Olivia Lockett- Baker Ms.Spisak Honors English 11 Period 10 November 4‚ 2012 My Sisters Keeper My book was split in sections by individual characters. The four characters I chose were Anna Fitzgerald which is the thirteen year old daughter born to be of assistance to her terminally ill sister. Sara Fitzgerald the mother of three children who is overwhelmed by her daughters diagnosis. Brian Fitzgerald the father of this family who is a fire fighter that is constantly at the station but shows
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My Sister’s Keeper tells the story of 13-year-old Anna Fitzgerald who sues her parents for medical emancipation. They expect her to give up one of her kidneys for her older sister Kate‚ who has had leukemia since she was 2 years old. Her parents conceived Anna because they needed a donor of umbilical chord blood to keep Kate alive‚ and since then Anna has donated bone marrow and stem cells to Kate when she relapsed. But now she no longer wants to continue being used as an organ bank for her sister
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My Sister’s Keeper My Sister’s Keeper is a movie about a young girl named Anna (Abigail Breslin) whose life was brought to be for a very important purpose. She was born into a loving family with two adoring parents that made the decision to have another child in the hopes of saving the life of older their daughter that has leukemia. Throughout the entire movie the family and therefore the audience is presented with love‚ laughter and many emotional moral issues. Just like in real life there are
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The Business Leader I Admire Without doubts nowadays there are many successful people in business. In my opinion all of them can be admired. But there is only one person that I truly admire. It is Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs was a co-founder and CEO of Apple. Despite the fact that trajectory of his life was not so straight‚ he managed to become one of the greatest businessman in the history. He had difficulties in his life since he was born. Steve Jobs’ parents gave him for an adoption‚ as they
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My Sister’s Keeper Kate Fitzgerald was diagnosed suffering from leukemia when she was 2 years old. The doctors said to Sara and Brian‚ her parents‚ that there is maybe a solution to save Kate; have a genetic baby. Since Anna was born‚ she had a lot of operations to save her sister. Kate turns 15 and she has a renal failure and Anna knows that the only person who cans help Kate is she and she knows that their parents will force her to donate one of her kidneys. She realizes that if she does the
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person you admire? What makes you see them as a role model? What is the reason you need someone to follow? This one person is your hero. This is the person who inspires you to follow through with your hopes and dreams. They are the ones that look at the greater good before themselves; they see the selfishness around them and choose to be different. Everyone has their own hero and based on what you believe in and aspire to be is how you choose the right person. Misty May-Treanor is my hero‚ she’s
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My Sister’s Keeper In the movie “My sister’s Keeper” Ana Fitzgerald‚ who is an engineered baby‚ is currently functioning at Erik Erikson’s “identity versus identity confusion” stage. All her life she has been used by her parents as a donor for her dying sister‚ Kate‚ who is a suffering leukemia patient. Ana is finally at the point where she is evidentially trying to find her identity because she wants to claim the rights to her own body. She is now old enough to realize that being a donor can
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positive consecutive integers such that the sum of the cubes of the first three is the cube of the fourth. Solution #3: Cube Numbers 3‚4‚5‚6 Problem #4: Don’t Spend It All At Once If I start with $10 and spend all but $3‚ how much do I have left? Solution #4: Don’t Spend It All At Once $3. If I spend all but $3‚ I must have $3 left. Problem #5: Hands of a Clock How many times do the two hands of a clock point in the same direction between 6:00 am and 6:00 pm of a single day? Solution #5: Hands
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PERSONS I ADMIRE My aunts Sara and Stella are similar in many ways and I have great admiration for both of them. When I look back on my childhood they were always present and close to me. They were always present giving my mother a helping hand when needed. We were always going to the beach or on family outings together and having so much fun. They are both short in height‚ have long hair‚ are teachers and are somewhat strict yet gentle in nature. To date they are always right there when I need a
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A PERSON WHO I ADMIRE IS … A person who I admire very much is my sister. Why my sister is the person? She is not a world famous or multimillionaire person‚ but she is a very important character in my life. I save my admiration for her because she is a special woman. I admire my sister because take care of me when I was little and the same goes now. I love her very much not only because she is my sister but the way she acts and her personality herself fascinates me. She lives with me‚ in our home
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