do you think its fair for Anna to die, or did Kate had to die?

[Sophia]

At the closure of this book anna gets what she wants but life takes her away from her just as quick. Though life may not be fair at all times, this time it crossed the line. I think none of them should have died, theres was no use in Anna or Kate dying. At the last chapters, i cried uncontrolably because the unfairness that had just been comitted with Anna. You might think its crazy, but finish the book and then judge me.

-sophie

[Brigid ✩]

Actually, I agree. I think the book would have been more impressive if Picoult had found a way to end the book where neither of them died; it was just so predictable that someone had to die at the end. Whenever I tell people that I hate the end of this book, they tell me, "Oh, you just hate it because it's sad." But that's not the reason. I have no problem with sad endings. I just thought that the end of this book was terrible and not pulled off in a skillful way. I would have liked it a lot more if it hadn't been so cliché. I mean, I guess it was ironic and all, but I didn't like it.

[Vanessa]

I really like how one of the characters had to die. I did expect it to be Kate, i kept thinking somehow, someone was going to die. when i read a book i always read part of the last chapter first, when i saw it was from Kate's view i had originally thought that Anna lost the trial and that she had died due to complication during the Kidney transplant. something like that would have been and interesting ending, but with the car crash and her going into a vegetative state it was a little hollywood i wanna say and i expected more especially with the plot twists at the end of the book.

Vanessa Haunani

[Beth]

I thought from early on that Anna would change her mind and give the kidney and then die on the table - the fact that she died did not surprise me - it was the way that she did. It made me feel so sad for her lawyer - thinking about how he would have to live with her death for the rest of his life.

[Suri]

I think it didn't matter how it ended i acually kind of liked it. The whole book was so amazing and the end managed to make you think about the whole story even more. I think that jodi picoult is a amazing author and had a reason for ending the book this way.

[Eva-Marie]

I couldn't agree more with Suri. I don't think it'd have mattered at all how Picoult ended it to me- she has such a knack for writing that I think she could have pulled off **just about** any ending. I'm cannot STAND waiting for her new one- I feel like I'm going nuts!

[Eva-Marie]

I know what you mean but I kind of feel the opposite. I hate it when the book ends with a sappy happy ending. A lot of books I've read have ended just like that- with everyone getting better, or life just all of a sudden being so swell and then life goes on just as happy as can be. Since rea life isn't like that- at least mine sure ain't!- I like the endings I read to be as life-like as possible. That's another reason I love Jodi so much- she takes such real life drama and turns it into something where we can see so many different sides of the coin.

[Sophia]

♥ Brigid ♥ wrote: "Actually, I agree. I think the book would have been more impressive if Picoult had found a way to end the book where neither of them died; it was just so predictable that someone had to die at the ..."
i agreee!!!!!!i told everyone that i hated the end because it was too simple for such a great book but everybody told me otherwise..

[ana]

i think, if i was kate, i'd rather die than sacrifice my beloved sister.

[Annalisa]

I think the ending was a cop out. I like the idea of Anna dying on the table if she was going to die. It's still tragic but would make more of a point of her being used instead of them getting to use her without ethical consequence.

[Diana]

to me, the ending was just random

a car crash? she was totally relying on the coincidence factor there.

I was hoping for an ending with more purpose

[Glenn]

I know this diverges a little from the discussions above, but I'd like to offer a different slant on 'Why Kate Had To Die'

In one sense Sarah [Kates mom:] was supporting her child, but in another she was putting her through torture.

In the movie [sorry didn't read the book:], Kate's body had endured so much suffering, I think it was past time for her mom to let her go. They had expended every conceivable worldly effort to keep Kate alive. Perhaps I missed them, but I didn't see any spiritual effort extended on Kate. I don't know if this is just hollywoods version of “post Christian” America, or if this is really where we have come?

We [Americans, as a society:] don't understand death anymore. We think it is simply the end. It is not.

You may choose to continue to ignore this, but here is the truth.

NLT 2 Peter 3;3 Most importantly, I want to remind you that in the last days scoffers will come [you???:], mocking the truth and following their own desires. 4 They will say, "What happened to the promise that Jesus is coming again? From before the times of our ancestors, everything has remained the same since the world was first created." 5 They deliberately forget that God made the heavens by the word of his command, and he brought the earth out from the water and surrounded it with water. [We delude ourselves with Darwinian Hocus Pocus refer to: Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
http://www.expelledthemovie.com/acade...]

6 Then he used the water to destroy the ancient world with a mighty flood. 7 And by the same word, the present heavens and earth have been stored up for fire. They are being kept for the day of judgment, when ungodly people will be destroyed. 8 But you must not forget this one thing, dear friends: A day is like a thousand years to the Lord, and a thousand years is like a day. 9 The Lord isn't really being slow about his promise, as some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants everyone to repent. 10 But the day of the Lord will come as unexpectedly as a thief. Then the heavens will pass away with a terrible noise, and the very elements themselves will disappear in fire, and the earth and everything on it will be found to deserve judgment. 11 Since everything around us is going to be destroyed like this, what holy and godly lives you should live, [I think this is quite a ways off – but the millennial reign isn't
http://thebigpicmin.wordpress.com/200...

12 looking forward to the day of God and hurrying it along. On that day, he will set the heavens on fire, and the elements will melt away in the flames. 13 But we are looking forward to the new heavens and new earth he has promised, a world filled with God's righteousness. 14 And so, dear friends, while you are waiting for these things to happen, make every effort to be found living peaceful lives that are pure and blameless in his sight. 15 And remember, the Lord's patience gives people time to be saved. This is what our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you with the wisdom God gave him— 16 speaking of these things in all of his letters. Some of his comments are hard to understand, and those who are ignorant and unstable [our pew-stitter-pastors] have twisted his letters to mean something quite different, just as they do with other parts of Scripture. And this will result in their destruction.

My article 'Why Kate Had To Die”
http://thebigpicmin.wordpress.com/200...

God Bless
Glenn

[Katy]

dude why would you put the ending in the title of a post?

[Diana]

because after you read the book, it's a relevant question that almost everyone has an opinion for if you read the reviews unless they refuse to give spoilers

[Mehereagain2]

I thought it would be nice if both had lived but thought that's not how life is and the twist at the end makes the book more memorable.

[Anna Cait]

i absolutly loved this book. It was beautifully written and it felt honest. i love a book that really helps you relate to familys in such a hard situation. That said, I felt the end was almost like avoiding what would inevitabley happen- kate would die. True, miracles do happen but the doctors did not think she would recover from the kidney transpant. It would have more realistic to have them both dead. I felt there was no reason for Anna to die. It was like, what's the point of the whole book? kate ends up with the kidney after all. on another note i loved the style of the book using everyone's different point of view. i especially loved the love story between Julia and the lawyer.

[Raquel]

Well, no. It wasn't FAIR that Anna died. But it would have been terrible if Anna had won her case, not donate a kidney to Kate and then have Kate die. Anna's life would have been horrible and her family would have hated her. Although it is sad, Anna was conceived to save her sister's life and that's exactly what she did.

[Cindy]

I do not think it fair that Anna died. What purpose did it serve? Just to show that life/death can be very unfair.

[BookCupid]

Cindy wrote: "I do not think it fair that Anna died. What purpose did it serve? Just to show that life/death can be very unfair."

Because everyone in life has a destiny. Anna was born to save her sister's life. And therefore had to die in order to fulfill her destiny. Picoult wrote a tragedy.

[Cindy]

Fadhilah wrote: "Well it would be sad for someone to be born JUST to save someone's live and is always treated as 'second'. It hink it's unfair"

I totally agree. I cant imagine what it would do to the conscience of the sick child and the moral of the 'donor' child.

[Cindy]

Fadhilah,

Yes she does write beautifully. I've read other books of hers and they all ruffle the emotions and give you pause to think.

[Lauren]

i love this book.. especially the ending, no one expects it, the book had me crying the whole time yet i couldnt stop reading, with every page i felt myself more inticed with sadness greif and agony for the characters who ive only met for an hour, and only took me about 300 pages to know.

[Jesla]

ya i do

[Fariza]

Lauren wrote: "i love this book.. especially the ending, no one expects it, the book had me crying the whole time yet i couldnt stop reading, with every page i felt myself more inticed with sadness greif and agon..."

I do feel the same.. We start reading with a small tears then we began to sob finally we are wailing.. Whole books is full of emotions..

[Jesla]

ya i think its fair

[Olivia]

i think it was a good ending. Is it fair? no. but it was a surprise and that was the best. it needed a surprise at the end.

[Brandon]

♥ Brigid ♥ wrote: "Actually, I agree. I think the book would have been more impressive if Picoult had found a way to end the book where neither of them died; it was just so predictable that someone had to die at the ..."

I feel like the ending wasn't predictable at all! I had the inclination someone was going to die, but never could I have guessed the manner or circumstances surrounding Anna's death. In a way Anna's death completed the book. Sure she obtained her individuality and was deemed her own being, but fate made her for her sister. The best part is that we are left unsure of what happened to Kate. Did she survive because of her sister's death? We are free, but to what extent. Anna earned her freedom, but from who. She is still a servant of fate no matter what she brings to the court room. She was meant to be her sisters salvation.

[Cassondra]

I liked the twist at the end. I didn't realize that the first chapter, which talked about "someone" wanting to kill her sister, was written from Kate's point of view. I thought it was Anna. All along, I thought someone would die. I thought it would be Kate, like it was in the movie, but I was shocked when Anna died.

Although I liked the twist, I don't think that anyone should have "had" to die. Happy endings are possible, in fiction books and in real life. And I think that instead of dwelling on all the sad stuff, we should focus more on those happy, beautiful, pure things in life. (Phil. 4:8)

[sonya]

death is not fair but neither is life. I read this book after finding out my real father died over the summer. the book made me cry. I thought I would not want to be a harvester for anyone and if i were born for just that purpose I'd run away. I was shocked by the ending.

[Shannon]

I was stunned when I read that Anna died, I thought that eventually Kate would die but it was the other way around. I cried when I read the last part of the book, it was really sad.

[Krizza]

i love how picoult ended it, unexpected..
for me,there's no better ending than what Picoult did..

[Krizza]

what part did you cry?

[Alya]

i love this book but i think its unfair that she died! and she always gets treated differently (in a worse way!) its just not fair!!

this book made me cry :'(


(i know this is off this book's topic but have you guys read 19 minutes? its AMAZING!)

[Krizza]

i dont know,but for me, i couldnt think any better ending.. tragic for anna but a happy ending for the family..

[Alya]

yaa its a good ending but its sad :)

[Alya]

but is not exactly that happy coz the family lost a member. but then again she always came in second..

[Shannon]

It had a good ending but it made me use up lots of tissues!!!!! I think what makes the ending sadder is that Anna and Kate's mum favoured Kate. It was like Anna was just Kate's lifeline or something.

[Krizza]

after all,anna existed because of kate's condition..

[Krizza]

but i totally admire their father..

[Krizza]

it's out of the topic but i like " the plain truth"..

[Krizza]

its cute,. picoult has done a great job, it's not that "tear-jerker" stuff,but it's definitely a page-turner...

[Shannon]

That book sounds good. I think I have heard of it before.

[Alya]

Fadhilah: i read the tenth circle. i like the plot but i dont like the middle its soo confusing and odd :L

[Alya]

it wasn't confusing but i guess it was a bit bizarre coz i dunno how did she get to Antarctica (or wherever she was- i cant remember!)

and shouldn't Antarctica be called Iceartica??

[Alya]

ohh yeahh, i thought the part where they snuggle up was v. weird.... and everything is bizzare starting from the second half of the book. but i loved the beginning.

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Kristina-Kayleen wrote: "Hey.
I think Kate should have died, honestly.
I mean, the family already knew it was a impending doom, so they would have been more prepared for it... and all Anna wanted was a life she could li..."

I think you're missing the point of Anna's death. The tragedy of Anna's entire existence is that she was created entirely to keep Kate alive, and in her death she finally fulfilled her purpose. Yes, she wanted a life she could live fully, but in the end it was a life that would never be hers. To live her life fully, Anna would have to rob Kate of her life. By taking a stand against the organ harvest her parents were conducting, she chose to end her life's purpose of sustaining her sister, and in turn would have either lost her identity entirely or had to create a new one for herself. In the end, the only way the novel could end was with Anna's death, because when you think about it, she was born to be sacrificed.

[[deleted user]]

Kristina-Kayleen wrote: "Wouldnt that suck though, to know you were created JUST to keep someone else alive?
If i knew that, i kinda would feel...i dont know. I mean, Anna was defintly loved by her family, but still, I wo..."

But that's the point. It raises a moral question as to how far it's acceptable to go to keep your child alive, and whether it's all right to sacrifice the safety, health and happiness of one for the sake of the other. The moral ambiguity makes the story poignant and thought provoking. If the book didn't make you think, it would have been worth the paper it was printed on.

[[deleted user]]

Kristina-Kayleen wrote: "wait- i think we already are?
Hey... are you the one i sent an invite to earlyer?"

I think so, though I'm not sure what prompted the friend request.

[Krizza]

well for me, i favored the book's ending.. which is anna has to die for kate to live..
i agreed because all along the family knew that kate would die eventually, they knew that someday it would happen, and kate has to be more careful on how she live her life,she didnt have the privilege to do what a "normal" girl does.. with all the restrictions., while anna played hockey, she ran, she has been outside,she had friends, has enough memories with others while kate had none??
maybe that second life can give her the chance to do all of that..


(thats only my opinion..lol)

[Summer]

Rebecca wrote: "Kristina-Kayleen wrote: "Hey.
I think Kate should have died, honestly.
I mean, the family already knew it was a impending doom, so they would have been more prepared for it... and all Anna wanted ..."

This is exactly the answer this topic needed! Anna's existence didn't come about because her parents wanted HER; it was because they wanted Kate. It's a really tragic and brilliant story.