Oh my glob. I have not gotten over my anxiety of writing. I’m still afraid of writing. The thesis statement is still not coming to mind. But I now understand the role of deception in the book. A line from an all time low song that I connected to the book was “you’re not a hero. You’re a liar.” It’s from the song “Heroes” from all time low’s album Dirty work. Rebecca Skloot is not a hero. She used certain words in her story telling to make it seem like she was one. She also made it seem like she was the only one to care about Henrietta as a person and made it seem like the doctors only cared about her cells.
The page requirements for this paper has made me really afraid. I have never written any paper this long before. I have no idea how I’m going to keep writing for 5-7 pages. I’m also afraid because my last paper was not great. But that’s just how I write. I don’t know how to analyze. I feel like I’m analyzing but it just ends up being summary. And then I feel like my paper has no focus and I’m just all over the place. I’m just so concerned with writing. I never liked it. I was never good at it. I wish I had a way with words like some people do. Like when people write in such clever ways I’m just like, “why can’t I think like you.” Uugghh. My life.