How do one's decisions impact others?
I am not too far into the book yet, but Anna has just committed herself to sueing her parents for control over her own body. She wants to own her body parts and be able to keep them to herself, because they are always given to her sick older sister, Kate. Anna had to pawn off her lovely necklace to get money to pay for the expensive $200/hr lawyer she needs to win her case. Her father had given it to her, something special just for her and she had yet to ever take it off. Anna doesn't think it's fair for her parents to never ask permission firts from her, and just use her to help Kate. The lawyer she went to thought nothing of Anna at first and wanted to shoo her away. But after listening to her story, he saw her point and also agrees that it's not fair. He is going to take her case.
Anna's decision to sue her parents will impact her whole family, and the relationship between them. Just this one choice can separate them forever. Anna's choice can kill her sister Kate when she will need it the most. So this decision doesn't just change Anna's life, but everybodys. The replationship between Anna and her parents could be lost forever, because they might hate her for this. They can say Anna would be killing their oldest daughter Kate. I wonder if one of her parents or siblings will take her side, and if that breaks up the family.
This book reminds me when my grandma lost her kidneys and was about to die. She needed somebody to donate her a kidney if she wanted to disregard dialysis forever and live. But there was either never a match, or too long of a waiting list. So she now has to drive to the hospital 3 times a week for 3 hours for kidney dialysis. This is like Kate, and how she needed lot's of donors to survive. But instead of her waiting on a list of finding the right match which could take a long time, she just had her sister. They made Anna to genetically match Kate perfectly, and Anna donated bone marrow and much more all the time. Pg. 25 "They went to special...genetic match." This proves that her parents matched the embryos perfectly to match Kates. Pg. 24 "The first time I gave something...blood stem cells." This also proves how much Anna has given to her sister Kate.
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Great insight on the impact Anna's decision has towards her family. I totally agree. and a touching connection. i hope your grandma is ok! yay krista, great job :)
ReplyDeleteYOU are correct when one makes a decision is does impact the entire family. Do you think she realizes how much though? I like how you are doing some predicting as you write your entry. You have also made a good connecction and brought in some quotes to further support and explain what you are trying to say. YOu could expand and sy how you as a family memeber feel about your grandma and connect how that must be similar to how the othersw might feel in Kate's situation to add some more depth. Overall, I like your insight as well.
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