Friday, February 13, 2015
My Sister's Keeper pg 7-130
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult is a great story that hits hard at your feelings. Right when you start reading you realize what is going on and how Jodi tells the story through the many perspectives of the characters. Some questions come up for this book like what makes a good parent and could one person make a difference. One person can make a difference about anything that is true but what makes a good parent? Jodi seems to have written Anna's father as a good parent and in the beginning Sara is put in the bad parent category. Sara does things wrong for the right reason, to save one of her daughters. However she does care for Anna as well, for the wrong reasons. Wanting Anna to drop the case is wrong. But comforting Anna was not wrong at all it was all about the implication given to us the reader with the quote "This is Jesse all over again… She's doing it for the attention" Sara wants Anna to give up a part of herself to save Kate but Anna has no choice in this because of Sara, people deserve to think about themselves. Besides all we know is that Anna wants a say in the matter not if she won't give up a part of her to save Kate. Another hint is how Jodi in the beginning showed Sara constantly trying on dresses like it was nothing easy to judge however she really does care for Kate a good parent to one of three children does not make a good parent. Also dress shopping without the money to pay for the clothes, she's a bit crazy.
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I don't necessarily agree with your assessment of the parents. I think that Jodi Picoult portrays both parents as being good but she makes them seem conflicted. When the story is portrayed from their perspectives, you can see that they have the best intentions in mind for all of their kids but of course the main priority is on Kate because her situation is much more urgent.
ReplyDeleteI somewhat agree with your opinion but you also have to remember that she is only a human being like the rest of us. She cannot be a mind reader and cannot know her daughter's (Anna) feelings without Anna telling her. Sara is like every other parent she tries her best but she doesn't alway succeed, she makes mistakes and sometimes gets carried away with just opinion, her own. She could ask Anna now what her feelings and opinions about the situation that her and her sister are in because she is old enough to make her own evaluations. So in conclusion she is just like the rest of us trying her best.
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