In class we read two excerpts; "Learning to Read" from Malcolm X and "Learning to Read and Write" from Fredrick Douglass. After comparing the two texts, we were asked to write an essay that compares their claims on education and whether they're valid or not. In order to do this, we had to learn how to structure argumentative essays and use evidence to validate your claim. Overall, I enjoyed doing this assignment. 

We had to create a one-pager that summarizes the first part of the book by featuring Wiesel’s quote and surrounding it with quotes, images, and symbols that demonstrate how the book transformed Henrietta Lacks from an abstraction to a person with her own universe of secrets, treasures, anguish, and triumph.

After completing the novel centered around Henrietta Lacks and her family, we were tasked with answering the question "To what extent is it vital that Henrietta Lack's family receive financial reparations" based on the events from the book.