to help you understand the book. I have only used sparknotes but just beware there are some pretty mature things I didn't pick up on that sparknotes mentions. Anyways I did very much enjoy this book even though I did read it in December. I decided to read this book because I liked Frankenstein that my class read. The comparisons between what the book is acutally based on and how vampires and Dracula is viewed today is so fascinating to me!
    The quote I am going to start this off with is " Literature has been called a handbook for the art of a human being. Every Story we read...is about us, in one way or another" (Cameron Wright, The Rent Collector, 94).  I am going to keep my answers to a MINIMUM  of three sentances each.
1. What does the novel teach you about being human?
A- Dracula teaches about overcoming fear. Dracula is about  putting the natural wishes of man (like the strongest will not to do something) aside for the greater good. The whole' Van Helsing team' demonstrates that when they all talk about how terrible the situation is and how scared the all are.

2. What character, event, or theme speaks to you?
A- Mina Murray speaks to me the most because of her bravery. Mina is the definition of a courageous woman she did things for the greater good of the 'Van Helsing Team'. Mina put others before herself, was extremely kind and courageous. Woman in the 1900s were sometimes viewed as very delicate and unable to handle much. Mina, to the contrary of her century was very tough and overall a fantastic woman.

3. Why is this novel considered a classic?
A- When I look at this question I think what makes Frankenstein, A Christmas Carol, Little women,   and To Kill a Mocking Bird so well read and so old. First I think that the older the book the more of a classic it is. It's kind of like when your parents hear a song from their 'glory days' and say "this song is a classic" you know it's old and sometimes assoticate old with being a classic. Honestly though I think that this book is a classic simply because it speaks truth, maturity, wisdom, knowledge, and understanding that when people read it they can relate it to them. Dracula is a classis because it speaks to the heart for all ages and all time periods.

4.Is this text still relevant Today?
A- Dracula is absolutely 100% relevant today. I mean come on, Halloween, Twilight, Vampire Diaries, and all those sappy vampire T.V  shows that come on all the freaking time. Through one book millions of poems short stories,  plays, books,  andT.V shows were born all based on the same ideas of Dracula. Even if the theme of the story is different  the 'Van Helsing Team' showed curage team work and sacrifice.

5. What does this  novel reveal about our world?
A-  Dracula  reveals dedication, courage, and (the biggest thing for me) POTENTIAL. The 'Van Helsing Team' revealed that through a group of terrified, sad, scared, people wanting their friends(Johnathon and Lucy) to be avenged killed a horrible, mean and cruel monster that has been hunted down for hundred of years. The Count has had man hunt him and try and kill him for centuries! Then some friends who are sick and tired of the Count gets rid of him in less then a 3 month time period!!! This book is leaking potential.  Dracula  reveals potential. POTENTIAL, POTENTIAL, POTENTIAL!

6. What social inequalities are present in the text and how does it compare to your world?
A-There are many social inequalities in Dracula. Lucy's fiancé is Arthur a.k.a. Lord Goodlming. Arthur's title is very helpful in the destruction of Count Dracula. The title is used to get a locksmith, important inquires about the boxes of earth, carriages and used to hide any suspicion that others may have. The other social inequality is the position that women are in in the 1900s. Some people wouldn't call that a social inequality  which is true  however, there is a social inequality between women of our age and women of madam Mina. In our day women are less 'danity', fragile, and innocent.  Count Dracula also has a social inequality. Count Dracula is viewed as the all powerful super powerlord .There also was a social inequality between Quincy Morris and the rest of the 'Van Helsing Team'. Quincy Morris seems  socially distant from the rest of the team. I am not saying that Quincy is better or less then the rest of the 'Van Helsing Team'. Being the only one from America he just has that distant no sense of belonging feel to him.  In relation to the question Quincy Morris's social inequality is like being the new kid at school. The new kid in school is quiet, distant and their head is still back in their old school hanging out with old friends.  Arthur's inequality is like the popular English Drama Downton Abbey(which by the way is fantastic!). A major character in the show is Lord Granthum. He is respected and honored as a lord and used the title a few times to benefit him a specific unorthodox way. The Count Dracula's social inequality is like (for those majority republicans in Utah) President Barack Obama, not in a sense of killing or assassination but in the sense that some Utahs(most) feel like he is killing the country and is using his power like crazy as Dracula did. Dracula also hypnotized many people and some would agree( my job is to stay completely neutral in this ) that our dear President is getting his way where ever whenever he wants. Mina's social inequality compared in our world today is there to some extent. Most men let the women eat first, open doors for them, spare them of the more challenging mental or physical tasks.(That's why there are more male seminary teacher.. that's a joke :) There are many social inequalities in Dracula  that are applicable in our world today.

7. Select a modern text: how does it relate to your honors reading?
A- Honestly I am not sure what this question means especially since this is my honors reading but  Dracula relates to my honors text because it is my honors text.  Dracula  relates to Dracula because they are the same thing so everything is related to each other.

8. What if this novel was re-written for today's audiences? What would it look like?
A- If Dracula was re-written  for the twenty first century it would be something like 50 Shades of Grey  especially because there are some words that I didn't know their meaning and they meant some pretty adult words. Dracula also would NOT  and NOT EVER be a classic. I think that the ways the new books are I can't see them ask classics or books that my grand kids would love to read. The books coming out today seem to modern and way way to out there for them to be a classic(except hunger games). Dracula would look like  scarlet red book with maybe some teeth  on the cover. The whole cover would be very dramatic. Books that are coming out today have to be very very dramatic. If Dracula  was re-written today it would be  a pretty adult dramatic book.

9. In what ways does your life or personality resemble the main character within the text? Compare and contrast.
A- The Main character that I like the most is Mina so I am going to compare and contrast with her.
Different                     

She was in the 1900s,  Mina keeps a journal more consistently then I do,  Mina is a assistant school teacher, Mina is a lot braver then me. she is a lot more calm.

Same:

 Mina and I have a big personality, Mina and I are both girls, Mina and I are very smart, Mina and I both have a best friend, Mina and I both love technology, Mina and I love acting secretary.

 

10-Joseph Campbell identified a formula for literiture known as the "Hero's Journey".  How does this text follow the story line?

A-The following picture is a view of a Hero's Journey . Johnathon; when he visits the Count that is his call to adventure. The crucifix that he has is the supernatural aid. In the Beginning of the book Count Dracula acts as the threshold of  gardians. The helper and Mentor is Mina. The letters he writes is his final helper as he goes through the challenges and temptations stage. The challenges and temptation stage is when Johnathon realizes that he is trapped. The vampire women and Count's terror is the Abyss  and death. Johnathon's transformation is when he is in the hospital and Mina comes to aid him. Atonement is the process that Johnathon goes through in the time that passes after the hospital  until Mina writes letters to Dr. Seward and Van Helsing. The return is when the 'Van Helsing Team' returns to get rid of Dracula once and for all.

11. Every piece of writing calls the reader to make a change. What change is this author attempting inspire and how is this agenda manifest in the text?

A- The change that the reader goes through in Dracula is trusting the Count in the beginning and then changing the reader's view to know that he is a terrible wicked man/monster. The Author goes about that by showing how nice the Count is and his generosity. At the very beginning the author makes the reader feel uneasy about Count and slowly builds up the uneasy feeling like a crescendo until Van Helsing clarifies it.

 

12.How does the protagonist/antagonist change throughout the course of the story?

A-The Count Dracula the antagonist changes though the story. Dracula seems mysterious in the beginning of the book and  crescendos into evil terrible monster. Then the Count tappers off when Van Helsing and the team find him at his house in Carfax. In Carfax he act truly desperate and almost scare. Count Dracula goes from this mysterious odd character who goes evil and then finally seems desperate and scared to die.

                        This is my last blog post this year see you January 7 2015! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Dracula

For this week's post I am going to do a brief overview of Dracula. I have been reading Dracula for a honors English assignment. I will have the rest of the assignment on my next weeks post. You may ask why I am reading Dracula at Christmas time  and to answer that I put this semester assignment off  and liked reading Frankenstien and so I thought Dracula would be a good fit.  I am going to summarize the first half of the book
Johnathon Harker is a young  home soliciter(of sorts) he goes on a mysterious ride to the home of Count Dracula. The Count is  skinny tall man with a black cape and white beard with sharp white teeth and a scar on his forhead. The Count only lets Johnathan into 4 rooms of the big majestic house. Johnathan spends most of his days in the library and the Count only comes to talk to him in the night. Johnathan never sees the Count eat and never sees the Count in the day. After a few weeks of staying with the Count Johnathan feels like he is getting nowhere in terms of the estate and the Count's interest to buy an estate in London. The Count on a few occasions has Johnathon write 3 letters to his fiancé Mina, his boss and another friend. The Count then requests that Jognathon stay  one more month. By this time Johnathan is getting scared. Gypsies visit the castle and do work inside the castle for the Count. One night Johnathan sees the count scale the castle walls and run off. There are a few more other creepy experiences. Johnathon wanders the house and runs into some female vampire, realizing the Count is a Vampire Johnathon scales the castle walls to get to the Counts room. Johnatan discovers some scary things. Johnathon visits the Count's room one more time. Johnathon even tried to give letters to the Gypsies to get posted but the gypsies give the letters to the Count. Count Dracula is very mysterious and is clever and throws the letters into the fire. Johnathon is terrified.
     Mina, Johnathon's fiancé takes narrating over telling of her experiences visiting a village with her friend Lucy. Lucy is engaged also to Arthur (aka Lord Goodlming). There are many things that happen to the village while the pair visits. Lucy is a sleep walker and one day  walks out of the hotel room and wanders off. Lucy then is bent over at a bench and some black figure is bent over her. Mina saves her but realizes two small puncture holes on Lucy's neck. Meanwhile Mina is very concerned for Johnathan because she has not heard from him in weeks.  As the days go by Lucy looks pailer and has less energy. After Two months Mina finds out that Johnathon is in a hospital with a severe brain fever. Lucy and Mina depart.

Emotion from an emotionless man

Sorry about the late post but I am on vacation anyways in English my class is reading a Christmas Carol we finished stave 2 and so for this post I wrote a poem called Emotion from an Emotionless Man
There is a Christmas tale from long ago,
When a man nastier then you could know,
Is whisked back to the past to see himself low,
Twas emotion so great that he demanded to go,

He saw himself as a child full and happy,
His beloved sister with him he was sappy,
He saw his boyhood ever so neglected and scrappy, He with his apprenticer celebrated Christmas in the Abbey.

While much emotion lived on,
Slowly Scrooge could feel a new dawn,
And the Christmas he couldn't help but feel drawn,
With all the happy and sad and in between he demanded to be gone.

While emotion gauges g out higher Scrooge felt much worry,
The emotion, raw power of the past his eyes got blurry,
He felt wrong out of place like a mouse with no scurry,
Over and over he demanded out and demanded with it much hurry.

     Sorry for the late posting, my excuse is the holiday weekend. I hope you enjoyed yourself I did/am. This week for my post I am publishing two papers I wrote this week. The first is from my English 10 class on controversial scientific discoveries and the second is from the Speech and Debate class. Speech and Debate counts for a English credit and I love writing papers so why not give you more awesomness? The Speech and Debate paper is on a quote for a freedom festival speech.
      Enjoy-Kalea

English 10-

 

                                                            My Immortal                        

         It is known as the immortal cell. The cell that  helped develop a cure for polio, implemented in more than 11,000 patients.  More than 20 tons of this cell have been made, and the discovery of this cell has been quoted as “In 20 years at NIH, I can’t recall a specific circumstance more charged with scientific, societal and ethical challenges than this one” -Francis Collins.The tale of Frankenstein has been a classic for people all over the world. This well known well loved classic also has been the center of debate for controversial scientific discoveries.  Among these scientific discoveries is the HeLa cell.The HeLa cell is known as the immortal cell(first cells not to die within a few cell divisions, and survive in vitro). There are a lot of things pertaining to the HeLa cell the rich history of the cell, research the profits made from the cell, the contributions in the medical world the HeLa cell has made,  the controversy that the cell has created, and the consolation that family got.

    The history of the HeLa cell is very interesting. The HeLa cell was derived from Henrietta Lacks a 31 year old African American mother with cervical cancer. The HeLa was gotten from the first two letters in her first name and last name. After Henrietta had given birth to her 5 child she noticed some problems and got diagnosed with cervical cancer. Henrietta got cancer treatment at John Hopkins Cancer treatment. Treatments were done by inserting tubes of radium in her cervix and sewing them in place. In addition to Henriettas treatments a doctor removed some tissue samples from herv cervical tumor. Henrietta  had signed the usual forms consenting to treatment for her cancer, but was not asked for her permission to remove the tissue samples, nor was she informed that it had been done, but this wasn't unusual. At the time tissue removal consent was not required. Henrietta Lacks died 9 months after her diagnosis.  A question that you may be asking is what? What made the Henrietta’s cells so amazing.The theory behind these immortal cells  is that the cancer,  the radium, and Henrietta had the human papilloma Virus(HPV) and syphilis  making her cells strong. The background behind the HeLa cell is very interesting and very detailed.

The efforts in the search to save mankind, and the price. The research was The tissue was sent to Dr. Gey in the Tissue Culture Laboratory at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Grey isolated one cell and was able to grow these ‘immortal’ cells. Normal cells die after a few divisions but Henrietta’s cells kept growing.  Regular cells in the body go through a stage called cellular senescence which is when the cells age. After many cell divisions the cells DNA becomes unstable and eventually the cell will die. The cell death is known as Programed Cell Death.(PCD) Despite the oddness of a programed death PCD can be very helpful. Too much PCD can be bad and even become cancerous. In a regular lab there is about 50 cell divisions before PCD. Cancer cells don't experience PCD making Henrietta's cells very hardy.For such hardy cells there also is a price. While Dr. Grey did not  seek to make money off of HeLa cells his findings on HeLa were published in a medical journal, and Grey got lots of requests for the cells. Grey provided the researchers HeLa cells for free. Today you can get a vile of HeLa cells for 250$. The research and profits made in the discovery of the HeLa cell are a key component in the controversial debate.

      The deeds for mankind from the HeLa cells. Considering that over 2 tons of the Hela cell have been made one can imagine that there is many benefits. The HeLa cell helped create a vaccine for polio. The HeLa cells have helped create the entire field of virology. Genetic medicine, and genetic mapping have been greatly helped thanks to the HeLa cell. HeLa cells have been used in helping and studying tuberculosis, HIV, HPV(which there is a vaccine for now), parkinsons research, cancer research, cancer test medications, mouse embryo cells, the process of mapping the genome, and AIDS research. The HeLa cells have even been taken up to space, the cells continued to grow and helped astronauts, discover what space can do to you. In addition to the medical perspective to the HeLa cells there is an economic benefit.   HeLa cells have been made into a  billion dollar industry  on the sole purpose of using these cells to benefit mankind even more.

The focus on the debate is a couple of things. The first thing is  the family . The second thing the ethical part on the physician's part.The third main issue in the HeLa cell line debate is the risks and benefits all under the name of science. Henrietta Lacks family was unaware that the cells of Henrietta had been taken until 25 years later. The Lacks Family had not gotten compensation for the cells and for a long time were struggling with medical insurance. The Lacks family also has been asked many times for samples of tissue, blood and other bodily fluids,and the family feels like their privacy has been significantly invaded  due to the constant nagging of researchers. Here is my question to you though; is it ok to ask and invade privacy if the medical community may benefit from it? in the recent present physicians have been required for legal and ethical purposes to get consent when taking samples from a patient. However back when Henrietta’s sample was taken it was not require for psycians to get consent from the patient.Do you think that it was within the Dr who got the sample and Dr. Gray's ethical responsibility as a psycian to get consent? The benefits for the HeLa cell have been monstrous, and have greatly helped americans all over with a big variety of medical problems. In the name of Science was the HeLa cell extracts acceptable?  Despite the age of the HeLa cells, the debate on the HeLa cells was recently aroused in the last decade when a friend of the Lacks family Rebecca Skloot wrote a book on the HeLa cells called The Immortal life of Henrietta Lacks. There are several things on the HeLa cells up for debate how the family was handled, biomedical  ethics on the physician's part, and the risks and benefits from the HeLa cells.

    There is a solution for some of the debate pertaining to the HeLa cells.The director of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), Francis Collins, is trying to make up for decades of slights. On August 7, 2013 an agreement was made with the Lacks family, and medical professionals in the NIH community.  The Henrietta Lacks family must be consulted before any publication of any kind  pertaining to the HeLa cells. The Lacks family will also be on the NIH board to approve any use of the HeLa cells for any  medical reason (medical research, using the cell line in any studies, medications or publication), the Lacks family will also have a sit down with medical personnel who intend to use the HeLa cell line for a full complete explanation of what will happen. In addition the  agreement allows the publication of a US government-funded HeLa genome sequence as well as the re-release of data that were pulled from public view soon after publication in March because of the family’s concerns.  While there is much debate concerning the Lacks family and the HeLa cell line there has been some solution to the long ongoing debate.

In conclusion the HeLa cells are known as the immortal cells, they have provided much benefit to the medical research field and to all mankind. These immortal cells came from a African American mother suffering from cervical cancer, HPV, and syphilis.  The research that was done was very popular and the physician who discovered these cells did in (my opinion) his humanitarian duty and gave the HeLa cells away for free. The benefits from the HeLa cells helped many people and continue to help people today. The HeLa cell is the primary cell line that helped stop panic in the 1950’s as millions of Americans were stricken with the crippling disease of Polio. Where much is given much is required and the HeLa cells have given much yet were given much debate. Some of the debate was relieved when the Lacks family made an agreement with the NIH. Now back to the relevance to Frankenstein, the HeLa cells were to an extent ‘immortal’, caused much controversy, even scared some people when the first genetic hybrid was created. Like Frankenstein  it was done with good intention and was misunderstood for a long time. The HeLa cells are valued and cherished like the classic Novel of Frankenstein. That is the story of the HeLa cells!

Speech and Debate

There is a battle that is known as the bloodiest day in America's History. There is a war where more American soldiers died in this war then both world wars, Vietnam, and Korea combined. This is known as one of the cruelest, bloodiest , saddest wars known, and yet it was the war within our very own nation. The civil war was a war when our nation was divided. Good won  however, the cost for the civil war was so great that the  president who presided over this war and division said this inspiring quote "America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and  lose our freedoms it will be because we destroyed ourselves." -Abraham Lincoln. There is a question that is posed for our day  and it  is what can I do as an individual to secure my freedoms? I have two phrases for you: one is called you do not use it you lose it, or my second phrase  is called GOYBADS which stands for get off your butt and do something. Unfortunately the current generation is a very entitled one. Our generation does not believe in working and fighting for what you've got. Our freedoms have slowly been taken and they will continue unless we use our rights as American individuals and they are: vote, protest, and take back the freedoms that are already compromised. Every American individual has a job to do so let's get going.

    In the past Primary elections for 2014 Juab county had 2,794 people vote. The total population for juab county is 10,348. The total percentage of voting that went on earlier this month is only 27%! That horrible statistic is just more than one in four people voting. The percentage of Juab county voters in the 2012 presidential election is only  51%!! In the Bill of Rights the 15th  amendment states that: “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude-”-, this given   Americans the right to vote no matter what however the second section to this amendment states that the Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. This gives Congress the power to essentially do whatever they want with the right to vote. Basic human nature is not to do something unless provoked or without reason. If we as a individuals  do not start using our right to pick our government, the government will be provoked and have a reason to take away our right to choose our leaders therefore  taking away our freedom.   Our freedoms will be taken away if we as individuals keep wasting away our right to vote.

    A key part of not using it and losing it is the right to protest. In the first amendment of the Bill of Rights it says that “Congress shall make no law respecting  the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. When we do protest it uses our first amendment rights. If we protest about those freedoms that we as individuals are losing then we are pressuring a stop.Even if we use the right to protest just to use it without passion or commitment to the subject we are securing our individual freedoms simply by using our freedoms. Upon searching on the internet on  rt.com/usa I found the following subheading: President Barack Obama signed his name to H.R. 347, officially making it a federal offense to cause a disturbance at certain political events — essentially criminalizing protest in the States. You can’t even protest about the right to protest!  The right to protest is key in securing our individuals because it is a key right and congress keeps slowly taking our rights, even the rights to protest is slowly being taken away. In short please use your individual right to protest simply by protesting, it is the best way to keep America from destroying itself from the inside.

 

you do matter

    There is one final thing we can do as individuals to secure our freedoms. We can all get involved. Read the newspaper, watch the  news, go to town hall meetings, protest in your local cities, help pass out flyers for the candidate who you think will be the best, participate in petitions,  surveys, and even those annoying candidate phone calls . When I was in 4th grade it was the 2010 presidential election so on the day of the election me and my brother got ¼ sheets of paper and wrote in our elementary school handwriting to vote for Mitt Romney and specific instructions on how not to vote for Obama, and we passed the sheets to houses all over our neighborhood. City, county, state, or even country be involved, use your rights and freedoms to their full potential. You do matter! Use that to your advantage and get involved.When we as individuals get involved we show initiative which in turn shows those who try to take away, reduce or violate our freedoms that they have no reason to do so and they will be responsible and the ones who will be taking the blame.

     We as individual Americans can prevent the loss of our freedoms and the failure of this great country by voting, protesting, and getting involved in the country around us. The civil war was the most damaging war in America’s history and it was the war within our country. Abraham Lincoln's quote, no doubt was absolutely correct when he said: "America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and  lose our freedoms it will be because we destroyed ourselves." Don’t let this amazing strong country be the thing that destroys itself.