{Post A Week 1}

Loupe (9): a small magnifying glass commonly used by jewelers or watchmakers.
primitive (17) Denoting or preserving the character of an early stage in the evolutionary or historical development.

"Actually, that's not quite true--right now she doesn't have it, but it's hibernating under her skin like a bear, until it decides to roar again." (10) This is an example of figurative language in the form of a simile because of the use of "like" to demonstrate a comparison. Anna is her sister's allogeneic donor, and currently, Kate doesn't have her leukemia, but this is how Anna is describing her sisters illness.

"The walls are paneled with wood the color of a chestnut mare's coat..."(16) Jodi Picoult compares the colour of the wood paneling with the colour of a horse's coat because it makes it easier for the reader to visualize the room the Anna and Jesse had just walked into.

"It is exactly the kind of case I want to avoid like the Black Plague--one which requires far too much effort and client baby-sitting. (20) The lawyer that Anna goes to does not take her seriously at first. He uses a simile to portray very clearly how strongly he feels about representing an eighth grader!

SIGNIFICANT QUOTE:
"See, unlike the rest of the world, I didn't get here by accident. And if your parents have you for a reason, that reason better exist. Because once it's gone, so are you." (8) Anna's purpose from the moment she was conceived in a scientific lab was to be a perfect genetic match for her sister, Kate.Anna feels that she deserves rights to her own body because she wants to free herself of the purpose of being a perfect genetic match and her sister's lifesaver.

PROBABLE THEME:
Is it okay to conceive children for the purpose of saving the ones who have already been born, and what message is this sending to the child?