Research Paper On My Sister's Keeper

Children can feel neglected when one of their siblings have a serious illness. Annas statement, which appears in her narration on the first Monday, refers to the way Anna’s parents conceived her. When Anna says she “didn’t get here by accident,” she means that her parents deliberately selected her, or rather the embryo that would become her, for a specific reason.“Although I am nine months pregnant, although I have had plenty of time to dream, I have not really considered the specifics of this child. I have thought of this daughter only in terms of what she will be able to do for the daughter I already have…Then again, my dreams for her are no less exalted; I plan for her to save her sister’s life.” Anna’s mother didn’t even have her because she wanted to she had her because she felt like she needed to. When that was done from there on out the neglection started

Anna is a very strong, very independent, and very self-reliant young woman, and she uses these character traits to overcome her life obstacles. She has no problem standing up for what she believes in or what she believes is right. Anna is very strong because she is dealing with a lot of serious issues, such as her sister dying, at a very young age. For example in this quote “If you don’t want to be my sister anymore, that’s one thing. But I don’t think I could stand to lose you as a friend” (57), Anna and Kate appear to pondering life without each other. She does not seem too upset at the fact that her sister would be passing on, but rather upset at the fact that she would be losing a friend. This is most likely due to the fact she knows that through her sister’s death, she would finally have the right to her own body. Another quote from the novel shows that anna is both independent and self-reliant; “ If you have a sister and she dies, do you stop saying you have one? Or are you always a sister, even when the other half of the equation is gone?” (85). This quote shows that Anna is pondering what life will be like once her sister has passed. She is trying to figure out if she would finally be the independ, young woman she longs to be or if

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

Seeing that Kate has leukemia, the only way to save her is for her parents to have a genetically modified baby to be a perfect match donor for Kate. When Anna ponders about herself donating to Kate, she says, “It made me wonder, thought, what would have happened if Kate had been healthy? Certainly, I would not

My Sister's Keeper is the story of Anna Fitzgerald, who by the age of thirteen has undergone many blood transfusions, numerous surgeries, and multiple bone marrow transplants. “Most babies are accidents, not me. I was engineered, born to save my sister’s life.” At the beginning of the movie Anna explains that she as conceived to be a donor for her sister, Kate. Kate is a 16 year old with renal failure due to a very rare form of leukemia. The girls' parents expect Anna to donate her kidney to help her sister. Instead of donating the kidney, Anna files a lawsuit against her parents for the rights of her own body so that she could not be forced into the surgery against her will. This causes mixed reactions between Anna’s parents, Brain

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

     At the age of 48, she is diagnosed with stage-four metastatic ovarian cancer. Dr. Kelekian wants her to take eight high-dose experimental chemotherapy treatments for eight months. He warns her that she will need to be "tough" to rely upon large reserves of inner courage and willpower.

The tragic news of Anissa’s leukemia and striving to find the cure or the right match gave the family the prospect to work together or understand one another in a variety of standings. The Ayala’s family needed emotional support during that tough time when they were stunned by the atrocious news of their teenage daughter who developed leukemia. This could mean offering support through attentive listening instead of critiquing the family’s decision. Therefore, the family endured the public’s detractors by adhering on to their faith, love, respect, and compassion for each other. Although the public criticisms were intense, Ayala’s family did not lose sight in a caring boldness toward bringing a fresh life into the light. It might have been harsh for the Ayala’s family to digest what the world had thrown at them, but the family’s great relationship brought to an end the long-term healing. Abe and Mary were an essential part of Ayala’s family to

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

Anna knows that without her, her older sister would be dead. Anna is always having to donate many different things to her older sister. Things she may not need to necessarily live, but things she may and may not be uncomfortable with donating to her sister. Constantly donating blood to you older sibling could be very awkward, while others may think there is absolutely nothing wrong with it. The problem they have is different considering the circumstances they are put under. Especially when finding out our sibling need one of your lung, or they will die. Though you have no legal obligation to donate that lung to your sibling, you would want to do the right thing, But you could imagine Anna’s problem, she has always donated things to her older sister Kate, and she may just be tired of donating things to her and sharing things with her. Eventually she probably begins to wonder is it worth it, but knowing it is the right thing to do, she continues to donate things to her sister. Besides this problem, there is also the fact that Anna knows she was created just so there would be someone close enough to Kate that would be able to save her life in different

Anna decides to get a lawyer Campbell Alexander (Alec Baldwin) and get the rights to her body He takes in her case because he wants her to have the right to her own body unlike him. He has epilepsy a condition where you have a neurological disorder and constant seizures. There mother Sara who fights with everything she has to make sure Kate stays alive is not looking into Anna's perspective. They didn't even know that Jesse (Evan Ellingson) their brother has dyslexia a common disease where people have trouble matching the letters they see on the page with the sounds those letters and combinations of letters make. Sara has even put Anna into so many treatments before the age of five like blood, stem cells, and bone marrow transplants.

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

Alexa Kersting was just seven years old when she was diagnosed with lung disease and was placed on the organ transplant list at age 12, after developing pulmonary hypertension. As expected, she didn’t get to live the life of a normal kid. Alexa was either at home or at the hospital, being assisted by oxygen 24 hours a day. Due to her illness, her mother mentioned, “Alexa couldn’t do the things that most young girls are able to do, whether it was attending her first middle school dance, or riding bikes after school,” (DonateLife). Sadly, her fight ended when she was 14, in July of 2004 after her family never received that special call, saying a lung has been found for Alexa (DonateLife). She died waiting for a transplant. This issue happens

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.