What movie does this book remind me of?
While reading the book “My Sister’s Keeper” the only movie
that popped into my mind that related to it was the movie “The Island”. In my Sister’s Keeper, Sara’s daughter Kate
has developed Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia, which is a type of blood cancer.
One thing about this type of cancer is that there is no cure at all. Sara and
Brian (Kate’s parents) are faced with the decision of if they want to design a
baby with all the proper genetics and other things like that so that she could
help Kate by giving cells and blood to help her survive. Once they had the
designed baby they named it Anna. Once Anna got older and realized why her
parents had her she was not okay with it and she tried doing everything
possible to stop them and refused to give Kate anymore of her body. This
reminds me of the Island as this movie is about these clones that were created
to help the people they were cloned off to live for a really long time. When
the clones find out what actually their purpose in life is they try running
away and try doing everything possible to stop the doctors from using their
body parts to benefit other people. Just
like Anna they were not in control of their life until they realized they could
be and they took action just like Anna.
Major themes in my book
Living in the moment is a very significant theme that I
think is extremely important. At the beginning of the book based on the
author’s description we can predict that Anna’s family is normal. However once
we get deeper into the book we realize that this family is anything but normal.
They have a daughter named Kate with a type of blood cancer, which can’t be
cured. The family goes through many obstacles throughout the book and
basically the author is trying to get the theme of “living in the moment”. In
other words, appreciating every second of life weather you are fortunate to be
happy and healthy or the total opposite. We should be thankful and use every
second.
What is this book saying about life?
I believe that this book is basically saying that life is
precious and short. We see and experience all the challenges that Anna and Kate
go through during the book and in a second it all stops and Anna dies. When
Anna dies it basically means Kate also dies. I feel as if the author is trying
to tell us how in today’s society we are all spoiled with great healthcare and
things like that. However there is a reality, some people are less fortunate ad
I feel that it is our responsibility to help those who are unfortunate.
The mood of the book?
The mood of the story is stressful and sad because they are
always at the hospital. They are always at appointments for Kate with Anna
always there. In addition to that all the stress that is caused from the
lawsuit and Anna’s rights to her own body make the book more intense.