MEDICAL ETHICS-Jeopardy Review for Unit Test

My Sister’s Keeper

Who is who? Motifs, Symbols,themes Who Said It? Lavishly Literary Potpourri

Jesse / This motif can connect in many ways; like a fire that can destroy but also heat and give light,the cancer/lawsuit has both destroyed the family and brought them closer. / Kate – to self- opening lines / Allusion- the tragic fate of Andromeda is circumvented by Perseus, who ultimately saves her and is faithful to her for the rest of their lives. Yet, who saves Anna here? /

METAPHOR

Dilemma is how to treat Kate. Should you treat patients with medicine even if they are not sick yet, but you expect them to be? What is most beneficial to the patient?
Julia
(Isobel) / Everyone has another side to him/her that is secret or different from what is shown to others. All the characters fit this theme. The motif also fit the theme that there are two sides to every story. In other words-there is no truth-only perspective. / Anna to self
Foreshadowing the darkness that will come as a result of the lawsuit / Metaphor- Anna obviously does rise from the ashes, for even after death she lives on in Kate / Kate
Kate / Motif-things are not as they appear. The future is unknown-out of our control. Stars as guides + hold the answers to life’s mysteries. It can also represent possibility + unexplained tragedy, for stars are beautiful and light up the sky but only briefly, and then they are gone / Sara to courtroom to explain her dilemma as a parent of how to treat both daughters fairly medically. /

Situational Irony

All along we expected Kate to die / Andromeda
Orpheus and Eurydice
Vega
Pandora
Hercules
Prometheus
Campbell / The kidney is the object attained by Sara and protected by Anna (and Kate). It represents Anna’s only freedom + power. At the end, it ultimately becomes the only piece of Anna that remains.
symbol / Kate to the judge regarding the medical case. / Metaphor. Figuratively, The holocaust of the destroyed Fitzgerald family began with the cancer. Literally, Jesse’s fires began with a match.
Arson fires are purposely set. Literally, Jesse starts fires. Kate started the “fire” of the case, which ultimately collapsed the family and led to Anna’s death. / Beneficence-what are the benefits?
Non-Malfeasance-what is the harm?
Justice-is everyone treated equally?
Veracity-is the whole truth revealed?
Fidelity-is the doctor loyal to the patient?
Autonomy-is the patient able to make his/her own decision?
Judge / Theme-the whole book supported both themes but the end especially-Anna’s death reinforced this idea as a re minder to be present at all times in the life you have, because things change quickly. / Jesse to self-he looks down on himself as being a coward when actually he is quite heroic / “The reporters come on like wolves,” is a SIMILE
“ My chest feels full of glitter and helium,” IMAGERY
“ I knew that if I held up my hands and spread my fingers like a net, I could catch the coming stars” SIMILE and THEME of anything is possible through the star motifagain. / You could apply Anna to this. She certainly had an unusual birth. Her destiny was to provide for her sister. Her flaw? Well, according to Greek legend, it is usually pride. But Anna does not have this flaw. If anything, she is too selfless. She certainly had a quest with this trial. Her romantic element? Well she had a crush on a kid named Kyle. Her reward? To save Kate and be remembered as a hero? What other characters apply to this model?