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

My Sister’s Keeper is about a family who conceives a child strictly for the use as bone marrow donor for her gravely ill older sister. Kate is diagnosed with Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia at the age of two. As their doctor tells them of their options, he asks Sara and Brian, the parents, have they thought about

In the book My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult, Anna’s older sister has cancer. For as long as Anna has been alive, she has been her donor. Anna has turned thirteen and finally realizes what she has been doing for all these years. She has been giving her sister white blood cells and bone marrow without being asked for permission. She does not want to donate to her anymore. Although Anna and Kate are sisters, Anna has to change this.

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

The novel The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot, tells the journey between the author Rebecca and Deborah Lacks as they discover more about Deborah’s mother, Henrietta. As Rebecca is telling the story she includes herself as a character, and to me that aspect of the novel makes it easier to be able to connect with the other characters and the novel as a whole. Overall, Rebecca telling what she experienced throughout her time researching with Deborah gives much more depth to this novel. In this novel, you can truly relate to what Rebecca is feeling, see how the two bond together towards the end, and feel the impact that Deborah and even Henrietta had on Rebecca’s life.

'The Story Of Tom Brennan' focuses on grief each family member has and how they express it toward the accident. Kylie wants to talk to her family but can't because nobody want to talk about the accident, so she bottles it all up and tells the whole school about it though a speech about domestic terrorism. Kath, Fin mother has to deal with Fin critical state. Fin is a former athlete on the Mumbili football team, would be restrained to a wheelchair or a bed for the rest of his life. Kath has to do everything for Fin in his condition so she doesn't have time to hide away like Tess does, she has to get on with life and can't let the grief get to her. This theme is important to my generation because you can lose people around and this novel shows how and how not to deal with

by allowing me to reflect on the lack of equality in the world. There is still issues similar to this today involving discrimination and the absence of fairness. Throughout the novel it made me realize how poorly some people treat others, and how incredibly sad it is.

It has taught me how I need to also have hope that things happen for a reason and better things are coming like in chapter 35 when clay found them in the woods and almost captured them but when they escaped him and found a nice boy who helped them on their journey.

Response: If I were in the same situation Anna was in, I would do everything I can to save my sibling's life, even if my sick sibling tells me to stop helping them to get better. I would not listen to them, and continue helping them get better. My siblings matter to me and I wouldn't want to see them out of my sight ever. If one of them gets severely sick, I would absolutely do whatever I can to bring them back to their normal health. It is revealed to us in chapter one (Monday) that Anna is an allogeneic donor, meaning she is a perfect donor for her sister Kate who has acute promyelocytic leukemia. She is the only hope for Kate to get better. Anna would constantly give blood to Kate in order to save her life. She also gave her a bone marrow. Kate has realized that Anna has been sacrificing a lot for her

Anna Fitzgerald, the youngest in her family, is a genetic match to her older sister, Kate, who has APL, a rare form of leukemia, and is her donor. Anna is thirteen and has decided to file a lawsuit against her parents for rights to her own body. She does this because she claims to not want to donate a kidney to her older sister. Being in the same family as a cancer victim tends to take the spotlight off of you, and this is how Anna and Jesse feel, which is what she calls being invisible. However, she believes the lawsuit may allow people to start ‘seeing’ her, and see that she is not the obedient, younger daughter everyone thought she was and that she isn’t just extra lymphocytes, bone marrow, and organs for her sister. soon learns that making

trust, doctors who can give and take hope from their patients, and donors who give their body to the sick. In each of these situations, there is a person who is giving something they will never get back, and those readily taking something for their own benefit. Through Anna's point of view, Jodi expresses life's reality that “[t]here are always sides. There is always a winner, and a loser. For every person who gets, there's someone who must give" (Picoult 58). In Jodi Picoult's novel My Sister's Keeper, Anna is constantly giving Kate the ability to survive through medical procedures, and in doing so she is living without the freedom of being a carefree child who is only responsible for her own life.

The novel “My Sister’s Keeper” by Jodi Picoult explores the medical, legal, ethical and moral issues related to long term illness and discusses some of the bioethical issues around the experimental technique known as pre-implantation genetic diagnosis. The author presents many ethical dilemmas when a couple chooses to genetically engineer a baby to create a bone marrow match for their terminally ill daughter. That creation is Anna Fitzgerald, who is beginning to wonder about her place in the world and questions her on going donations in order to save her sister’s, Kate’s life. Anna feels that her existence is defined by her ability to save her sister. That type of

Hesitantly, Anna takes the stage and confess that she filed the lawsuit against her parents because her sister Kate told her to do so. Anna also explains that Kate asked her not to donate her kidney because she was bored of being ill and expecting to die. At this particular moment, Campbell suffered an epileptic seizure. When Campbell woke up, he explained to Julia that epileptic seizures are the reason that made him leave her, and that's why he has a guard dog, because it can predict when the next seizure will come. Although Anna loves Kate, a part of her wanted Kate to die so she will not remain restricted with Kate and to have more freedom in her life. In the end, the Judge decides to give Campbell the medical power of attorney over Anna and grant her the medical emancipation. On the way back, Campbell and Anna were injured in a car accident, and Anna underwent irreversible damage in her brain.