MY REFLECTION PAPER ABOUT MY SISTER’S KEEPER

PLOT SUMMARY
Sara's two-year-old daughter, Kate, is diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of
leukemia. Sara and her firefighter husband, Brian, are shocked to learn that their child
may die, but Sara resolves to start Kate on treatment right away. Kate begins
chemotherapy, and her oncologist, Dr. Chance, suggests that she may need a bone
marrow transplant in the future, preferably from a related donor. The Fitzgerald’s put
their four-year-old son, Jesse, to the test, but he fails. Dr. Chance suggests that another
unborn sibling might be a match, and Sara suggests that they have another child.

Sara's passages, which are told at various points over the next fourteen years, are
primarily about Kate's struggles. She describes how scientists assisted them in
conceiving a second daughter, Anna, who is a perfect genetic match for Kate. Anna
undergoes several procedures over the next few years to help keep Kate alive,
including frequent blood withdrawals and a painful bone marrow extraction. Sara goes
into detail about Kate's pain and suffering. Chemotherapy and radiation make her
extremely ill, and each new relapse is signaled by an emergency trip to the hospital. As
a result, Sara and Brian's marriage suffers to the point where they begin to feel like
strangers. Jesse and Anna both lash out at Sara in different ways because of her
single-minded focus on Kate.

ESTABLISHING MY OPINION
In this film, the writer concludes that there are some of moral values such as honesty,
bravery, love, and affection, fair or justice and loyalty. Kind moral value of bravery is the
most dominant values that the writer found in My Sister's Keeper film by Nick
Cassavetes. However, the ethical themes at stake are all between the two-main
character Anna and Kate. As well as the ethical dilemma in the film. The ethical
dilemma in My Sister’s Keeper is about Anna, who was made as a genetically
engineered baby to be a donor and a match to her older sister, who is battling Leukemia
and eventually needs a new Kidney. As she is getting older thought the film, she
realizes what she has been doing her whole is wrong, Anna is faced with the dilemma of
whether she should do what is best for herself or her dying older sister Kate.

In the movie, it would be right to stop taking parts from Anna to keep Kate alive because
all Kate wants to do is die and not see her sister suffer anymore, Anna just wants her
parents to see that she does not want to donate anymore, and Anna wants the doctors
to stop taking blood, and kidneys and bone marrow away from her. Most of the
supporting character in the film just wanted Kate to be happy (In the end she eventually
passed away) even if that meant she would have to die peacefully.
CONSEQUENCES (POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE)
From the movie that I watched, there are positive and negative consequences of having
a baby through in vitro fertilization with the intention to save another sibling’s life. For
starters, having a donor sibling affects relationships with other family members as well
as the child's best interests. Second, the welfare of such children, as well as their
permission to continue using them as donors, may become a deciding factor in the
child's survival. Finally, knowing that one is a savior sibling influences the child's social
and psychological development. The first bioethical question is whether in vitro
fertilization (IVF) of an embryo to save a child's life is in the best interests of the child. In
vitro fertilization is not directly challenged by the author or her characters. The Catholic
Church objects to the technique of implanting an egg fertilized "in glass." Removing
these sex cells from the bodies of the parents before reuniting them in a new life is
problematic because it eliminates the intimacy of the marriage act, which is naturally
designed to produce new life.

A child is a gift that should be the result of a selfless act of love rather than a scientific
approach. From the start, Anna's conception process cannot be morally acceptable.
Several more zygotes were most likely created and then discarded while creating
Anna's zygote, or perhaps implanted in the uterus and then aborted as embryos, but
this was not stated in the film. In vitro fertilization is morally repugnant in the eyes of the
Church due to the frequent acts of murder that accompany it.

MY REALIZATION
In this film, I realized that the writer concludes that there are some moral values such as
honesty, bravery, love and affection, fairness and justice, and loyalty. The writer
discovered the most dominant moral value of bravery in Nick Cassavetes' film My
Sister's Keeper. I do believe that the “Living in the moment” theme is most important. I
think, today, we are all spoiled with fortunate healthcare, friends, and family. However,
the reality is, some people do go through with these challenges. I think this is important
because the author probably wants to teach us that we should appreciate life more,
focus on the little things and enjoy it while we can. The most significant moral I learned
based off Hope, is to always remain positive and supportive during times where loved
ones are undergoing cancer or even other problems. It’s important to face those
situations with your head held high and staying strong.

CONCLUSION
Overall, the film My Sister's Keeper provides an excellent opportunity to consider the
ethical quandary of using savior siblings. The analysis of the problem from various
ethical perspectives reveals that, depending on the theory used, the parents' actions in
the film can be considered both ethical and unethical. Personally, I favor deontological
ethics because it takes the nature of the action into account regardless of other factors
and provides a specific answer. In contrast, ethical theories that focus on differences in
moral norms and consequences largely ignore the violations highlighted in the analysis.
Because violations of personal rights and freedom are important in the film, the results
obtained through the application of deontological ethics are more relevant to the
situation.