Anna In The Great Gatsby

Anna Fitzgerald left this Earth for the same reason she was put on it. It was her destiny. Since the day she was born, she had jeopardized her own life in order to save her sister’s, and in the end, she did just that. Anna’s sister, Kate, was diagnosed with leukemia at a very young age, and Anna was created to be an exact match to Kate to give her blood, stem cells, bone marrow, organs, and more. When Anna turned thirteen, she decided she wanted medical emancipation so she would finally be able to protect herself from the countless surgeries and needles, or so we think. In the end, Anna reveals that Kate asked her to help kill herself by refusing to donate her a kidney necessary for her survival. Kate didn’t want to die, but she did not want

After a long, life-changing trial, the judge assented with Anna and Campbell and declared Anna medically emancipated and capable of making her own medical decisions. At first, Anna is confused and doesn’t know what to do with her knew authority: “What do you think I should do …I don’t even know who I really am” (Picoult 411). It wasn’t even Anna’s idea in the first place, although she admits to liking the idea of being free from the hospital and all her responsibility. Even with the power to decide, she doesn’t know whether or not to donate the kidney to her sister. Kate is her best friend, probably her only real friend, and she doesn’t want to lose her. She also considers Kate’s desire to be free from her leukemia and constantly being admitted into the hospital, and she thinks about her owns needs as well. Without the responsibility of being Kate’s toolbox, she would have the freedom to play hockey, be able to have real relationships with people, and live the life of a normal thirteen year old. After she won the case, Anna had a lot of decisions to make and was tentative about what the right answers were, but in the end, the choice wasn’t up to

After the trial, Anna was in a fatal car accident. She was declared brain dead shortly after she arrived at the hospital. Because Kate was still in need of a new kidney, it was decided that Anna’s organs would be donated to her sister. Kate feels guilty because she felt that it was her fault Anna filed the lawsuit in the first place and wouldn’t have even been in the car if it weren’t for her. She feels guilty for taking her organs and every other part of Anna she had taken in the past. Kate will live with this blame for the rest of her life: “There should be a statute of limitation for grief. A rule that says its okay to wake up crying, but only for a month. That after forty two days you will no longer turn with your heart racing, certain that you heard her call out your name” (Picoult 421). Kate also feels that Anna took her place. Since the kidney transplant, Kate has been cancer free for eight years. She admits that she knows she should be the one to haunt Anna, not the other way around. Kate will live with the guilt from the death of her sister for the rest of her