...My Sister’s Keeper Based on the book by Jodi Picoult ACKNOWLEDGEMENT First and foremost, we would all like to thank the Man with the Big guns from above named God. We thank you the most for without you we would never be able to do the things we love in life. We would never be able to see and feel the great wonders of the world that you have made for us especially the friendship and love that you never fail to provide us. Thank you for that. To our teacher we thank you for giving us a chance to show you what we can do. For always teaching us the right things to improve in ourselves not only in our writing of essays in class but also in our own separate lives. You have helped us in so many ways but the most would be for giving us the opportunity to make peace with the ones we have hurt in the past. Without you we would have lost another friend in life and lost the opportunity for friendship that could last for a life time. Thank you from the Bottom of our hearts. We also thank those who have helped us in making this book of ours, for without them we wouldn’t be able to finish. Thanks for our parents for providing us with everything we need in class just to give us a good education. Thanks to those who became patient with us under pressure thank you for understanding. And lastly the leader would like to thank her members for all the things they have done, for doing their own parts and cooperating oh so well with everything she asked for them to do, thanks...
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...My Sister’s Keeper Jodi Picoult’s My Sister’s Keeper follows the life of the Fitzgerald family. that covers issues concerning genetic engineering, PGD and savior siblings. Older sister Kate is chronically ill, suffering from leukemia-related illnesses since she was a young child. Her parents, Sara and Brian, conceived younger sister Anna as a genetically-engineered baby to be the perfect match for Kate as a blood and bone-marrow donor. For thirteen years. Anna has gone along with it, but when her parents ask for a kidney, she gets herself a lawyer and sues for medical emancipation; the right over her own body. My Sister’s Keeper covers issues concerning genetic engineering, PGD and savior siblings The story revolves around 13-year-old Anna, a child created in order to serve as a matched tissue donor for her older sister Kate, who suffers from leukemia. At the very beginning of the movie, Anna says, “I’m an allogenic donor—a perfect sibling match. When Kate needs leukocytes or stem cells or bone marrow to fool her body into thinking it’s healthy, I’m the one who provides them. Nearly every time Kate’s hospitalized, I wind up there, too. None of which means anything, except that you shouldn’t believe what you hear about me, least of all that which I tell you myself.” Anna is a savior sibling is a child who was born to provide an organ or cell transplant to Kate, who is affected with a fatal disease in leukemia.Technicians, can screen the multiple embryos that are typically...
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...My Sister's Keeper Jorge Vera HUM176 May 8, 2011 My Sister's Keeper The movie brings up a theme that most people have a hard time discussing amongst family members: “When is it time to say goodbye?” The story revolves around a dying sister who has cancer and her life has been prolonged because of her sister being a medical donor. The donor sister finally decides she does not want to continue donating body samples for her sister. The family’s mother has been volunteering the well daughter’s body samples most of her born life to keep her sick daughter around as long and medically possible, until the well daughter says she no longer wants to help. It has to be very difficult to be in a type of situation that her whole life has involved being poked by needles and put in a hospital to help her sister who has cancer. The only way she could fight this bout with cancer has been samples of blood and bone marrow to prolong her sister’s life. She finally decides to say no more and with the help of a lawyer who also has a medical issue unknown to everyone else, sue her parents for the right to say no and not have to go through more medical treatments for her sister. Society has grown to a point where anyone can sue anyone, including parents, for just about anything. Sometimes it seems morally wrong for children to sue their parents for anything. The children should owe their lives to their parents for dedicating their lives to their children. As the court proceedings continue...
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...Bethany Gavins A&P Mr. Schroeder My Sister’s Keeper When an individual is affected by an illness and death, the people that know the individual, usually the family, are affected, too. In My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult, Kate Fitzgerald is diagnosed with Leukemia, which affects every member of her family. The Kubler-Ross’ cycle of denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance explains how each family member deals with Kate’s death and grief. Each member has a different way of dealing with Kate’s death. A chronic illness doesn’t affect just the person who has it, but also the people around the person. The Fitzgerald’s are all devastated and are full of grief throughout Kate’s struggle and death from Leukemia. The main character, Anna Fitzgerald, shows her acceptance of the Kubler-Ross cycle. Anna hates to admit that her sister will die regardless of what the family tries to do. Therefore, she tries to save herself and Kate from any more suffering by gaining legal rights to do what she wants to do with her body despite what her parents tell her. Anna knows that her parents, especially her mother, Sara, will go to any extremes to make Kate win the battle against cancer or at least live longer. Anna feels like winning the case will make her parents realize that Anna, too, has a right to live a normal life with a normal childhood. She’s accepted that Kate will soon die and doesn’t want to see Kate suffer any longer. Anna also feels that she’s doing Kate a favor...
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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, and her only resort is the law. She does her research and then goes to a lawyer, Campbell Alexander, who has had some notable successes representing children in courts. Alexander goes around with a service dog, but he is not blind, deaf, or physically disabled, and he won't tell anyone what the dog is for. When Anna asks why he has the dog, called Judge, he wisecracks that he has an iron lung and the dog keeps him away from magnets. The novel takes the reader through the lawsuit, told from the points of view of each of the major characters, Anna, Kate, their brother Jessie, their parents Sarah and Brian, Campbell, and Anna's guardian ad litem, Julia, who turns out to have been Campbell's college girlfriend. On the audiobook, each character's portions is narrated by a different performer, which enhances the sense that these are genuinely different perspectives. The reader comes to understand the quandaries faced by Anna's parents, who love all their children but are forced...
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...The title of my book is My Sister’s Keeper, and it was written by Jodi Picoult. It’s about a girl named Anna and her family. They live in Upper Darby, Rhode Island. Anna is 13 years old. She has a sister and a brother. Their names are Kate and Jesse. Her mom’s name is Sara and her dad’s name is Brian. Kate was diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukemia in 1990. Anna was created as a perfect genetic match for Kate. One day, Anna goes to a pawnshop to sell a locket. This locket was given to her by her dad after she donated bone marrow to Kate. After this, she went to see a lawyer, whose name is Campbell Alexander. She tells Campbell that she wants to sue her parents for the rights to her body. Julia Romano is hired as Anna’s guardian ad litem, which is a person who represents minor children’s best interests and advises the court. As the story goes on, you see how her decision to not donate a kidney to her sister starts to affect her whole family. Her parents start having marriage problems because they have different opinions about Anna and the case. Jesse starts acting up more than ever, because he’s being noticed even less. Anna ends up winning the case, and she becomes medically emancipated from her parents. Campbell is given medical power of attorney for her until the age of 18. On the way to the hospital after the trial, Campbell and Anna get into a serious car accident. Anna suffers irreversible brain damage and dies. They give her kidney to Kate, and...
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...My Sister’s Keeper – Jodi Picoult Where is the line with choices? How is a decision determined to be right or wrong? These are some of the questions that summarize the concept of the book My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult. Anna, the protagonist, files a law suit against her parents, Brian and Sara, because they forced her to make medical decisions that were not her own. Anna is sympathetic with her sister’s condition and has given all she can to ensure Kate’s recovery from leukemia. Yet the discovery of the purpose of her being conceived through vitro fertilization was for the intention to possible spare Kate’s life. Anna claims that her parents’ (Sara and Brian Fitzgerald) push for her to donate her kidney unwillingly is an infringement of her “right to life”. She also claims that she is being denied the right to make decisions as regards her own body. While Anna believes that such an action would be very wrong, her parents emphasize that it is the right decision if saving Kate’s life is the ultimate goal. This book covers this life of this family during the trial period. It focuses on the tension that the family undergoes in a bid to keep one of them Kate, alive. The emotional tenacity of this book brings a different notion of health communication. An analysis of the events in this novel reveals that indeed right and wrong is subjective. This paper examines the different characters and events in My Sister’s Keeper and tries to analyze the theme of what choices are right...
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...In My Sister’s Keeper, Jodi Picoult tells the story of a family who is faced with a tragedy and in turn creates an ethical dilemma without even realizing it. Brian and Sarah Fitzgerald don’t think they will have any more children after Jesse and Kate, but when Kate is diagnosed with leukemia ideas of having another child spark in the minds of the Fitzgeralds. Although one might think the Fitzgeralds would have another child to replace the one they may lose, their plan is to use the child to keep Kate alive. The Fitzgeralds have a doctor genetically select an embryo as a perfect match for Kate and a short nine months later Anna is born so she can be used as “spare parts” every time Kate’s organs fail. The most important issue presented in this book is the fact that Anna was created for the sole purpose of keeping her sister alive. Not only was Anna born for an unethical reason, but she is forced by her parents to undergo the many and sometimes painful medical procedures required to keep Kate alive. The dispute between Anna and her mother, Sarah, portrays this issue best in the book. When Anna becomes old enough to stand up to her parents, she tells them she doesn’t want to donate anymore and fights them in a legal battle for “medical emancipation”. If Anna is granted medical emancipation from her parents so she wouldn’t have to donate anymore, but Kate would die. Sarah makes her decisions with the best intentions, but sometimes the decisions she makes favor Kate more than they...
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...Family Running head: Family Assessment My Sister’s Keeper Assessment of the Fitzgerald Family SBSN 360P Professor D. Hoitt, MSN, RN 21 March 2013 Abstract The purpose of this paper is to provide a selective assessment of the functional status of the Fitzgerald family. This premise of this assessment is to define areas of strength and or weakness is the family system. Due to the limited amount of contact with its members, this evaluation is not to be viewed as a comprehensive and exhaustive list of findings for this social unit. This is merely a limited overview of the family’s ability to cope and grow in spite of the chronic condition of promyelocytic leukemia in the eldest daughter. Identifying Data “My Sister’s Keeper” film adaptation revolves around the Fitzgerald family. Sickness causes the Fitzgerald family to stray from the traditional nuclear family model and become and extended family. The extended family includes at least one parent, at least one child, and at least one other non- parent/sibling member. (Hockenberry & Wilson, 2009)The story chronicles the events surrounding the life of Kate Fitzgerald, who is suffering from promyelocytic lymphoma. The story is told mainly from the perspective of Kate’s eleven year old sister, Anna Fitzgerald, who was genetically engineered for spare parts. We also get brief glimpses at the perspectives of her parents, Brian and Sara Fitzgerald. Very little time is spent portraying her brother, Jesse...
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...My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult, is an amazing story of love and sacrifice. In the book, Anna Fitzgerald was born to help her sister, Kate, battle leukemia. All of Anna’s life, from the time she was born to her teenage years, has had to sacrifice her time and her body for her sister. Over the course of time Anna has been donating her blood and plasma to her sister. Anna was tired of giving everything to her sister, so she hired an attorney to sue her parents. Getting closer and closer to the trial Anna did not know if she wanted to actually go through with the trial. She did not want her sister to die, all she wanted was to make her own decisions. The trial was ripping her family apart, Anna's dad, Brian, agreed with Anna; but her mother...
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...Mrs. Leonard Junior American Literature 20 June 2012 Are We a Brother’s Keeper? A huge economic problem in this society is homelessness. Homeless people should be helped by society. Homeless people lose hope, and do not want to bother anyone. While people who are hopeless and independent choose not to work exist, there are enough people in the world where we have a moral responsibility to help anyone in need. Society needs to act as a brother’s keeper by supporting them with things they need and respecting them for it is the only morally defensive position to take. To begin with, sometimes homeless people do not have enough support to live. As published by National Coalition for the Homeless, “…a growing shortage of affordable rental housing and a simultaneous increase in poverty” (Who is Homeless?). Homeless people cannot afford to live. The community should support them by lowering the price. Some people that earn a lot of money should help out. People that cannot afford homes should be helped to improve the amount of people that are homeless. As quoted in by National Coalition for the Homeless, “Federal support for low-income housing has fallen 49% from 1980 to 2003” (Why are People Homeless?). The federal government should change this problem and start supporting more low-income people. Supporting them gives them a shelter to live in. Another reason why society must work at becoming a brother’s keeper is to simply respect other people, and it would show good character towards...
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...CURRICULUM VITAE PERSONAL INFORMATION: Name : WANDUM FRANCIS FON Date of birth : 14 September 1978 Place of birth : Cameroon Visa status : Employment Visa Passport No : 01513571 Nationality : Cameroonian marital status : Married Email : wandum.francis@gmail.com Gender : Male Mobile : 0525961762 Address : Dubai WORK EXPERIENCE Company : RONS ENVIRO CARE LLC / DUBAI Duration : From 9TH March 2015 till date POSITION : STORE KEEPER RESPONSIBILITIES: ▪ To exercise general control over all activities in Stores Department ▪ To ensure safe keeping both as to quality and quantity of materials. ▪ To maintain proper records. ▪ To initiate purchase requisitions for the replacement of stock of all regular stores items whenever the stock level of any item of store approaches the minimum limit fixed in respect thereof. ▪ To initiate action for stoppage of further purchasing when the stock level approaches the maximum limit. ▪ To check and receive purchased materials forwarded by the receiving department and to arrange for the storage in appropriate places. ▪ To reserve a particular material for a specific job when so required. ▪ To issue materials only in required quantities against authorised requisition notes/material lists...
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...Erika Anderson Management Information Systems Dr. Walther February 10, 2014 Keeper of the Keys Identity theft is the crime of obtaining the personal or financial information of another’s person for the sole purpose of assuming that person’s name or identity in order to make transaction or purchases. Identity theft can happen in many ways. Thieves’ can go through other trash bins looking for bank and credit card statements, other more high-high tech methods involve going into corporate databases to steal lists of customers information. Identity theft can happen so easily. For example, I was at the doctor’s office once, and after you check in they give you a sheet of your medications, which also has your social on it. After I received the paper I went and sat down and after ten minutes I realized that I was not the person on the sheet and I immediately returned it back to the receptionist. The person on the sheet may have not been so lucky and could have had a person who had bad intentions. There are many organizations that can have access to things such as your bank account numbers, Social Security number and credit card information. Think about the many times you swipe your card each day whether it’s getting gas, eating at a restaurant or a trip to Wal-Mart. A collage holds a lot of information about their students, such as your address, race, previous schools, Social Security and of course your bank or parents bank information because the tuition had to be paid for...
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...film, a grumpy light house keeper is responsible for maintaining the functionality of the lighthouse. At the point in the time in the movie, the lighthouse keeper decides not to join in the town’s festivities and avoids socializing with the community. While the lighthouse keeper is working on paperwork, the light stops working and the lighthouse goes dark. The importance of the lighthouse is to avoid incoming ships hitting the shore rocks, causing possible loss of the ship, its cargo, and even the passengers on board. As the lighthouse keeper is attempting to fix the light, he further breaks the glass shell of the light beyond repair. A panic comes across the lighthouse keepers eyes as he sees an incoming ship headed straight towards the shore rocks. During this time, the town folk noticed the lighthouse stopped working. They all decided to stop partying and grab a lantern to head to the lighthouse. As the entire town quickly makes their way to the lighthouse with lanterns in hands, they make their way to the top of the lighthouse to provide enough light for the ship to see the rocks and steer clear of danger. Although, the film I chose isn’t a typical corporate organization, I believe it relays an important message. As it may be one person’s responsibility for a specific job duty, it is our social responsibility to help our friends and coworkers in getting the job done if it is needed. Without the assistance of the town, the lighthouse keeper would have not been able...
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...| Pearson Waters Inc. | Memo To: | IT Development Department | From: | Donald Foulk | cc: | | Date: | April 1, 2014 | Re: | Unethical Coding Practices | | | Ethical Violations Found During the final stage prior to submitting our application to the client it was discovered that some code, as well as a few of the artwork elements included in the project were utilized without proper permissions from online sources. This required a complete recode to entire portions of the project, as well as to redesign the artwork and visual components. This also required the immediate dismissal of the employees whom perpetrated the violations as is the consequence clearly laid out in the employee handbook which every employee is provided upon their employment. While the client is happy that we identified and resolved the situation prior to providing them with their contracted product, they are understandably less than satisfied due to the delays which this breach caused. Potential effects of this action to Pearson and Watters Inc. could be long lasting. Our very reputation is at stake in any such matter. Not only have we now failed to provide a client with their product in the timeframe which we stated, but that client cannot help but wonder about past and even future projects and whether or not other such breaches were caught. This further effects our company due to having to replace the offending employees rapidly, lost profits due to additional time required to be spent...
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