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My Sister's Keeper Character Analysis

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In the book “ My Sister’s Keeper,” a novel from Jodi Picoult the Fitzgerald’s have a lot arguments in the book. Father vs. Son is a major topic in the book with the son Jesse setting fires and the father Brian putting out the fires. You may have not known this just yet, but one day in the book Jesse will get caught for setting fires. The main turning point of the story is Brian never got mad at Jesse. First, who is Jesse? What is he like? Jesse is a juvenile delinquent with an alcohol problem and setting fires off in abandoned warehouses and with or without people inside “ That’s where the rat lives.”(page 246). Jesse is mad at the world because he feels like his family does not appreciate him. He even tries to give Kate, his sister …show more content…

Brian’s job is a firefighter and he catches Jesse setting flames when Jesse comes out of the fire with Rat on back. Brian is mostly interested in astronomy and he a casually talks anyone including Jesse. As Brian starts to piece the fires together he gets a call about afire where Jesse is at and that’s when Brian heard Jesse say I made those fires. Third the turning point of “My Sister’s Keeper” is when Brian and Jesse talk about going to the Police Academy. Jesse decided not be an arsonist so why not do something right with your life. Brian supports Jesse’s decision to go to the police academy and offered to pay for him to go to this academy. So Jesse realized that his family does appreciate him enough to pay for his trip to this police academy. In closing, the novel “My Sister’s Keeper” by Jodi Picoult the Fitzgerald’s do have a lot of conflicts, but the main conflict is between Brian and Jesse. Jesse thinks the world hates him because he also thinks his family does not care about so that’s why he starts lighting up warehouse’s and the shed where the rat was living. Brian probably understands what Jesse is going through and tries to talk to him about why he does this to buildings. Jesse learns that he does not have to set fires to make himself feel great for what he

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