Reading+Reflections

My Sisters Keeper
 * Pages 1-70 ** gives us an idea of how each person in the Fitzgerald family is reacting to Kate’s sickness. It seems like Jesse is very angry and does a lot of things to try to get attention. Sarah is being very overprotective and it seems to me that Kate isn’t very fond of this. The father tries to stay out of the house as much as possible, burring himself in his work and Anna is rebelling against what her mother is telling her to do because she feels “invisible” to the family. It’s sad how the mother doesn’t seem to care for her other children and only has eyes for Kate. As everything is being torn apart she continues to pretend like everything is under control.


 * Pages 71-141 ** shows us how blind the mother can be regarding Anna’s feelings. I know they say each Mother loves her children equally but she isn’t being fair to Jesse and Anna. She tries to ignore the fact that her only son is headed in the wrong direction and also that Anna might be too. She tries to be super mom when it comes to only Kate but only to her. A real mother would stop her children from heading the wrong direction and dedicate her love to **all** of them.


 * Pages 142-200 ** shows how much more caring Brian (the father) is to Anna than her own Mother. I think her mom is just too involved in Kate's sickness, and even though it is a big deal i think she should'nt forget about the rest of her family. In these few pages i saw a different side of Brian. He admits that he tries to stay at work more than home because it's like going and dealing with 3 more fires. He almost feels trapped and now we see a different more open side of him.


 * Pages 201-340 ** shows how much more understanding Brian can be then Sara. Here he "takes side" with Campbell and Anna. This makes Anna feel better because it shows her she has love from people in the family without expecting her to give bone marrow to her sister. You can tell how Anna's feelings toward her family changed. Sara also showed some love in these few pages but not as much as Brian.


 * Pages 341-423(end) ** These pages gave me a huge surprise! I didn't expect Anna to die. I think this was an eye opener for Sara because she experienced the death of a daughter but not the daughter she expected to die. Brian explained the scene with such detail and gave us almost like a visual. Overall this was a very good book with a very surprising ending.

The movie was very touching. It really made you see both sides of the story. The fact the the brother went through so much trouble to save his little sister was what mostly got to me. I felt bad for them because both of their parents died and their aunt didn't treat them right.
 * Movie **

**Hiroshima** i understand why we were shown the movie before we read the book. It's interesting how the sirens are the first thing they point out in the book and movie. It almost seems like that's what was something unforgettable to them. They're very specific on the way they explained how peace and harmony was broken by the sirens. The sirens i believe are a symbol of death and destruction.

**Hiroshima Chapter 3** I thought it was nice that they tried helping each other out and became a family almost. Like when the priests from Novitiate went and took stretchers to Asano Park. It's sad when they describe how Father Kleinsorge got up and started comforting the kids. It must of been very hard for them to think that your mother had died. Another thing that i thought was touching was when Mr. Tanimoto rescued the burned girls.

**Endo Shusako: The Sea and Poison.** This is a very sad book. I don' t agree with Dr. Suguro killing patients in order to expirement. It doesn't matter if it they were the "enemy". No human being should be tortured like that. Even though everyone is going to die one way or the other, a person should die with dignity. Even if it is for more "knowledge" i don't believe people should die like that.

I had already read this book. Christopher's innocence makes me want to read more. The part where he went to look for his book and found his mothers letters, I found to be the climax of the book. I didn't like the way the dad handled the situation but I guess it makes good writing. Overall I like that book.
 * The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time--A**

**The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time--B**

I feel like this is the better part of the book because we reach the end. It's also very emotional when he goes and "reunites" with his mother, after thinking she was dead. Judy's character is a very contraditing one, I cant decide whether I like her or not. I did like the end though. It showed that he had grown and learned from his expiriences and loved every minute of it. I liked that by the end he felt like he could become whatever he wanted.