My Sister's Keeper Research Paper

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Having a designer baby or spare parts child is not only immoral but also damages the natural cycle of life. The only purpose a designer baby serves is to prolong the imminent death of a preexisting life. The people born with genetic disabilities are kept alive by these spare parts children, who ultimately will pass weak genes to their offspring. This overall negatively impacts the evolution of humans, as undesired traits are being passed on through multiple generations, made possible by spare parts children. Nonetheless, spare parts children are often chained to their receiving partners, thus limiting their freedom and aspirations. This is seen in Jodi Picoult's novel My Sister's Keeper, where Anna, the spare parts child, is not allowed …show more content…
Near the beginning of the book I was very critical towards Sara's decisions, because of how much attention she gave to Kate and not to her other children. Sara completely disregarded Anna's odd behavior during dinner solely because compared to Kate's illness, Anna is "fine". However, Sara surprisingly showed genuine affection towards Anna at the end of the novel. Sara grieved and mourned over Anna's death, something I didn't expect. While I felt Sara was unhealthily obsessive over Kate, I felt Sara genuinely loved her children all the …show more content…
Each character has their own writing style and word choice, which brings the characters to life outside the book. This technique gives the reader a better understanding of an event from multiple points of view. Characters within this book have untold stories and secrets that cannot not be explained from an outside source. Secrets such as Campbell's seizures would not be clear to the reader if the book did not have a revolving point of view, because no one knew about his seizures except himself. Instead of being confusing, this technique clarifies and adds more detail to the story, thus enhancing the overall