Cultural Analysis of "The Breast Cancer Gene and Me"

In the following post, I will analyze certain cultural aspects of my chosen article, "The Breast Cancer Gene and Me."

GDS Infographics. "Cancer". 04/12/2010 via Flickr.
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Keywords for the article: "tested", and "mutation". Both keywords are important to the development of the article, as the main issue is a gene mutation, and the author talks about getting tested for that particular gene mutation multiple times.

Basic thesis: Getting tested for the BRCA gene mutation will allow doctors to tailor a treatment method to you, particularly to avoid a relapse, and this new testing mechanism will save many lives.

Keyword support main argument: The keywords support the main argument by having negative connotations that will make the reader take the issue more seriously. The writer wants people to get tested, which has a negative connotation with STD's, for a genetic mutation, which has a negative connotation with weird sci-fi aliens.