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Anna best displays this issue of autonomy because it is her organs, bone marrow and blood transfusions that are being taken from her. Anna’s lawyer, Campbell Alexander, can see where Anna is coming from. He states, “Your Honor, all of Anna Fitzgerald’s life she has been medically treated for her sister’s good, not her own. No one doubts Sara Fitzgerald’s love for all her children, or the decisions she’s made that have prolonged Kate’s life. But today we have to doubt the decisions she’s made for this child” (Picoult 293). Sara, the girls’ mother, is the one creating the lack of Anna’s autonomy as I have stated before. Sara has always been eager for Kate’s survival, whether Anna endures harm physically and emotionally or not. Brian thinks of …show more content…
Anna explains, “I want Kate alive, but also want to be myself, not part of her. That I want the chance to grow up, even if Kate can’t. That Kate’s death would be the worst thing that’s ever happened to me… and also the best” (Picoult 391). Anna is faced with a tough decision that has two very different outcomes that will affect her life in two very different and harsh …show more content…
We are advancing to so high amounts of technology we are almost losing sight of the quality of life this creates for someone. Genetically engineered children are made with a purpose and this is the purpose that defines them. Anna lives her whole life till the end of this book with the one purpose of saving hers sister’s life, only to be granted freedom from this purpose the day she died. I think the idea of a genetically engineered child sounds like a good idea to save a life, until you are that child. This book really made me realize the direction such technology may be bringing us, dehumanizing

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