My Sister's Keeper Post Reading Post

"Sometimes to get what you want the most, you have to do what you want the least."

This quote means that you may not always want to do something but sometimes the destination makes the journey worth it. I have commonly heard people say that you never know unless you try and even though you may not want to do something it will most likely get you to were you want to go.

In the novel My Sister's Keeper Anna must file a lawsuit against her parents to finally be free of the medical slavery she was born into. The last thing she would want is to see her sister die and her to partially be to blame. She also doesn't want to file a lawsuit against her parents, what thirteen year old does? Anna had to make a big sacrifice and do something brave to try to get what her and Kate both want. You could also apply this quote to Sara and Brian. They were the parents of a child with cancer and they did everything they could to keep Kate alive. They didn't want to see Anna hurt from so many blood drawings and transfusions but it was something they had to do to help their child. In their positions it was easy to know that Anna wasn't the happiest with getting stuck with a needle everytime Kate needed it but they thought they were doing the right thing for their family.

In my life this quote discribes how I try to do things that are out of my comfort zone. Sometimes the risks that you don't want to take in life get you amazing outcomes. For me writing is one of those things I try to takes risks in. I've learned that risks are scary you never know what could happen however some of the best outcomes come from them. For example some of the best papers and stories I have written were out of the box "risks". I feel that you never know something unless you attempt it. This quote to me means that even though something may be tough, scary, or rough and you feel like backing out or you just not sure, remember to get what you want sometimes you have to play hard ball and take risks. You never know what's possible!

"Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you."

—Thomas Jefferson

My Sister's Keeper Pre-Reading Post

Write a blog post that defines the word "fair." Use examples as well as non-examples to help your explanation.

When something is fair it's usually means something are just and honest. it goes neither your ideal way but at the same time it doesn't go in favor of the way you don't want it to go. It's like a median. When something is fair you are usually okay with. Fairness can also be the equality of rules, laws, culture, and different views on different topics. You could see fairness in the way that people or things are treated or in different doctrine and belifs. People have different ideas of what fair is which can sometimes cause nasty disagreements and even physical altercations.

In my eyes fairness is more commonly seen as equality or balances. I feel that when something is fair you don't get exactly what you want. For example doing drugs is illegal but that's not how everyone feels it that it should be. With this law however comes many things that would be more pro good it keeps you healthy and it keeps streets safer. So in my eyes I see this fair it keeps things balanced and is equally makes the streets safer from the promotions of drugs and even gangs. Still what I see as fair someone could see as unfair. While I agree that drugs are prohibited by law someone else in the the world sees me as wrong or unfair.

I do however see things as what they are and how sometimes things are are just simply unfair. Something I know that is unfair is bullying. It is in no ones view of a good day to be bullied. When someone tries to posses the power of how you make you feel about yourself and take control of your emotions. I feel that sometimes we don't even notice bullying can be to everybody even people high up in notoriety. People who make movies and music are human too and also have feelings but we never really notice or take into consideration that they're human as well. I think almost everyone can agree bullying is unfair on many different levels. Bullying is unfair, prejudice, and not right.

" Great is Liberty! great is Equality! I am their follower;"–Walt Whitman. "Great are the Myths."