Outside Reading #3

In My Sister's Keeper, tension is beginning to rise in the sense that Anna feels threatened by all her sister's illnesses because it directly affects her. "Lately, I have been having nightmares, where I'm cut into so many pieces that there isn't enough of me to be put back together"(Picoult 12). After the scene with Kate's mishap, Anna took a pouch of money and went to count it in her bathroom to be secretive. She counted $136.87 which obviously wasn't enough for whatever she planned to do. As a result, she turned to her brother, Jesse, for a ride to Campbell Alexander's Esquire office, but the matter of this visit remained unsolved throughout the chapter. Finally, after being discriminated based on her young age in the office, Anna reveals the true reason for her visit; she wants to "sue her parents for the rights to her own body" (Picoult 19) I believe this introduces one of the main conflicts of the novel so far, and it will continue to arise as the plot develops. The struggle for Anna to maintain her health and dignity to her sister and parents will continue to arise throughout My Sister's Keeper.