My+Sister's+Keeper


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Week 4 Discussion Question: // Fenety: By now, we're all finished the book. How did you feel about the ending? Where you expecting it? And, how do you think Jesse & Kate are going to be now that Anna died? //

McCulloughl- OMGOODNESS!. when i read the ending of the book i was SOOO upset. I did NOT like the ending AT ALL. to think anna and the family went through all that and court and, well, EVERYTHING and then anna goes to celebrate her winning, ends up in a car accident, and dies. That seriously sucks. If you havnt already figured it out yet, No i was DEFFINITELY NOT exspecting that ending. It is such a weird twist to. I think that theres going to be alot of mourning about anna dieing, but i also think that there will be some celebrating happening too because kate did get her kidney. I think that jesse will have a hard time to get over it, and will probally just stay the way he is. Maybe even turn to more drugs or suicide. Because now that Anna is gone when kate starts to get sick again the parents will still be keeping all there attention on kate, not jesse.

craigk: wow sarah is probably crushed.... obviously she is. i think maybe kate will lose hope... and jessie might like light himself on fire or something... not to be thinking morbid or anything. wow... i think the author of our book needs to take some couselling or something it seems all her books are like this. lol i like the book though its pretty addicting. except i was so expecting kate to die... i think i would have rathered kate dead not to be mean or anything... its just kates the one in pain.. and anna's just a drama queen.

Wridem: I was not expecting that to be the ending at all. I would have never guessed that Anna would die because the whole book is based on Kate dieing. I didn't really like the ending because Anna and her family went through sooooo much, and now it seems like for nothing. However, I'm glad Kate did get a kidney, but I don't think that she will be happy at all now that Anna is gone. I'm guessing that Jesse either stays the same, ends of moving away, or going to jail. I wonder what Sara and Brian would be like after Anna's death. Would tehy care that much? Would they even stay together?

craigk: gar how come in every book i read someone has to die :( i think every author should be intitled to a free therapist... maybe jessie might take this opertunity to clean his act up? or maybe not... i wouldnt lol. kates probably most likely going to die either from cancer or from her body being wore down from all the treatments shes undergone.

Wridem : I never really thought about that, but yea Jesse might clean up his act. However, I don't think he would do it for himself, but for Anna. I also agree that Kate will most likely die even with the new kidney because in the book, nothing worked for long. I wonder why the author always writes books about something sad, because in another one I'm reading, people are already dieing and I'm only on page 65.

Week 3 Discussion Question: McCulloughl-By now Anna is at court, what do you think will happen in the end of the court session?, who do you think will win and why? have you ever known anyone that went to court? //Fenety: I think that anna ends up winning the court session because she has a very strong statement because no one should be pressured to donate something that they dont want to, and i dont think i have ever known anyone who has went to court.//

craigk: yea i know tons of ppl who went to court. i do think anna will win the cort over but it wont work for her benifit in the end. i think she will not be very happy at home anymore.

Wridem: Yes, I do know people who have been to court. I think that Anna will win because noone can be forced to donate if they do not want to. I also think that Anna won't be happy even if she wins. She will always have to live with the fact that the decision she made was one that changed the rest of her family's lives for the worst.

McCulloughl-Agreed, Theres no reason why anna should have to. If her parents were thinking really they should have just understood what anna was trying to say, and they shouldnt even of had to go to court. But then again that is exactly what sara tried to do, she tried to get anna to back out of the court session and then they would all be good. I also think it was kinda selfish of Anna to take the problem to court. But i wouldnt know much about this situation because i have never, and can not even imagine being put in any of the familys possition. // Fenety: I agree, if Anna doesn't want to donate she doesn't need to. But at the same time, it would be in her sisters benifit if she did. I don't think that Anna will be happy if she wins either, because it would be hard living with the guilt of not trying to help her dying sister. //

craigk : This is a really hard book to do a discussion on lol. I think even if Anna donates to kate, kate would still die. but if she didnt give kate what she needed kate would die, but anna would have to eccept the fact that it might have been her fault. so if she went through the cort and won? it would not help her at all... so its kind of a loes-loes situation :(.

Wridem: Yea, it would be such a hard situation to be in. I also think that Kate would die during surgery or after. However, if I was in Anna's situation I would donate anyway because I don't know how I could live knowing that I didnt even try to save my sisters life.

McCulloughl- exactly. just think for the rest of your life you would be thinking about how your sister could still be there loving you, and enjoying your company. I might not get along with my sister AT ALL but i could never imagine not doing something, and the result of my action being her death. As for anna She does have a good point. in the book she says that what if someday she needs a kindney and she only has one, who would donate one to her? Its so true, because someday she could need a kidney and end up not getting one and possibly dieing. Also kate does have cancer and she will die, its just a matter of how long. So with anna doing this shes just addding on to her life exspectancy.

Week 2 Discussion Question: Wridem: What are your feelings on how Sara treats Anna and Jesse compared to Kate? Do you think she's being fair considering the situation?

//Fenety: Yeah i can see why sara is acting this way because of what kind of situation Kate is in, but i dont think that her other kids should suffer because of there sisters illness. it's not fair to them whatsoever.// craigk: no i dont think sara is being fair... but i dont know, i think it would be hard to be in Sara's situation. I guess if i were Sara i would want kate to feel happy... but at the same time i would be concerned about jessie and Anna. I'm so glad im not a parent yet. But i dont think shes being fair, because she is'nt even trying to understand anna and jessie yet she compleatly understands kate.

Wridem: Yea, it definitely would be hard to be in Sara's shoes, having one kid with leukemia, one that's suing her, and another that is constantly getting into trouble. However, I find she isn't being fair at all. Obviously, with Kate's condition, Sara doesn't have alot of extra time, but I find she doesn't make even the slightest effort to spend any time at all with Anna or Jesse.

i think she needs to do some self reflection time XD

Wridem: I agree, I think she needs to stop and care for Jesse and Anna a little more.

Week 1 Discussion** CraigK : how would you react if you were in Anna's situation?

WrideM: I can't even imagine being in Anna's situation. I can understand where she is coming from when she says she doesn't want to be a donor anymore because I would'nt want to go through that either, especially if my parents never gave a thought as to how it would affect me. However, I don't understand how Anna can possibly be doing that to her own sister. If I were in Anna's position, I would do anything to save either of my sister's lives, even if it meant risking mine. craigk: i would probably talk to my sister and my family before doing ANYTHING, Anna didnt really talk to anyone but jessie? she could have at least let her parents know how she felt before going crazy
 * //Fenety: Yeah this situation would be so hard for me to live with. In one way I would want to donate, but in another I would be tired of being forced to donate if I didn't want to because my health is just as important as hers. I think if I were Anna I would atleast donate because it's either that or her sister's death so.//**

McCulloughL: Yeah i deffinatley can NOT imagine being in her situation either. It would be so hard. I think that it must be hard for her to be bringing up a lawsuit with her own FAMILY, but it is her body and clearly without this she would have to give up her organ againt her will. I find her mother seriously just says what is going to happen and NONE of the family have any say in what happens. I also find that annas mother doesnt seem to really care about her, she acknowledges kate, and Anna when kate needs something, and never jesse. I can not even think what i would say if my mom ignored me, or even if i was JUST born to save my sister from a disease that is gong to kill her in the long run anyways. I would feel so quiltly.

craigk: i would feel guilty too... good thing my sister isnt sick :) i think my sister feels that way about me sometimes because im ALWAYS sick and going to docters and being pushed from one end to anouther, and its always my sister whos looking after me. my sisters only 10! i feel horrible. i wonder if kate feels the same way as i do?

WrideM: Yea, I definitely think that Anna should have atleast brought it up with her family, or her parents before going to a lawyer. Atleast that way it would'nt have been such a surprise, and it would'nt have been brought up infront of Kate. I also agree that Sara needs to acknowledge Anna's feelings more. I'm not sure who I feel worse for though, Anna or Kate.

McCulloughL: Thats is really hard for me to answer also, cause really in a way its terrible for both sisters. its kinda like a no win situation. If anna doesnt give her organ her sisters dies and the family wont be very happy with her at all, but then she got what she wanted, but in the making she lost her sister. Then theres kate who either gets the organ or dies. If she dies then obviously she lost, but if she gets the organ then her sister wont be happy. Its actually very tragic if you ask me.