My Sister 's Keeper By Jodi Picoult

Girl Interrupted is Susanna Kaysen 's memoir a series of recollections and reflections of her nearly two year stay at a residential psychiatric program at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts. She looks back on it with a sense of surprise. In her memoir she considers how she ended up at McLean, and whether or not she truly belonged there. Each chapter focuses on one aspect of her experience. Founded in the late 19th century, McLean Hospital had been a facility for troubled members of wealthy and aristocratic families. By the late 1960s, however, McLean had fallen into a period neglect. This was a time of great change in the mental health care field. Kaysen grew up in a wealthy and prestigious family. Like most teenagers, she was rebellious at times, confused and unsure about her future. She didn’t want to go to college and slept with her high school English teacher. She witnessed firsthand the widening generation gap that was developing in the late 1960s. Older generations looked at Kaysen’s generation 's world with alarm.

Fictional writers often write about the human condition as a way to connect with readers who contain narrow knowledge. In fictional books, characters are given emotion and senses like any other actual person, which can make the reader relate quicker in detail unlike factual novels. In other words, readers gain a new perspective on a period of time by examining a fiction novel. Ironically, some argue fiction can educate us about part of our life by enabling us to relate and empathize. I am certain that many people can learn factual items in fictional stories. In Kindred, by Octavia Butler, the near death experiences of Rufus Weylin transported an African American woman named Dana from 1976, to the antebellum south to gain an unbelievable experience of what it is like to have been a slave. Through her daily life on the Weylin plantation, the reader begins to understand just how complicated slavery is and how it affects both the slaves and the plantation owners. This novel gave a new definition of reality and a new meaning of the 19th century exploitation practice.

Mrs. Fox, by Sarah Hall was published in 2014. Mrs. Fox is a short story by Sarah Hall about a woman who turns into a fox during her pregnancy, much to the dismay of her husband. Mrs. Fox describes a woman who is not satisfied with her life with her husband, Mr. Fox. They both remain detached thorough the story. When Mrs. Fox turns into a fox, Mr. Fox does not understand why his wife was not happy or satisfied in her human life. Sarah Hall does a wonderful job of displaying out an unusually intriguing setting, a breath taking characterization of the two main characters Mr. and Mrs. Fox, and she displays a dark and modern theme, rightfully earning the BBC National short story

The novel, Girl, Interrupted is a memoir of author Susana Kaysen’s life and her journey through early adulthood as she suffered with Borderline Personality Disorder. The novel captures her time at McLean Hospital, a psychiatric hospital located in Belmont, Massachusetts. Kaysen divides the novel into separate anecdotes of events and fellow patients she encountered during the two years she was admitted at Mclean.

An adolescent is a young person who is the in the process of forming from a child into an adult. The formation can result in physical changes, sexuality, a sense of self-direction, and more. During the movie “Mean Girls” a female adolescent by the name of Cady Heron who recently just relocated to a new school and is put in a position where she must change her behavior, physical features, and self-direction to fit in with a popular group in school. Although Cady made friends quite fast, it is her new friends that are persuading her to make these changes all to sabotage the popular girls in school. Just like most adolescents do, Cady gets too far in over her head and catches herself turning into one of the ‘popular’ girls and quickly begins to act out.

My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult is related to what we have studied in AP Biology because the book explored the issue of genetics. In AP Biology, we discussed the different kinds of genetic diseases, such as sickle cell anemia, down syndrome, and cystic fibrosis. We learned about each disease’s inheritance pattern, either recessive or dominant. In the book, Anna’s older sister, Kate was diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukemia, which she has many immature white blood cells in her body. Inevitably, this led to a deficiency of healthy blood cells to fight off foreign pathogens or diseases. Other than the fact that the book is related to the genetics unit, it is also relevant to the discussion we had in class about a person who underwent a bone marrow transplant to treat his cancer. Similarly, Kate eventually received a bone marrow from her sister.

Maya Angelou demonstrates many examples of descriptive imagery in her excerpt Sister Flowers. Imagery is the formation of mental images, or figures through text. Angelou first introduces imagery in paragraph one. The essay states, “For nearly a year, I sopped around the house, the Store, the school and the church, like an old biscuit, dirty and inedible” (1 and 2). The imagery in line 1 and 2 is “like an old biscuit, dirty and inedible.” Angelou is forming an image in the reader’s mind of what she looked like as she “sopped around.” Only a few lines down Angelou begins to use imagery to describe the appearance of Sister Flowers as she writes “She was thin without the taut look of wiry people, and her printed voile dresses and flower

Throughout the movie, “My Sister’s Keeper”, there are many events that occur that leave the audience questioning the actions of the characters. Kate, who is born with a rare case of Leukemia, is the recipient of her genetically engineered sister, Anna’s bodily donations. Until Anna goes to a lawyer in hopes to receive medical emancipation, her mother does not see what is wrong with the concept of consenting to Anna’s operations in order to help her oldest daughter. With a combination of Kant’s deontology and the use of his categorical imperative test, perhaps Sara, Kate’s mother, could have realized her mistakes long ago. Unfortunately, like many moral dilemmas, Sara is too invested in the well-being of her cancer stricken daughter and is unable to see how she is hurting her youngest daughter.

I received a copy of The Secrets Between You and Me by Shana Norris through Net Galley, this has in no way influenced my opinion on the book. I read this on a whim, I was going through Net Galley and The Secrets Between You and Me. I did not realise that it was a companion to another novel but it in no way hindered my thoughts or confused me in any way. Hannah is the protagonist of The Secrets Between You and Me and sometimes in contemporary novels I don’t have a nice relationship with the female protagonist but Hannah, my heart broke for her.

There is no clear-cut antagonist in “My Sister’s Keeper” by Jodi Picoult besides the cancer; The closest thing that comes to oppugnant to Anna, the protagonist, is her mother Sarah Fitzgerald. The cancer tears apart Anna’s family, is attempting to kill Kate, who is Anna’s sister, and ruins the life of the whole Fitzgerald family. The one that is most affected by the cancer is Sarah Fitzgerald, the mother. Sarah has ignored her son to the point of juvenile delinquency, forced a daughter that she gave birth to purely to be a donor for Kate and estranged her husband.

The film “Gone Girl” depicts the story of a man named Nick Dunne and the disappearance and possible murder of his publicly adored wife, Amy Dunne. The beginning of the film depicts this young couple to be passionate, vivacious and full of unconditional love, but as the story unfolds the truth behind Amy and Nick’s relationship becomes questioned under intense public scrutiny and a forensic investigation. Early on, Nick becomes the main suspect in his wife’s disappearance and apparent murder based on what seems to be overwhelming evidence indicating his guilt. Amy Dunne appears to be a beautiful, kind and intelligent woman. She exudes confidence, gracefulness and charm to the public, and portrays a sense of being calm, cool and collected with her husband upon the early stages of their relationship and marriage. Her beauty, clever wit and poised presence, paints the façade of an overtly desirable woman. However, in discovery of her husband’s affair and throughout the rest of the film, Amy’s true self and manipulative and devious nature emerges.

There is no clear-cut antagonist in “My Sister’s Keeper” by Jodi Picoult besides the cancer; the closest thing that comes to an opponent to Anna, the protagonist, is her mother Sara Fitzgerald who is driven to cure her sick daughter, Kate. The book concerns a lawsuit filed by the alienated daughter, Anna, who is forced to give numerous medical donations to her sister, Kate, who is suffering from cancer. The arrangement relates to Anna’s bodily autonomy which has been violated by her mother, Sara, by forcing Anna to give donations to Kate. The cancer tears apart Anna’s family, is attempting to kill Kate, who is Anna’s sister, and ruins the life of the whole Fitzgerald family. The malignancy in Kate’s body turns Sara Sara has ignored her son to the point of juvenile delinquency, forced a daughter that she gave birth to purely to be a donor for Kate and estranged her husband.

We have all heard the African proverb that says, “It takes a village to raise a child.” The response given by Emma Donoghue’s novel Room, simply states, “If you’ve got a village. But if you don’t, then maybe it just takes two people” (Donoghue 234). For Jack, Room is where he was born and has been raised for the past five years; it is his home and his world. Jack’s “Ma” on the other hand knows that Room is not a home, in fact, it is a prison. Since Ma’s kidnapping, seven years prior, she has survived in the shed of her capturer’s backyard. This novel contains literary elements that are not only crucial to the story but give significance as well. The Point-of-view brings a powerful perspective for the audience, while the setting and

My Sister’s Keeper follows the story of 13-year-old Anna Fitzgerald, who unexpectedly sues her parents for medical emancipation. Medical emancipation is granted to a minor, where they are no longer restricted to the wishes of their parents and may make their own decisions regarding medical treatment. Now, the reason Anna seeks medical emancipation is because her parents expect her to give up one of her kidneys for her older sister Kate. Kate Fitzgerald has had leukemia since she was 2, and in the book she is in the end stages of kidney failure. Her parents conceived Anna because they needed a donor to keep Kate alive. Since Anna’s birth, she has donated bone marrow and stem cells to Kate repeatedly. But Anna now no longer wishes to be the live donor for her big sister. Thus, her only resort became running to the law. Anna seeks lawyer Campbell Alexander, who has had notable successes representing children in court. With Campbell, she aims so sue her parents for medical emancipation. Anna’s plan does not favor with Sara, her mother, who is a former attorney and current house wife. Sara is married to Brain, and they have a son named Jesse. When Sara receives the lawsuit she becomes furious and is unable to understand Anna’s decision. However, Anna’s father somewhat recognizes Anna’s perspective and understands why Anna brought forth the lawsuit. Anna’s father’s sympathy towards her gets him in hot water with his wife.

This is a review of the novel “The Passion” by Jeanette Winterson. This is a wonderful story set in 19th century Europe during the Napoleon wars. It tells the story of two very different individuals and how their lives became intertwined. It is a story of love, passion, and obsession. The text will be evaluated by analyzing the story, plot, and characters.