Reading+Reflections

2nd Reading Blog(1st quarter)

Anna has decided to still sue her parents for medical emanicpation so the Judge granted her a guardian ad litem to make sure that her mother isn't influencing her about the case. I feel that Anna has to do what she needs to do for herself because I understand that she is feeling unloved and made for the reason that she will save her sister. Her guardian ad litem, Julie, has had relations with her attornet, Campbell Alexander. I find it ironic because maybe Anna's case may be able to bring Campbell and Julie back together and help them remember the love they had for each other and help them forget the past.

3rd Reading Blog(1st quarter)

Anna is trying to figure out what to do with the case. Her mother, who is opposing counsel, has tried to get her to not go through with the case. Anna realizes that she needs time away from her mother so her and her father move into his room at the fire station he works. I believe that this separation lets Anna think about what she really wants to do and it reveals that Brian feels that Anna is right in suing them becuase she never got the choice. I believe that once Anna is asked about the way she feels then she would lovingly give away her kidney but until then, she will resist. People love to have choices and be asked so why shouldn't teenagers like Anna be asked about things like medical reasons.

4th Reading Blog(1st quarter)

It's getting closer to the hearing and Anna's mom decided to give Anna and Campbell a deal but Anna couldn't take it. I believe that it's because the case is about her principles and what she believes in. I try to think about what I would do in everyone's cases. If I were Anna, I believe that I would tell them that if they were to ask, then Kate could have my kidney. If I were Kate, I would ask Anna for the kidney because I would try to be empathetic on her because my illness is also affecting her. Campbell and Julia are also rekindling their old flame. If I were Julia, I would tell Campbell how I feel about him because the situation is affecting our professional relationship so if I get that off my chest than it would be up to him to fix the situation.

5th Reading Blog(1st Quarter)

The end of the book is a bittersweet ending to a dramatic story that questions how far would you go for your family?. I was really surprised to find out that Kate was the one who told Anna to go through with the lawsuit. I can understand where Kate is coming from because she is tired fo being sick. I would be too. In the end, the judge rules in favor of Anna. That same day, Anna and Campbell were in a car accident and Anna became brain dead. Anna's kidney ended up going into Kate. I believe that this a happy and sad ending to the story because even though Kate gets a kidney, Anna isn't here to enjoy being around with her.

1st Reading Blog (2nd Quarter)

In the book, Sea and The Poison, it talks about vivisections on soldiers from the enemy side. I found this book very odd, yet interesting. Dr. Suguro, the intern, didn't want to participate in these vivisections because he felt it was wrong. I don't know what I would've done in a situation like that. I felt that most of those doctors like Asai and Dr. Hashimoto, were mean because they didn't care that these people were humans and they can feel pain as well. I feel like now, they couldn't do that because if the board found out they were doing that, the board would suspend them and they could be put in jail for that. Logically now, you wouldn't do that to incriminate yourself. This book was an ok book.

1st reading Blog(3rd Quarter)

In "The Yellow Wall Paper," the woman is having post partum depression but her husband is a doctor and is saying that nothing is wrong with her. Her husband then puts her in a mental facility and she is in a room looking at a a yellow wall paper. I feel that no doctor wants to listen to her because she is a woman and the story takes place in a time when women were inferior to men and there were no feminists.

2nd Reading Blog(3rd Quarter)

In the book, The Incident of the Curious Case of the Dog, we meet the main character