My Name

           When I was born, my parents gave me the name, Rebecca Lynn Hottle.They decided that I would be called Becky. My parents chose Becky over Becca because they saw my bubbly personality at a very young age, and they felt like it suited me better. The name Rebecca means peacemaker and trustworthy. The name Becky means captivated or captivating. I am not named after anyone in my family.  My parents picked out three or four girls names they liked and ended up using most of them for my other two sisters. If I wasn't a Rebecca, I would most likely been a Sarah. If I was a boy, my named definitely would have been John. For a very long time my mom loved that name and always wanted to name one of her children to be a John. I personally do not like the name Rebecca, but Becky fits my personality perfectly. I love being a Becky and I want to continue being called Becky even when I am older. A lot of my friends say that Becky is a perfect name for me. Without the name I was given, I do not think I would be the same person I am today. 

Character Development

Discussing the Novel

1. I completely agree with Publisher's Weekly's comment. My Sister's Keeper really is a spellbinding suspenseful novel . I consider this book suspenseful, because you never know what is going to happen.  I can never predict what is going to happen with Kate's illness, and throughout the book you are surprised with details from each person in the story.  At the very beginning of the book, Anna says something that makes me wonder. She says, "In the end, though, I did not kill my sister. She did it all on her own. Or at least this is what I tell myself." When I read this, I immediately wanted to keep reading. What she said made me want to find out what will happen to Kate and how Anna will supposedly kill her. Jodi Picoult reveals secrets about the characters throughout each chapter. For example, we didn't know much about the son Jesse until he narrated one chapter. He claims that he was the kid that played with matches, and he feels like he doesn't belong in his family. Once we get farther in the book, I will learn more about Jesse and all of the other characters in this "spellbinding suspenseful" novel.

2. As of right now, I do not have a very positive opinion on Sara. I feel like she favors Kate and is only concerned with her getting better. Jesse is quickly falling and going in the wrong path. She notices it, but doesn't care what he does. Also, Anna feels like when Kate doesn't need something she is invisible. Sara has not consciously neglected them, she just forgets that they need attention too. She thinks that because they don't need attention physically, they don't really need it. Both Anna and Jesse are not feeling like a part of the family. In a chapter that Sara narrated, I think she began to realize it. She said, "It's so easy to presume that while your own world has ground to an absolute halt, so has everyone else's." I think Sara is realizing that her world doesn’t revolve around Kate. Kate's disease is a big part of her life, but she has other children that depend on her too, and she needs to see that.

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Introduction and Biography on Jodi Picoult

      Jodi Picoult was born on Long Island New York. Pretty much ever since then, she has wanted to be a writer. She studied creative writing at Princeton. She got small jobs every once in a while, but once she got married and had her first child, she wrote her first book, Songs of the Humpback Whale. People saw that her writing was different, and loved her books. Now, she is a best selling author, and is one of the top choices for book clubs.

      My Sister's Keeper is about the story of a young girl, Anna Fitzgerald. Anna was not conceived like any other kid her age. She was engineered to be a perfect match for her very sick sister. Anna grows tired of countless surgeries, and getting pricked and poked, so she sues her parents for the rights to her own body. This lawsuit brings much tension into the family life, but Anna wants these rights and will not give up until she gets them.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Sister's_Keeper

Are you someone's keeper?

        I do believe I am someone's keeper. One of my best friends, Tammy has always been there for me and I do the same for her. She is in a lot of my classes at school, and I'm always with her.  This time gives us the opportunity to talk, laugh, and just be friends.  I am Tammy's keeper and she  is also the keeper of me. I can listen to her when she needs to talk to someone.  I can make her laugh when she is sad. I can be there when she needs a shoulder to cry on. Most importantly, I will always be there for her as friend throughout life. Tammy is a great person, and I am glad I am her keeper and she is mine as well. 

25 Random Things About Me

1. I was born in Naperville, Illinois.
2. My favorite sports are soccer and lacrosse.
3. I have always wanted to be able to draw.
4. My grandma is the most inspirational person I have ever met.
5. I attempted to cut my own hair when I was five.
6. I love anything with a lot of sugar.
7. I  love finding out useless information.
8. I can catch anything in my mouth.
9. I am deathly afraid of bees and thunder.
10. I have two sisters who I love very much.
11. My dream is to travel around the world.
12. I want to be able to help many people when I grow up.
13. My worst habit is biting the skin around my nails.
14. I have the weirdest shaped birthmark on my left leg. It looks like a constellation.
15. My neighbors are my second family.
16. I hate it when people act like someone they're not.
17. I love to make people laugh.
18. When I was 6 months old my sister pushed me off the table.
19. Used Band-aids gross me out.
20. My favorite colors are bright blue and yellow.
21. I hate cleaning my room, but love cleaning others.
22. I look up to my parents.
23. My favorite T.V. show when I was little was Teletubbies.
24. I love to go shopping and spend money.
25. I hate seeing someone cry.