The Ending Of My Sister's Keeper By Anna Fitzgerald

The ending of the novel ‘My Sister’s Keeper’, in which Anna Fitzgerald is pronounced deceased after being involved in a head on collision with an oncoming truck, was completely unexpected. After all of the hardships Anna and her family has to endure during the trial, in which Anna seeks medical emancipation, the ending of the story makes it all seem pointless. Time that could be spent together as a family, appreciating one another’s presence, is wasted arguing and apart from each other.

It is inevitable that the story ends with the occurrence of a death, however, I always assumed it would be Kate. The death of Anna makes for a much more heart wrenching novel, that leaves the audience stunned, yet, I find it very dissatisfying. I feel as though the ending of the novel would have left me more satisfied if Kate was the one to pass. It has been Kate’s wish all along to die and Anna’s wish to live a normal teenage life, however, Anna’s passing grants each wish to the opposite sister, leaving Kate with another chance of survival and Anna with no life ahead of her at all.
However, she is still completely uncertain as to what her future holds, her cancer could relapse at any unknown moment and Kate could, yet again, be stuck fighting a battle she does not want to fight, and now that Anna has passed, there is no one left to save her, therefore, the possibility of Sara and Brian Fitzgerald losing another child, is extremely