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Achieved
Title: “My Sister’s Keeper”
Writer: Jodi Picoult
Text Type: Extended Written Text/Novel
Date Read: 23rd April 2012
Personal Response:
‘My Sisters Keeper’ made me appreciate the struggles some people have to face in life. It showed me how hard it must be for parents to lose a child, or have a child with a serious illness. Kate and Anna’s parents Sara and Brian have a difficult choice to face when they find that Kate has leukaemia. They decide to have another child, Anna, to use her genetic material to save Kate. But because of this, Anna does not have a normal life. Sara and Brian have to sacrifice Anna having a normal life, for Kate to survive. They have to live with their decision.
I thought that Anna was probably the strongest person in the book because she was so supportive of her sister and she would do just about anything to help her. She has to struggle with the idea that her body is being used a spare parts, an abuse of her body. Anna is strong enough to help her sister even though it goes against what she believes. This made me really admire her.
Achieved
Title: “My Sister’s Keeper”
Writer: Jodi Picoult
Text Type: Extended Written Text/Novel
Date Read: 23rd April 2012
Personal Response:
‘My Sisters Keeper’ made me appreciate the struggles some people have to face in life. It showed me how hard it must be for parents to lose a child, or have a child with a serious illness. Kate and Anna’s parents Sara and Brian have a difficult choice to face when they find that Kate has leukaemia. They decide to have another child, Anna, to use her genetic material to save Kate. But because of this, Anna does not have a normal life. Sara and Brian have to sacrifice Anna having a normal life, for Kate to survive. They have to live with their decision.
I thought that Anna was probably the strongest person in the book because she was so supportive of her sister and she would do just about anything to help her. She has to struggle with the idea that her body is being used a spare parts, an abuse of her body. Anna is strong enough to help her sister even though it goes against what she believes. This made me really admire her.