My Sister's Keeper (media that has affected my outlook on life)

There have been many t.v shows, movies, and books that affected my outlook on life, however, the one movie that is based from a book that stood out to me was My Sister's Keeper. As I said above this movie is based on a novel written by Jodi Picoult that is based on a true story. This book tells the story of a 13-year-old girl named Anna who litigates her parents when she asked to donate a kidney for her sister Kate who is dying from leukemia. However, Anna is doing this because she was conceived as a savior sibling whose umbilical cord blood would save Kate. But, a few years later Kate relapses and is once again diagnosed with cancer, in order to save her Anna is said to give her kidney to her sister but she does not want to. Because of this Anna hired a lawyer and began a law suit against her parents. In the end Anna wins, but, sadly as her and her lawyer were getting back home they were in a car crash which led Anna to be brain dead and her parents decided it was best to pull the plug. Her kidney then went to her sister Kate who ended up surviving and 6 years later becomes a dance instructor.

The description of My Sister`s Keeper I gave above was about the book that Hodi Picoult wrote. The outcome of the movie in the end is a little different. In the movie Anna still decides that she wants to go to court and file a law suit against her mother, and her mother represents herself as she was a lawyer before. However, in the movie Kate did not want Anna`s kidney because she did not want her to go through another surgery just because of her. Before the case was even decided Kate dies in her sleep with her mother by her side, and later find out that Anna did in fact win the case. In the book Kate lives and her sister Anna dies due to the accident she was in when she was going to the hospital with her lawyer. Here is a trailer of the movie:

What this movie and book made me realize was that life is short enjoy it don`t look at the cons of life look at the pro`s. Sure there will be time where you absolutely hate life and everyone but then there are the moments that you remember for life, the moments that make life such a beautiful thing, then there are things that make you look forward for whats coming next. Live life like its your last day , try to fulfill the things you want to do, don`t sit there and think that I can`t do this or this because its ridiculous or because I`m stupid. If everyone in the world started doing that we may not have half the things that here in the world today.We many be without computers, phones, t.v`s you name it anything. Those are the people that decided to follow their dreams and live there life like it was their last day. Because of them we are doing what we are doing.

Reading the book and watching the movie not only has changed the way I look at life it has changed the way of how other people look at life which includes my family and friends. Before watching the movie and reading the book we were always the one to go with the flow, whatever happens happens. We never thought of once full filling the dreams and goals we wanted but full fill the ones everyone else wanted to. Seeing the story in the movie and books we realized we`re here to do what we want to do when we want to do it. If we keep going by the ways of what people tell us we will get no where in life, well no where we want to be. Full fill your dreams and goals and live to love the world not hate cause you just never know what curve ball life could throw at you.