Right or Wrong? - My Sister's keeper

One of my favourite authors is Jodi Picoult. Writing tons of excellent novels and impressing people all over the word with her plot twists and cliff hangers. She has made reading a pleasure for many. One of her most popular novels had been adapted into a movie. “My Sister’s Keeper,” brings up controversial issues which makes the reader ask what is right and what is wrong.

Anna is a young girl with a normal life besides for the fact that her sister is dying wit leukemia. Anna was specifically created though invitro-vertilization for her sisters medical needs. As Anna grows she decides she does not want to be Kate’s donor anymore. Anna’s conflicting need to put Kate’s interest first forms the main issue of the novel.

During the trial in the novel, not many readers can take a side. It is difficult to distinguish between what is right and what is wrong. A reoccurring theme in the story is the choice between right and wrong. Anna does not have to donate her kidney, and doing this could cause her major health problems, but without Kate will die. Anna is tired of feeling like her sister’s keeper. Anna wonders how loved she really is if she was created for the sole purpose of keeping her sister alive. Multiple characters argue valid points throughout the story and it seems as if no one can come to a conclusion. Until Anna reveals in court, Kate’s wish to die and Kate does not want her sister’s kidney.

In the movie the ending is changed and does not play along to Picoult’s traditional twist at the end of her novels. However the theme of what is wrong and right is still quite blatant in the story and move. Who is to say someone is “forced” to do anything, even if someone’s life is depending on it. It is for the reader to decide what they do or do not agree with. Picoult writes with an excellent story line and has very distinguished characters that help contribute to drawing the theme of what is right and wrong.