Persuasive Essay On My Sisters Keeper

Anna’s friends also should have notified the Wood parents immediately of the condition their daughter was in and as to why she was in it. They could have arranged an ambulance immediately. If the ambulance arrived early and were called earlier, they could’ve prevented Anna to the likelihood of being permanently brain damaged.

Kate decides to have Anna make a decision that can destroy a family. When one child in a family is sick. It can lead to the other children in the family to feel neglected. Parents often tend to focus on the child that needs more attention.

I believe Anna was right to listen to Kate because she passed away knowing that she was not going to live and was not going to be put someone’s life in danger to save her own. I believe what she did was right because Anna was brought into the world to be a genetic match for her older sister, Kate, who suffers from acute leukemia. Her sister's dependency on her, Anna was unable to live the life she wants. Anna in and out of the hospital constantly, she cannot take part in extracurricular activities such as cheerleading or soccer. Knowing that she will have to donate one of her kidneys to her sister, Anna sues her parents for medical emancipation and the rights to her own body. Believing that she would not survive the surgery, Kate wants to die. Anna wins the case, and due to her sister's wishes does not donate her kidney. In conclusion , it shows that Anna not only fulfilled her sisters wishes, but also stood up for herself because she did not want to go under the knife, and go through a painful process not knowing what could possibly happen to her. It not only shows a symbolic sisters role, but also elaborates on equality for justice, and personally rights. Therefore, I do believe what she did for herself and her sister was the right thing to do because she did not deserve to go through such a difficult

Many of the characters in the book “After the First Death,” their innocence stolen from them. They all had to do something they have never done. Also they were all put in unfamiliar situations. Therefore Raymond, Kate, and Ben had to make choices in their life that take their innocents. Raymond is a very sheltered little boy.

Firstly, Kate is noticeably affected almost immediately after the death of her mother and father. We see this by her descriptive quotes about how she was feeling and the observations she made about others in her life. Some instances include “I remember being rigid with fear, not daring to look at him” (19), “it was like being at the bottom of the sea” (53), and “...there was a whirlwind howling through me” (54). These quotes represent how Kate felt overwhelmed by unmanageable emotions; she felt almost numb and empty. She even ends up cutting her finger just to feel something and it hardly hurt at all. This is a confused, traumatized little girl. Next, Kate is affected by the basic principles her parents taught. The simple memory of her parents provoked thought of the Presbyterian Commandments they would follow. These principles shape who she is and represent a background where people do not talk about problems or share emotions. “No, you swallow your feelings, force them down inside yourself, where they feed and grow and swell and expand until you explode, unforgivably, to the utter bewilderment of whomever it was who upset you” (36). Lastly, the trauma she has endured has made her scared. Scared of sharing feelings, scared of commitment, scared of loving someone. Daniel, Kate’s boyfriend, feels he is in the dark when it comes to Kate’s past and her emotions. This is because Kate is simply scared to love him. She proves this and it’s connection to her past by saying, “people I love and need have a habit of disappearing from my life” (89). The death of her parents has definitely shaped who she is but some may say, it helped her show resilience and strength to embrace her past and move

How does the knowledge that Anna was conceived to save Kate affect Anna's and Kate's perceptions of themselves, and their relationship with each other? For instance, you might consider the following:

From the time Anna was born, whenever Kate fell ill and needed a donor, Kate and Anna’s parents did not hesitate to use Anna’s body without asking her. Parents should not harm one child to save another. Anna decides to go to a lawyer and sue her parents for the rights of her own body. The lawyer makes an ethical decision to be a

Next, Anna’s character changes dramatically after the car accident. She is no longer a girl who wants to fit in or feel cool. She becomes a girl who is constantly nervous and feels guilty. “The shaking. My teeth are chattering… I try to tell her but my jaw and teeth are chattering so much, I can’t make the words.” (Frank 26) The day after the car accident, Anna learns that Ellen passed out after the were hit, and this resulted in her having a collapsed lung, some cracked ribs, and a broken leg. She also learns that the person in the other car, was her brother’s girlfriend, Cameron Polk, and she died. Anna is so shocked about Cameron, and worried about Ellen, that her body starts to shake whenever she becomes very nervous or scared. And she never wants to talk about Cameron because she feels as if it was her own fault that Cameron died. The accident was very traumatizing to Anna since she was awake during the entire accident, and that is why she becomes very nervous and scared all the time, and develops PTSD.

After she had made it through the rough part of her experience, her perspective on life changed. Anna's time in the hospital helped her to see things

This movie called My Sister’s keeper is a film that is all about a couple’s life that has a daughter named Kate. Kate was diagnosed with promyelocytic leukemia. Promyelocytic leukemia (PL) is a malignancy of the bone marrow in which there is a lack or insufficiency of mature blood cells in the myeloid line of cells and an excess of immature cells called promyelocytes. PL is due to a translocation (an exchange of chromosome material) between chromosomes 15 and 17 which is symbolized t(15; 17). This translocation is not a mere marker of PL. It is the cause of PL (MedicineNet, n.d.). Gordon’s functional health assessment pattern was use in this presentation. The patient’s culture, geographic, religious, ethnic or spiritual and sexual concerns

The puritans would disapprove the book Get Well Soon because of the disrespects towards authority. The events to lead Anna where she is in the novel is because she would run away from home. When she ran away,she would try to go to her Grandparents house. When Anna’s parents would tell her couldn’t go somewhere she would end up sneaking out the house with her friends or to meet with her friends. In the hospital there is a golden rule, the rule is that you are not allowed to have relationships with anyone in the amount of time they are in the facility. Anna can’t help herself but to

Someone once said, “People are quick to judge others faults, but never quick to point out their own,” (Pinterest). For instance, in the book “Crow Lake” by Mary Lawson, Kate is judgmental because she can see her brother’s mistakes but cannot see her own. She does not put herself in another person’s situation; she judges the choices that person makes. Kate is also reserved because she keeps her emotions to herself, she rarely ever opens up and shares how she feels. Kate is judgmental and reserved, being judgmental and reserved separates her from the people she loves the most and it affects her relationships with her boyfriend and brother negatively.

In this scene where Kate is ready to die and relive every moment of your life and the beautiful moments that happened to his family. Also when she was counted as his love and Taylor as suffered by the death of his first love. Also explains that she is upset because her parents are using Anna trying to save her and that's what hurts most. However we parents are not ready to let go of Kate and feel the need to continue the fight against cancer. Anna who is helping her sister to survive no longer wants to continue grasping because she wants to live his life as everyone else. She wants to do things knowing if he donates his kidney to his sister will not be able to do to do such as pregnant in her entire

The character of Sara is most adamant that it is in Anna’s best interests to act as a donor for Kate. However I do not think she meant for Anna to be at the mercy of her sister. I think she was only intent on doing what had to be done to keep her family intact by preserving the life of Kate. Sara believes that the social, emotional and psychological best interests of a person depend upon the happiness in the family in which they grow up in. This gives the idea that Anna’s best interests and welfare are closely tied to those of her family, who

The useable organs in her body are donated to Kate so she can live. In the movie Kate says to Anna that is okay if she doesn't want to donate her kidney because Kate didn't want to live anymore, she wanted to die. Anna sued her parents for the right to her own body, for Kate and for herself. She eventually won the case and didn't have to give Kate the kidney. Kate slowly started to get sicker and eventually died.