She was admitted so her sister’s doctors could quickly use what they needed from her. The last time Anna was admitted it was to take one of her kidneys. Anna refused the procedure she said “I have value; I am a person, not just spare parts”. Anna’s mother and father were devastated to hear her say that, but Kate was happy. Kate had made peace with dying, she often wished for her death because her pain was so unbearable at times.
Norah's great pain because of the "death" of her child causes her to be scared of change, she wishes she could capture a happy moment, and stay in that moment-perhaps forever. " Don't breathe, she thought. Don't move. But there was no stopping anything." (89) She sees time as an enemy that might take away all that she loves.
In contrast to Cindy’s new found self esteem, her mother seemed to uphold a strong lack of confidence in her daughter and in herself as well. By the same token, in the second article “The Thrill of Victory … The Agony of Parents”, the author presents the opposition through her mother. Jennifer Schwind’s mother appeared as an embarrassment to her publicly and emotionally. “In a voice so screeching that it rivaled fingernails on a blackboard, she told him that he was a disgraceful coach and that he should be ashamed of himself” (Pawlak 3). While in her mother’s eyes, she only supported her daughter and craved the absolute best for her child.
At the age of eleven Anna sues her parents with the help of the lawyer Campbell Alexander for the rights over her own body. Her mother takes the case to court in the hope she can force Anna to donate her kidney that will prevent Kate from dying. Kate puts Anna in a dilemma that is hardly solvable for an eleven-year-old girl. Kate has asked Anna to not donate her kidney to her because she is scared the operation will not work. Therefore Kate decides that it is better to be in peace with the mindset of dying and letting her sister live a ‘normal’ life.
Eva is perplexed about the whole situation; how is she safe with complete strangers? As a mother it is their duty to protect and care for their children, which was exactly what Helga wanted, she’d rather risk her life than her own daughter’s. Eva however doesn’t take note of that, and just thinks her mother doesn’t love her; that she’s abandoning her. Also, if Helga hadn’t sent her daughter away, then Eva probably wouldn’t have survived figuring that her own father didn’t. Eva was the reason why Helga held on for so long, and never gave up.
In The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards and King Lear by William Shakespeare, the saying of time heals all wounds is proven to be false as seen through the lack of forgiveness, the tragic endings of the novel and the buildup of guilt. In both The Memory Keeper's Daughter and King Lear, the characters of David Henry and King Lear prove that with time they cannot forgive themselves for what they have done, nor can they have others forgive them. In The Memory Keeper's Daughter, David Henry gives away his new born daughter who is born with down syndrome. This is a “secret that stood in the middle of their family; it shaped their lives together” (Edwards 193). This situation is a very heavy weight for David to carry.
She now bares the weight of her mother’s misfortune and ill-doing. Those strong puritan influences, civil obedience and harsh consequences molded her into the very woman she is today. Thirteen years have passed since the Scarlet Letter and Pearl lives happily ever after. The Scarlet Letter scenario should be a draining factor to Pearl, having to relive her mother’s pain and her inadequate childhood. She may feel as if her birth was a curse to her mother, and that it’s all her fault she lived with such disgrace.
Logan Killicks crushes Janie’s child dream and any hope she had for that perfect marriage and love, so with this new realization, Janie knows that she must become a woman and do away with her childish dreams. Jody Starks soon becomes Janie’s out from this world of woman and adult ideas, but even she acknowledges that he does not resemble the bee that she was hoping for. “Janie pulled back a long time because he did not represent the sun-up and
Rosaleen believes that Lily should just leave the topic alone and that she may discover something she just does not want to know. Rosaleen fears that Lily will be more hurt by her discoveries in finding her past that happy and relieved, “ ‘Maybe she was. I can’t say. I just know some things are better left alone.’ ‘What do you mean? That I shouldn’t find out what I can about my own mother?’ ‘What if—’ She paused and rubbed the back of her neck, ‘What if you find out something you don’t wanna know?’ " (Kidd, 100) Another controversial view studied by Emanuel states that Lily must confront the hardship of her mother’s death head on and that it may have a
My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult, thirteen-year-old Anne sues her parents for the right to control her body. Conceived as a sibling donor match for her sister Kate, who suffers from leukemia, Anna has undergone numerous procedures to provide Kate with whatever she needs to fight her disease, but when Anna learns she is to give up a kidney for her sister, Anna hires a lawyer and takes her parents to court. In the book shows the medical, legal, ethical, and moral issues symbolisms long- term illness a complicated subject in the modern world of the Fitzgerald family. Anne the main character takes matters into her own hands, approaches a lawyer and takes her parents to court to fight for the right to make decisions about the medical interventions, the rights to her own body. This decision has far-reaching consequences for her relationship with her parents and her relationship with her sister.