Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Q3 Post 5B

I'm reading My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult and I want to keep reading but I am really tired.

The book jumps around from character to character for each chapter to get different viewpoints. I find this really interesting but also kind of a necessity for writing about such a controversial issue. I also must say that I think Jodi Picoult does a wonderful job at giving each character their own personality through their narration. I doubt its an easy thing to do.
The section that I just read was one written by Sara, Kate and Anna's mother. Her entries are almost always written from the past, describing Kate's earlier life with APL. The thing that I find somewhat annoying is that Kate doesn't have a section for the reader to see her thoughts. I don't know if Jodi Picoult thought that this would be too difficult or maybe she thought it would ruin the story. I wonder what Kate would say? Would she be dissapointed in Anna for not wanting to donate a kidney? Would she be an optimist? or a pessimist?
I think Kate would have a sense of humor. When she is brought up in the narration of her family, she seems to be joyful even when its hard and she seems to almost always be able to find a light in everything. I think she would wonder what it would be like to be normal a lot. I also think that she would enjoy it when people didn't pity her and treated her like she wasn't diagnosed with lukemeia. I think that she would have a hard time dealing with the fact that Anna didn't want to donate a kidney and was suing their parents. She may feel that Anna doesn't love her enough, yet I think she would be able to respect Anna's decision which makes me sad and upset because Kate doesn't deserve to die or to struggle with APl.

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