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Journal #1 Pgs. 0-138 The main characters are Kate, Anna, Sara, Brian, Jesse, Campbell, and Judge DeSalvo. Anna is 13 years old, and was born with [|specific combinations of genes] by a scientist to save her sister Kate. Kate has [|leukemia], and Anna must do medical procedures to help Kate survive. Anna says, "I’m not sick, but I might as well be; the fact that the only reason I was born was as a harvest crop for Kate"(Picoult 18-19). Jesse is the older brother: Anna goes to see a lawyer about her medical life. The lawyer name is Campbell, and he has a service dog. He will represent Anna in her case for being used as a donor for Kate by her parents. He will file a petition in family court. Sara goes back to 1990. At the time, it was only Kate, Jesse, and her husband Brian whom is a firefighter. Sara is quitting being an attorney. Sara and Brian find out Kate has leukemia. While Kate is doing her dialysis session Sara and Anna are sitting. Sara talks to Anna about the kidney donation. A sheriff arrives and gives Sara lawsuit papers which Anna filed for medical emancipation. Anna leaves the hospital and goes home. Sara asks Anna to drop the lawsuit but she refuses. Later that night, Kate and Anna had a talk about if they were to lose one another it wouldn’t be losing a sister it would be losing a friend. Anna goes to visit Campbell where Sara is on the phone saying Anna wants to drop the lawsuit, but she really doesn’t. Anna doesn’t want to give the kidney to her sister; she never had the choice to choose what she wanted to do. Anna can’t picture a day without Kate because they've been connected all her life. Anna is so young and filing a lawsuit. I don’t think Anna would’ve existed if Kate wouldn’t have been diagnosed with leukemia. I know Anna is too young to be independent, but every child knows what pain feels like. No one has any idea how she is feeling inside. Anna may not want Kate to die, but she doesn’t want to continue being an overused donor. When Anna was born to help Kate survive I believe it was a good decision, but if she has no choice over her body it’s not in her favor. It is her parents. *Cancer *Doctor’s in 1990’s *Dialysis *Drugs *Scientific Genetics

Journal #2 Pgs. 141-283 Julia meets Brian at the fire station where they cook breakfast together. Julia and Brian discuss Anna, but Brian doesn’t give much of an opinion of how he feels during the conversation. It was a fire and a woman and three of her children came out crying. The women pointed at the second floor window crying; she had another child upstairs, but Brian said if it’s too hot or the structure might collapse and the other firefighters can’t precede to safe her because there safety as the rescuer is a higher priority than the victim. Brian is taking Julia to see someone but doesn’t say whom the person is. Julia has a flashback about Campbell, her high school boyfriend, and how he left. They went to the hospital to see Kate, and Anna feels that Kate will hate her. Sara flashbacks to Kate’s 8th birthday party when she relapses. Anna was needed to donate blood during these times no matter what she was doing she was forced to be the donor even when in pain. Anna is imagining life without Kate; the exciting life with no pain. While sitting in the hospital, Sara receives a restraining order restricting contact with Anna. She will stop the lawsuit because she notices that her lawsuit is taking a toll on everyone. Campbell is causing a lot of controversy in the house. Julia tries to talk Jesse to find out info about the family. Campbell had a flashback about him and Julia relationship. Anna says she is sick, but not sick enough for her family. Brian tells Anna he agrees with her lawsuit and is willing to tell the judge. Sara then has another flashback when Kate needed a [|bone marrow aspiraton]. Kate is in her failure stage and will die in a week. I feel sorry for Anna someone so young going through that much to save her sister. Sara is really cruel and shows a lot of favoritism. Sara only wants for Kate not caring really about how Anna feels, and Jesse doesn’t get the time of the day unless he gets in trouble which he does very often for attention. I think that there family would be at peace and would have fewer problems if Kate dies. I understand no parent would want to lose a child but Kate has been suffering almost all her life. Anna wants to live a normal kid life and not just the life saver that’s not acknowledged. Everyone agrees with the death of Kate it may be hard to let go, but her pains and the family sufferings will go away. The family will be happy and put back together again. It’s seen a lot that Kate wants to let this suffering go away, but Sara doesn’t understand that Kate doesn’t want to live this way. *Firefighter *Relapses *Blood Donor <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">*Restraining Order <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">*Bone Marrow

<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Journal #3 Pgs. 287-355 <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">﻿ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">It is the court day and Anna is nowhere to be found. Campbell found her at the hospital in Kate's room. Anna is curious about Campbell’s dog. Anna says that she is tired of everything being about Kate. They arrive at the courthouse and the session begins and Sara was called questioned in the stand. The judge asked have Anna had a choice on medical procedures for Kate. Anna tells Campbell if they win they still are losing. Dr. Bergen's comes and speaks for evidence. He is in favor that Anna shouldn't donate because Kate might not survive the procedure. Sara is narrating about when Kate meets this boy name Taylor who receives [|chemo] while she receives platelets. They flirt and are very happy together. Kate excitedly tells Anna about Taylor and goes into a relapse but doesn’t want to be hospitalized. Sara suggested she do a stem cell transplant, and she started chemo where Taylor would visit her. The hospital is having a dance for the patients and Taylor asked Kate. They go shopping and fix Kate up for the dance where she and Taylor kissed. Kate feels self-conscious with herself from chemo. Kate goes for her transplant, and worried because she hasn’t seen Taylor. Kate fell in love with Taylor, but he died. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">Kate was looking at her old pictures and says she was beautiful. Jesse goes back to a time when he helped a sheep give birth, but the baby almost died. He symbolizes it to how Kate is looking and gets angry. Brian was looking for Anna in Jesse room and finds fire arm. Later a fire was started at an elementary school and he accuses Jesse because he saw the stuff in his room. Campbell narrates and they are at the courthouse questioning Dr. Chance. He says that what all Anna is undergoing it can get risky. Anna realizes that she and Campbell are similar. Campbell is questioning Brian thinking that they will win, but Brain reversed. He said he may disagree with something’s that Sara has made Anna do, but he can’t get over losing a daughter. He rather tries to let Kate survive by Anna being a donor of no choice than Kate dying. Throughout the book, Sara was always having flashbacks. For the first time, she narrated in present day about her and Brian may have pushed away their love in the past but they are fighting on the same side. Brian and Anna returns home and Sara says that she is going to lose her, but doesn’t know which daughter. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">I think Anna and Campbell will win the case, but the family may lose a strong relationship because Kate. The trial would have gone good, but Brian reversed it because that is his daughter that he is just going to let die. I feel that Jesse is very emotional but expresses it through anger or doing harmful things. The whole family is suffering because one is suffering. It shows that they love Kate very dearly, but they are going through a lot of differences with the trial going on. I feel that both ways theirs going to be a lost because Anna wants to play hockey and enjoy life, but giving away her kidney decreases her chances. Kate can’t survive without the kidney. <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">*Chemo <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">*Stem cell transplant <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">*Leukemia Diagnosis <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">*Legal Kidney Donor <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">*Cancer Statistics

<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Journal #4 Pgs. 359-416 <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">In this chapter, Julia and Campbell are having a disagreement. In the courthouse, Sara questions Dr. Neaux, a psychiatrist, about if Anna will suffer when Kate dies. Campbell question Julia. She says that they want to do everything to save Kate and Anna doesn’t have ability to make decisions. Campbell asks Anna why she wanted to file a petition. Anna flashback to when they first told her and Kate that she need a Kidney, and Kate response was if she’s already dying it’s not suicide. <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Campbell dog begin to act bizarrely, but he ignores him. Campbell collapsed to the floor, having a seizure. He’s been hiding his [|epilepsy]since he was eighteen which occurred in a car crash after dropping Julia off. Anna takes the stand, and tells them about her and Kate’s conversation about not donating the Kidney. The Judge went to the hospital to talk to Kate. Anna wins the case, but she is still undecided of what she must do. Unfortunately, Campbell and Anna got into a car crash. Campbell and his dog were injured and Anna was brain dead from a severe head injury. Sara and Brian have to decide, if they are going to donate her organs and unplug her. media type="youtube" key="6Nzl50a86DM?rel=0" height="390" width="480" <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">In the last chapter, it was very emotional. It’s sad that the Fitzgerald family is drifting apart because Anna takes up for her life and refuse to donate the kidney for her and Kate’s sake. Anna’s a little girl that hopes to be something in life or plans to play sports one day. If I was in Anna’s shoes; I would have took a case also because our parents never wants to hear what we want them to it’s always there way or no way. The family couldn’t go a day without issues. Many families go through their difficulties and struggles, but this is a strong family that won’t give up. Throughout the book, Jesse acted very intentionally and harmful for attention which he didn’t get unless he did something that harms something. I believe that if it wasn’t for Anna genetic diagnosis; she wouldn’t have got Kate as far in life as she did. Sara is being very naïve about the fact that Anna has always been there for Kate, but it’s a limit to what all she can do. My Sister’s Keeper is one of the best novels I have read. I may not have a connection with the novel, but it’s sad to have to pick between daughters and knowing you’re going to lose someone. I lost someone very special to me two years ago. It’s hard to lose a love one and struggle through it because deep inside it hurts. <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">*Epilepsy <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">*Service Dogs <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">*Genetic Diagnosis <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">*Petition <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">*Young Donors