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Interpret and annotate What You Don't Know (Lulu Wang). Lulu Wang's website: The entire podcast talks about how different cultures react. Context: Lulu Wang, Biography, April 22nd 2016, Recorded in the United States. Text: It’s a podcast which is talking about her grandmother that developed lung cancer, Her sister little Nini made the decision to not tell her about the disease she needs to fight and made the family agree to lie. It’s emotional due to all the lying and not expressing how they really feel about there loved one. It is serious since someone;s health should never be a mystery to them. Subtext: Is not telling Nini that she was sick in hopes she would recovery and beat the disease she was fighting and live her normal lifestyle.
Argumentation: I strongly disagree with the family’s decision on not telling her grandmother that she had a serious illness and could possibly not survive. She has the power to make her decision on her life and maybe say her last goodbyes and spend more time with the family and the ones she loves and care about. Wang’s grandmother could also have some business to take care of. For example she may want to plan her own funeral, where she would want to take her belongs. Some people knowing they are sick could put the fight of there life and survive the disease they are fighting. You never know someone’s will to live for the loved ones and themselves. Therefore it would not be fair for the individual not to know what is going on mental with there own health. The individual that is sick will eventually find out since the body would take a toll and give symptoms of different signs on what the body is going through. Then it would be to late for that individual to make any decision for themselves. Being one of the family members and lying makes you feel awkward and uncomfortable around the one that is sick. You are the one saying your last goodbyes and talking to the person that has no idea what is going on. You have every right as individual no matter how old you are, to know what is going on with your health and how you want to proceed and live your life. Narration: I have had to decision to make that were really tough in my life. One was my grandmother that was diagnosed with liver cancer. Since I was young, the details of her illness was not discussed with me. Since her husband did not disclose her illness to her because he thought she couldn't handle it. I believe if she knew of her illness she would of spent her last days entirely different instead of laying down and in the house all the time. When my mother told her when it was close because she asked, she seemed so disappointed. My grandmother was not able to say goodbye because the next day after my mother told her she went into the hospital and was on a breathing tube and tied down because she tried to take the tube out of her mouth. Secondly, my aunt was disgnosed with small cell lung cancer, which there is no cure but you can live for awhile with treatment. I believe my aunt shouldn't of known the full extent of her illness because as soon as she found out she gave up on life. Even though she was already going through tough times with selling her house and losing her job, knowing she has cancer kind of took the last straw on her.
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