Sometimes when you’re in a tight situation or when you’re so confused about the things happening around you, you won’t know what is right or wrong. You can’t even find the right answers because in life, it’s not easy to say that you’re decisions were correct and every decision of yours has consequences. You just do what is right for you and for everyone else. Circumstances like this, you can’t judge a person for what they think is moral or ethical, or even justifiable.
Here, I will share this movie I have watched which made me realized how life is not to be taken granted and how I’m thankful that my birth was not just an ‘accident’ and I’m born healthy. And because of this movie, I can consider myself lucky that I have my brother and sister to be with, and that I'm fortunate to have the family I'm suited in.
When the Fitzgeralds’ daughter, Kate, was diagnosed with leukemia at two years old and needed a bone marrow transplant or else she will die, the couple, Brian and Sara was advised by the doctor of having another child because there were both not a match to be a donor of Kate. And here, Anna was born. The movie follows a 13 yr. old girl named Anna who was made genetically (I think you could say that she’s a ‘test tube baby or an engineered baby) so that she will be a direct genetic match to her sister Kate who has leukemia. Her purpose was to keep her sister alive by donating her blood, platelets, bone marrow, and other cells. And she’s been doing this since the time she was born. But when the time came that her sister Kate needs a kidney, Anna sues for medical emancipation and for the rights to her own body.
I think cancer is the most horrible thing for me because our family is prone to cancer. My mother's sister and brother died of cancer. I can see myself as Anna because, like her, I have an older brother and an older sister, except they're both fine (thank God). But I wondered if I was in here place, maybe I, too, will think that if ever my sister didn't have cancer, will I be brought into this world? Was I only made to save my sister? So was I just to be sacrifice? But it's really difficult to decide when it comes to these matters especially if it involves your family.
Also, I can understand the mother about doing everything to save her daughter, Kate, but sometimes, we become blind because of our love to a certain person, that we sometimes tend forget about the feelings of the people around you. Loving, at the same time, sacrificing maybe a threat to your bond of the people you love and who love you.
This was a book by Jodi Picoult and was made into a movie, starring Cameron Diaz as the mother, Abigail Breslin as Anna and Sofia Vassilieva as Kate. Here is a movie that really moved me and may bring you into tears as how it also brought me. So when you watch it, you better have a bucket to fill up for your tears.
Below is the trailer of the movie. (Note: the book and the movie have different endings, so if you ever read the book, and will watch the movie, be surprise.)
