Judge : “Make it quick,” the judge says.
Mr. Campbell : “Your honor, all of Anna Fitzgerald‟s life she has been
medically treated for her sister‟s good, not her own. No one doubts Sara Fitzgerald‟s love for all her children, or the decisions she‟s made that have
prolonged Kate‟s life. But today we have to doubt the decisions she‟s made for this child.” Picoult, 2004:351
From the quotation above the words “the decisions she has made for this child” shows
that the judges agree that Sara as the mother of Kate and Anna must be treat her child with honest. Anna internal conflict with Sara can be seen when Sara ask for Anna apologizes and
ended the case to save them family and promise Anna not to have supply her blood to Kate anymore. It can be seen from the quotation below:
Sara : “Anna,” I tell her,” I love you. I loved you before I ever saw you, and I will love you long after I‟m not here to say it. And I know that
because I‟m a parent, I‟m supposed to have all the answer, but I don‟t. I wonder every single day if I‟m doing the right thing. I wonder if I know my
children the way I think I do. I wonder if I lose my perspective in being your mother, becau
se I‟m so busy being Kate‟s.” Picoult, 2004:477 From
the quotation above the words “Anna I love you.” shows that Anna feels so confuse to see her mother than she decide to close the case to save their family and stay
together.
4.2 External Conflict
External conflict deals with the problems of the world. The story‟s characters will struggle against the circumstances of external conflict, they may even suffer internal conflict
resulting from the issues of external conflicts, but this is not as simple as internal conflict. External conflict occurs when characters are involved in the world‟s woes, such issues as
community, nature, government and other characters are all examples of external conflict.
External conflict manifests itself as man versus man, man versus nature, man versus society.
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4.2.1 Anna External conflict with Kate
Kate is Anna sister, they spent time together, and they share bed room together, just like the other sisters. But Anna feels that she must not do all the supply for entire her life for
Kate, to make Kate stay alive. Anna external conflict with Kate can be seen when Anna talks something to Kate and
Anna ask for Kate opinion for her plants to have a lawyer for her case. It can be seen from the quotation below:
Kate : “Don‟t mess with the system, Anna,” she says bitterly. “We‟ve all
got our scripts down pat. Kate plays the martyr. I‟m the lost cause. And you, you‟re the peacekeeper.” Picoult, 2004:17
From the quotation abo ve the words “Don‟t mess with the system, Anna,” shows that
Kate disagrees of Anna plan and told that Anna must keep the situation stay peace for their family.
Anna external conflict with Kate can be seen when Anna faces the judges in the first jurisdiction and tells her reasons to claim her parent. It can be seen from the quotation below:
There‟s way too much to explain, and so I do the best I can. “It‟s not god. Just my parents, “I say.” I want to sue them for the rights to my own body.”
Picoult, 2004:21
From the quotation above the words “rights to my own body.” shows that Anna tell
the judges that she only need the rights for own body weather she want to give supply or not. When the first time Anna talks to the judges she told that
she can‟t give her kidney to Kate. It can be seen from the quotation below:
Judge DeSalvo :”Anna?” Judge DeSalvo prompts, and then he sets that stupid can of Mott‟s down on the table between us and I burst into tears.
“I can‟t give a kidney to my sister. I just can‟t.” without a word, judge DeSalvo hands me a box of Kleenex. I wad some into a ball, wipe at my
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eyes and my nose. For a while, he‟s quiet, letting me catch my breath when I look up I find him waiting. “Anna, no hospital in this country will take an
organ from an un willing donor.”Picoult, 2004:105
From the quotation above shows that Anna finally tells her feeling in front of many
people without scare to say what is in her mind.
4.2.2 Anna external conflict with Sara
Sara has two daughter, she is a Kate and Anna. Sara loves her children, but she must face the most difficult situation. When Kate really needs Anna‟s help to be her blood supply,
Anna thinks that she must have rights for her own body. Sara must face the judges to solve the problem and save her family to stay together.
Anna external conflict with Sara can be seen when Sara received a letter from the judges. Anna already has lawyer to claim her parents and when Sara knows that she claim by
her own daughter she really shocked. It can be seen from the quotation below: Sara : “For god‟s sake, Anna,” my mother says. “Do you even realize
what the consequence would be?” My throat closes like the shutter of a camera, so that any air one excuses
mus t move through a tunnel as thin as a pin. I‟m invisible, I think, and
realize too late I have spoken out loud. Picoult, 2004:63 From
the quotation above the words “do you even realize what the consequence would be?” shows that Anna feels so sorry to see her mother but she already make a decision
and she must continue her plan. Anna external conflict with Sara can be seen when the first jurisdiction Anna tells her
opinion about the supply, she feels that her mother did not care about her self and only care about Kate. It can be seen from the quotation below:
Anna : “Oh, really? “She leans forward, counting off on her fingers. “The
first time I gave something to my sister, it was cord blood, and I was a newborn. She has leukemia- APL
– and my cells put her into remission. The next time she relapsed, I was five and I had lymphocytes drawn from
me, three times over, because the doctors never seemed to get enough of
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them the first time around. When that stopped working, they took bone marrow for a transplant. When Kate got infections, I had to donate
granulocytes. When she relapsed again, I had to donate peripheral blood stem cells.” Picoult, 2004:24
From the quotation above the words “it was cord blood, and I was a newborn” shows
that Anna say that she already supply her blood to Kate from she is born to keep Kate stay alive.
Anna external conflict with Sara can be seen when Sara feel so confuse about the case she is the mother of Anna and Kate she must be fair to decide what is the best for her
daughter. It can be seen from the quotation below: Sara :
“I have one child who‟s just signed her sister‟s death sentence, and I‟m supposed to cool off?”
The kitchen gets so silent‟s we can hear the refrigerator whispering. My mother‟s words hang like too-ripe fruit, and when they fall on the floor and
burst, she shudders into motion. “Kate, I shouldn‟t have said that. It‟s not what I meant.” Picoult, 2004:109
From the quotation above the words “I have one child who‟s just signed her sister‟s
death sentence, and I‟m supposed to cool off?” shows that Sara tells her opinion and asks for
the judge‟s decision for the case.
Anna external conflict with Sara can be seen when Anna‟s lawyer, Mr.Campbell asks
something to Anna about her parents in front of the judges. It can be seen from the quotation below:
Mr. Campbell : “Did you ever tell your parents that you weren‟t comfortable with the choice they‟d made for you?”
Anna : Anna pushes away from the elephants and begins to trudge up the hill. “I might have complained a couple of times. But they‟re
Kate‟s parents, too.” Picoult, 2004:135
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From the quotation above the words “I might have complained a couple of times. But
they‟re Kate‟s parents, too.” shows that Anna directly say the answer, that she is uncomfortable with her parent‟s choice.
Anna external conflict with Sara can be seen when Sara angry to Anna for what Anna has do and ask for Anna opinion for all the things. It can be seen from the quotation below:
Sara : “My God, Anna, “my mother says, stunned. “What have we done
to you to deserve this?” Anna :
“It‟s not what you‟ve done to me.” Sara
: “It‟s what we haven‟t done, right?”
“You aren‟t listening to me” I yell, and at that very moment, Vern Stackhouse walks up to our table. Picoult, 2004:217
From the quotation above the words “It‟s not what you‟ve done to Me.” shows that
Anna tries to survive to against her mother and fight for her right for her own body and her life.
Anna external conflict with Sara can be seen when in the last jurisdiction the judges ask
for Sara‟s opinion about Anna‟s supply for Kate. Did Sara already plan to use Anna only for Kate blood supply? It can be seen from the quotation below:
The judges :
“At the time did you and your husband decide to conceive a child who would be genetically programmed to be an organ donor for
Kate, so that she could be cured?” Sara
: “Not the words I would choose, but that was the story
behind Anna‟s conception, yes. We were planning to use Anna‟s umbilical cord blood for a transplant.”
The judges :
“Why didn‟t you try to find an unrelated donor?” Sara
: “it‟s much more dangerous. The risk of mortality would
have been far higher with someone who wasn‟t related to Kate.” Picoult,
2004:353
From the quotation above the words “we were planning to use Anna‟s umbilical cord
blood for a transplant” shows that Sara tells the truth that she already plan to use Anna for Kate blood supply because Anna is Kate biological sister.
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Anna external conflict with Sara can be seen when the judges asks Sara if she ever ask Anna‟s permissions to do to supply or not. It can be seen from the quotation below:
The Judges : “Mrs. Fitzgerald,” I step between her and Anna. “Did you ask her?”
Sara : “Please don‟t do this, “Sara says. “We all know the history. I‟ll stipulate
to whatever it is you‟re trying to do in the process of crucifying me. I‟d rather just get this part over with.” Picoult, 2004:355
From the quotation above the words” did you ask her” shows that Sara never asks the
permissions to Anna for the supply because Anna is a little girl and Anna can not fight the rights for her own body.
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CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
