Theme and Summary Video Analysis

My Sister's Keeper, the novel, is also a movie. In this movie, Cameron Diaz is the mom-Sara, Anna is Abigail Breslin,  and Kate is Sofia Vassilieva. Although there were several differences in the movie, this is video shows a summary, as well as an important quote that shows theme.

The beginning of the clip accurately describes how their families life is. Kate has leukemia and Anna was genetically engineered to be a donor. Fast forward a decade and Kate is lucky to be alive. Anna has done countless surgeries to ensure that. But, Kate is going into renal failure and needs a kidney. When Anna learns the effect of this surgery, she's knows she has a difficult decision to make. Then, she goes to a lawyer, Mr. Cambell, and asks him to medically emancipate her. This means that her parents will no longer be able to force her to donate to Kate, but she can still choose to. As they work as a team their characters develop and become friends. Her family also struggles to make decisions that are fair, and have trouble deciding what is. Is it fair for Anna to have to give a kidney? Is it fair to let Kate die? Read the book to find out how the family deals with this struggle, and if it will tear them apart, or make them grow closer. Also, in the trial, many revelations come out, and you will have to read the book to find out what those are!

Next, the interview discusses the theme. Jake Hamilton shares the quote, "There are stars in the night sky that look brighter than the others, and when you look at them through a telescope you realize you are looking at twins. The two starts rotate around each other, sometimes taking nearly a hundred years to do it. They create so much gravitational pull there's no room around for anything else. You might see a blue star, for example and realize only later that it has a white dwarf as a companion-that first one shines so bright, by the time you notice the second one, it's really too late." Finally, the actors discuss what the quote means.

This quote demonstrates theme of one should not take any moments for granted and love everyone for the time they are here. I know this because Kate is the star that shines brighter, at first, but she will turn into a white dwarf, eventually - she will die from leukemia and Anna will be the only one left. This is Brian's way of saying that by the time Anna's alone, it will be too late for her. She won't know who she is without Kate.