How Does Anna Show Sympathy In My Sister's Keeper

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My Sister’s Keeper symbolizes sympathy, empathy, power and resilience. Anna shows sympathy towards Kate because she acknowledges the fact that she has leukemia cancer, and has a few months to live. When Anna was a baby her parents kept taking her body parts and donating it to Kate's body to keep her alive. For example, during trials her mother confessed to Campbell that she took lymphocytes from Anna's Body and transferred it to Kate’s body. At the same time, she also mentioned about taking granulocytes from Anna's Body when she was six years old. During this process the doctors had to insert one or two thick needles in her bone marrow. She was currently hospitalized for six days with critical complications.

On the other hand, Kate's physical

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