My Sisters Keeper Essay

The novel, ‘My Sisters Keeper’ by well-known author Jodi Picoult, explores the issues of moral ethics within a family’s dynamics. The author helps readers understand the sacrifices the parents of the Fitzgerald family have made so that their eldest daughter, Kate, could survive. It also questions the reader to decide where the cryptic line is between right and wrong when referring to ethics. The novel also recognises the strong bond of sisterhood.
When I first read this book at the age of ten, I found it very difficult to fully appreciate and understand the major issues the novel recognises. I think this was because I struggled to comprehend the frequent changes of narrators per chapter, as I had never read a piece of text that used this writing technique. Therefore, I did not particularly enjoy the novel then. I decided to read the novel again as I wanted to see if my opinion about the novel had changed since then, and it did. Even though I already knew the events that took place in the novel, it felt like I had never read the …show more content…
Their immensley strong bond is something that I can only dream of having. Since the only reason Anna is alive is to serve as a donor for Kate, Anna finds it difficult to discover her true identity. She mentions that if your reason for existing disappears, so will you. This showed me how Anna was quite fearful of being abandoned, as she thinks that her parents will no longer want or need her. The quote, “They don’t really pay attention to me, except when they need my blood or something. I wouldn’t even be alive, if it wasn’t for Kate being sick.” caused me to become sympathetic towards Anna. However, Annas selflessness is shown throughout the novel, as she willingly gives numerous counts of blood and bone marrow, without a complaint, to keep her older sister alive. Which makes me feel better about Anna as a