There are only slim chances that people with cancer will
live a long life. Kate Fitzgerald from My Sister’s Keeper was a needle
in a haystack. She survived the odds of leukemia through some rough times and
battled through it. But what happened to her beyond the pages of the book?
Anna,
Kate’s sister, just died in a car crash. Kate could have given up her fight
through cancer but she pushed through it. Toward the end of the book, the setting
takes place about five years in the future. Kate was cooking dinner for her
family. Kate’s mother had just mentioned that the cancer was temporarily gone
and that she was doing better than ever. I think that the cancer will stay away
based on how long she has lived already and I predict she will have a long
life. My friend Daniel got brain cancer in 7th grade so he couldn’t
go to school for awhile. He is very smart and kind to everyone. I knew he could
fight through the cancer and surgeries. Now, he is back at school and the
cancer is gone. This shows how the most impossible things can come true. Jodi
Picoult is a very surprising writer for keeping Kate alive so long.
Jodi
Picoult is not your average writer. She has written many wonderful books that
have inspired people all over the world. She always adds a twist to them like
in My Sister’s Keeper. You would expect Kate Fitzgerald to die because
of the rare leukemia cancer, but that is not the case here. She adds a twist to
the end where her sister dies from a complete and unexpected accident instead
of her. In this case, Jodi Picoult shows that Kate lives for a couple more
years and from the tone of the book, it sounds like she may live a long life.
This reminds me of the movie Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man’s Chest where
a pirate named Barbosa died but then in the second movie he comes back. This
shows how no one was expecting it but it happened. Family plays a huge roll in
support when it comes to cancer and being sick.
Kate’s
mother, Sara, played a huge role in Kate fighting through cancer which is another
reason why I predicted she would live so many years. Sara was always at the
hospital in case of an emergency with Kate. She would stay awake long hours
just to be with her and support her and talk to her. Money was a huge problem
with all of the medical bills but Sara always spent more on good medicine and advanced
surgeries for Kate. This is why I think she lived longer. This reminds me of
the movie College Road Trip where the father was always way too
protective of his daughter. When she
left for college the father completely fell apart and wanted her to stay with
him forever. Just like if you found out your daughter had cancer you would do
anything for her just like Sara did. You would never want to let them go.
It would be
“A Christmas miracle” if someone who was sick with cancer made it through.
There were many reasons why the author had made Kate continue to live after the
book was done. Remember to always expect the unexpected and never lose hope.
