Reading+Reflections

__Chapter 1__- Thirteen-year-old Anna Fitzgerald tells here story of how and why she was born, what her purpose was. You see Anna had learned she was conceived in a lab to save her sick 16 year old sister Kate. Being a perfect sibling match, Anna was forced to give Kate leukocytes, stem cells, and bone marrow. Although she did not have a problem with helping her sister, it was the fact that she was not asked and was forced into it. I personally have never had to donate any part of my body to science or a relative, but I can understand where Anna is coming from. Her rights are being violated by not getting to choose what happens to her body and she does not feel like she is being paid attention too. Thus, at the age of 13, she is asked to donate a kidney which she refuses to do. Anna seeks the help of Attorney Alexander Campbell to medically emancipate her from her parents. Even though I could not see myself suing my parent at the ripe age of 13, many years of being neglected and not being able to choose what I wanted to do with my body could sway my opinion.

__Chapter 2__- As Anna discusses her situation with her attorney Campbell Alexander; he is beginning to grasp what Anna's situation actually is. Being the oldest sibling in my family, I can see how Anna might have felt neglected and used because I witness my brothers and sister doing absurd things to get attention. Here, I believe Anna is trying to get attention while illustrating here feelings. She says the only reason she is alive is to save her sister and many procedures prove this. For example, at birth, she donated cord blood to her sister, who went into remission. At age 5, Anna donated lymphocytes many times. After that failed, she gave a bone marrow transplant. Following her sister's relapse, she gave peripheral blood stem cells. I believe life is about making choices, but if you cannot make them, what is the point of living. There is no fun in being someone else’s doll.