MY SISTER'S KEEPER
BY: JODI PICOULT
Throughout the novel, Anna makes a huge difference in Kate's life. She is the reason why Kate is alive. Anna is the only support that Kate could rely on and she faces many surgeries and medical procedures to keep Kate alive. She faced through many difficult times and feels that she is rejected from her family, but her family supports her even more when they say "We loved you even more," my mother made to say, "because we knew exactly what we were getting." (Picoult, 8). Anna also says, "See, unlike the rest of the free world, I didn't get here by accident. And if your parents have you for a reason, then that reason better exist. Because once its gone, so are you." (Picoult, 8) This quote just explains that she is here to help Kate survive and is not here to live life. She was more of a need not a desire. Its not like Kate wants Anna, but Kate needs her to survive. Anna is a hero to Kate because Anna had to face through man painful procedures such as the transplant and served as a donor to keep Kate alive. With Anna fulfilling her responsibility, she becomes an essential symbol to Kate and is making a great difference as Kate lives.
One example of Anna going through hardship was when Anna donated a kidney to Kate. However, Kate didn't accept Anna's kidney because Kate wants Anna to have her own right and to speak out against this. She wants her to say "NO!" As Kate kept declining the request of Anna donating a kidney, Sara snapped at Kate that it was as if she was killing herself by declining this request. But Kate responded its not suicide if I am already dying. It shows the hardship that Anna goes through. Anna has no right to speak up in this situation, yet kate is doing her best that she could speak up and she is independent on her own. Once again, Kate was more of a need than a desire, but yet Kate tries to help her into becoming more independent and that she is more than just some object.
