Q3 Post 1B

I'm reading My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult!!

Wow!! I haven't been able to read that much of this book yet but so far I like it a lot!! It has a very controversial topic and an exciting story line too. I'm glad that I've finally gotten around to reading it. Anna had asked her parents why she was born and they told her how they had made sure she was a perfect match so she could be a donor for her older sister Kate who has leukemia.

"'We loved you even more,' my mother made sure to say, 'because we knew exactly what we were getting'" (8).

First of all, I'm not sure if this quote means that the mother loves Anna more than Kate or if she just loves Anna more than if she had been born without being genetically engineered. Either way, I think its an odd thing to say because they had her to basically be a donor for her sister for her whole life or until Kate died. That is a very hard thing to expect from a kid and I don't doubt that they love Anna, I just think that their actions don't show their love for her.

I also think that it is extremely weird how people can genetically engineer their children and it scares me. If people can create their children how they want they could keep kids from having downsyndrome and other diseases but the problem would be people creating their kids to be perfect, the best at sports, and a genius. I will elaborate on that thought more in a later post probably.