Basically I am almost done with reading "My sisters keeper" by Jodi Picoult. In my other post I gave a longer summary but right now the main character Anna has sued her parents for the right to her own body so she no longer has to donate things to her dying sister. It's a really hard situation to wrap your mind around. I feel for everyone in this family. I actually almost feel the most for the dying sister kate -who funnily enough we actually don't get to hear her perspective in this book. I wonder what must it feel like to know that you are going to die no matter what you do. To me at least death is one of my bigger fears but in this book Kate doesn't seem to be all that scared. I'm guessing that maybe once you know that you are going to die and you come to terms with the idea of it it might not seem all that bad.
Kate seems like a very strong person. No matter what is happening to her she kind of powers through it all. If I knew that I was going to die and that my only sister was suing my parents I might have a little breakdown. I wonder how she deals with all of this. I know I wouldn't be able to. I think that even though it might sound crazy she is kind of the one holding the family together even though she's the one dying.
On the other hand I hate to say it but I wonder if life without Kate would also be relieving for her family. Obviously they don't want her to die but it has been such a struggle for this family that if she were to pass away then they could all just stand back and breath. Like I said though if Kate dies will this family fall apart even more than it already is? In a way I feel like everyone is just holding their breath and waiting for her to die even though it's the last thing they want to happen.
If I was Sara Kate's mother it would be so hard to live life. How would you feel if you knew that your child was going to die? I think that Sara is in a bit of denial sometimes because he husband tries to bring it up and face the truth that Kate is going to die but Sara really doesn't want to admit it or talk about it, because it must be just so hard.
I'm really curious to find out what's going to happen to Kate and if she is going to die. If she does die how will it affect her family? For the better or for the worse?
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