Essays on My Sister's Keeper

The film My Sister’s Keeper, based on a 2004 bestselling novel by Jodi Picoult, presents an extreme example of in vitro fertilization and genetic selection technology to confront the moral and social issues with these reproductive tools. Anna, the story’s protagonist, is brought into the...

The life long question of the meaning of life is a soul pondering their significance of their existence. It is questioning one’s own morals whether they are right or wrong. Where can one draw a line between true altruism and putting ones needs first? Anna’s...

The novel My Sister’s Keeper has an astonishing contrast between appearance and reality. Since the begging of life and all over around the world people have kept secrets from each other. But, what motivates them to do this? Jodi Picoult develops this contrast by shedding...

My Sister’s Keeper My Sister’s Keeper is about the Fitzgerald family. The story revolves around Sara and Brian Fitzgerald whose second born child Kate, was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia at age two. The oldest child Jesse, was not a genetic match to...

Every day nurses and doctors are faced with ethical issues that can affect the patient’s quality of life. It is important for the health care provider to consider all the factors and what the patient wants for their plan of care. My Sister’s Keeper was...