Outside reading post #2

Conflict:

In my outside reading novel, many conflicts occur between many different characters. At first we learn that Anna's conflict about getting the rights to her own body isn't the only one. We also learn the story behind the discovery of Kate's cancer.

This story is told in the mom's perspcetive because the differnt chapters are narrated by different characters. The mom gets Kate out of the bathtub and notices a big bruise on her back. She brought her to the doctor expecting nothing to be wrong but then is sent to the hospital to get more tests done. Through her narration,you can really see how worried she is. She can't get ahold of her husband, because he is a firefighter. This adds to her anxiety as the doctors stick needles and IV's in Kate trying to figure out what's wrong. When they tell Kate's om she has cancer she doesn't know what to do or say. Even though I, fortunatly, haven't been through the same experience, I can just imagine how terrible that word "cancer would be to hear.

A little while later in the novel, while Anna is narrating, the parents find out that Anna has sued them for rights to her body. The police come to the hospital, where they are with Kate getting a normal exam, and give Anna's mom the paper work. From the look on her mom's face, Anna knows just what she i looking out so she runs out the door and calls her brother. We see that Anna is paniky and has no idea what to do. She is afraid of what her parents reaction will be. I can relate to this and I'm sure many others can as well; when you tell your parents something that you know they will be mad about, you are just waiting for their reaction. I hope later in the book we will be able to see the parents perspective or maybe even Kate's. I think that would enhance our understanding of the other characters and their personalities.