I truly can not even begin to fathom how one in Anna's position can feel. I know that I, if put in her position of being specially created to keep my sibling alive, would have extreme trouble accepting the fact that I may be nothing more than the medicine for my sister.
I can understand the circumstances that led Anna to feel that she must press charges against her parents. It makes sense to me, because from birth, they have used her body, her blood, and her life to help her sister, all without her consent. Now, they want to go a step further and remove one of her kidneys, even though it is functioning fine. It depresses me that her parents have done this, but I see the other side as well, and it appalls me that Anna has been hinting that she wants to kill her sister.
When I imagine this story in my head, I imagine a desolate, depressed girl, not much older than myself, who looks sick, although she is not. I imagine her in the hospital because her sister is sick. The hospital I see looks similar to the one in the TV show "House" ;P The doctors I imagine seem to know this family, as they have been working with these characters for practically their entire lives.
I was relieved when I found out that Anna's father notices her isolation. This makes the following quote from page 40 important to me.
"This is when I realize that Anna has already left the table, and more importantly, that nobody noticed."I predict that the father, Brian, will be the first to realize the mistreatment that led to the isolation of Anna. Furthermore, I look forward to reading more of the book.
EDIT: I revoke my statement about Anna wanting to kill her sister, after reading further into the book. It appears that Anna very much loves her sister.
Book: My Sister's Keeper
Post Number: 1
By: Drake Allegrini
I understand the first part. I would feel the same way, being the only medicine to save my older sister, there's a lot of pressure.
ReplyDeleteIt also disgusts me that she a wants to kill her sister.
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