My Sister’s Keeper – February 14, 2011
During the first two chapters of the #1 New York bestselling author, Jodi Picoult’s My Sister’s Keeper, we meet a thirteen year old girl named Anna, who was born for a purpose: to save her older sister, Kate, from acute promyelocytic leukemia, which she was diagnosed with when she was just two years-old, and has had it ever since. In the beginning of the story, Anna it telling us about her life: her household is very abnormal. She was born for a specific purpose: to save her sister. Her parents got scientists to make her a perfect sibling match just so that she can donate organs to Kate. Anna is talking about her life on a daily basis. She is describing her hard life: her mother always nervous and always around Kate, always worried about her; her father a fireman, so never home, and also worried a lot about Kate; her brother living practically out of the house, and very close to a juvenile delinquent. She has to go to Campbell Alexandar, a lawyer who represents on behalf of some children. He is going to say no to the case, but then she explains how she has to donate her organs against her will, and her parents won’t listen to her, so he takes her case. He just does it, though, to earn more publicity, and he thinks it’s not even going to go through.
That last point really interested me. The way the author put it, it sounds like he is going to do it just because of the publicity in the beginning, but then he is going to change his reasoning: he is going to change it because he cares for her, sort of like a father. The other thing that could happen is that the case won’t go through, but Anna comes through and donates her kidney to Kate. This could result in Anna’s parents paying more attention to her and Anna’s family becoming more of a family, more as one.
Something confused me in the story: why would she sell her locket? I understand that she wants to make money to help pay for the lawyer – Campbell Alexandar – but what surprises be and confuses me is the fact that she would rather see her sister die than give up a kidney. She has to pay for the lawyer, so she has to sell her locket. Also, in the story, it doesn’t sound like she is a mean girl: she seems like a very nice girl, always caring for her sister Kate. And if she really has to have the money, can’t she make a lemonade stand? That locket is really special to her. I really feel bad for her because she probably had no other choice.
Why wasn’t her brother Jesse very welcoming into his room? Was he hiding something?
The events in this book are more about serious matters that are happening everywhere in Canada to all around the world, I feel that it is important to read about these events and I find them interesting, but at the same time, very sad. L
I think the characters in the book are very unique and interesting. They are all very different in many ways; they go from the little sister, who was born to save her older sister by donating organs, to the lawyer who is taking the case for Anna, the little sister. They are all well described and seem like very good character, for this role in the book! There is really no main character. There are main characters, but it is in the perspective of all of the main characters, sort of like a script.
A quote I find meaningful and important is: “’It’s 14 karat gold, hardly warn.’ This is a lie until this morning I haven’t taken it off in seven years. My father gave it to me when I was six after the bone marrow harvest, because he said anyone who is giving her sister such a major present deserved one of her own.” I think it is meaningful because her dad is saying you did such a great thing for your sister you should deserve something in return! It is very touching because she is only 6 years-old and she has already donated a tremendous about of body parts to save Kate.
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