During Kate's life she always had the thought of living her life to the fullest. She was so adventurous and willing to try new things. Even though she was diagnosed with cancer she would always try to put that behind her and live a normal life. She did things like going to prom with another boy and going to the beach. In the beginning of the story Kate was always happy and never really got upset or angry at the fact she had leukemia. Kate was really okay with the fact that she had cancer but towards the middle of the novel the leukemia began to not only bring down Kate but the rest of her family as well. This is when Kate started to change. When the cancer was tearing her family apart she felt as if she would rather die. Kate suddenly became very angry and irritant. Twice, Kate tried to commit suicide and then she asked for her sister to kill her. Kate hated the fact that she was tearing her family to pieces. "These days, I'm fighting fire on six
sides. I look in front of me and see
Kate sick. I look behind me and see Anna
with her lawyer. The only time Jesse
isn't drinking like a fish, he's strung out on drugs; Sara's grasping at
straws. And me, I've got my gear on,
safe. I'm holding dozens of hooks and
irons and poles- all the tools that are meant to destroy, when what I need is
something to rope us together" (Picoult 143). This quote on page 143 is from the perspective of the father Brian Fitzgerald and it is showing that even he believes his family is falling apart.
Throughout Anna's life she had always been miserable. She was put on this planet to save her sister's life. She was engineered to become a donor for Kate. Anna knew that she was born for a reason and she didn't like that reason. Anna feels as if her parents only seem to notice her when Kate needs a donation. Ever since Anna was born she had been donating to Kate; stem cells and chord blood. Anna didn't like this and when she turns thirteen she hires a lawyer in hopes to be medically emancipated from her parents. After being pricked and poked for blood all of her life Anna wants to be free and make her own decisions. Throughout the whole novel Anna seems to be hurting inside as well as outside.
The theme of My Sister's Keeper is
"live each day to its fullest because, it may be your last." This is the theme because it applies to both
of the main characters. One of the main
characters Kate, has leukemia. She
definitely lives each of her days to the fullest; which includes going to prom
with a boy named Taylor that she meets while in relapse. She lives her days putting the diagnosis of
leukemia behind her and by trying to live her life the way she wants to. The other main character Anna, always goes
out without a doubt of an accident happening that would cause her to pass
away. She donates blood, stem cells, and
organs to help keep her sister alive.
Anna also plays as the goalie for a men's field hockey team. Anna enjoyed each day not knowing she was
going to pass away from a car accident at age twelve. "And me, well I began to hate myself. It was, of course, all my fault. If Anna had never filed that lawsuit, if she hadn't been at the courthouse sighing papers with her attorney, she never would have been at the particular intersection at that particular moment. She would be here, and I would be the one coming back to haunt her" (Picoult 421).
The quote I chose is a great representation
of the theme. It shows that Kate was the
one expected to pass away but, instead it was Anna.
My article is about designer babies and how they are going to become a popular thing in the future. The article says that many people are interested in creating perfect children and are willing to pay thousands of dollars for it.
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