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one need must be satisfied before another can be.” 143. They may agree on Maslow’s types of needs that may operate on human being, but there is no
guarantee that human needs must be satisfied in order. For example, a starving person does not always lack need for love and self-esteem.
B. Review of Related Studies
My Sister’s Keeper novel is a new literary work. However, there have been
several studies on My Sister’s Keeper novel. Julie Ackendorf 2009 in her article Review of Jodi Picoults My Sisters Keeper
expands the character’s development. She states that the characters of the novel are very well developed. She explores
briefly related to the Fitzgerald family’s characters, Anna, Sara, Kate and Jesse. Moreover, Ackendorf also examines the themes being discussed in the novel.
“Author Jodi Picoult explores the legal, ethical, and moral issues involving sibling organ donation and whether parents have the right to make the decision for the
donor.” 2009. Louise Crook 2005 in her article entitled My Sister’s Keeper-Discussion
Guide , explores the background of Jodi Picoult’s writing through a conversation
with the author. In the conversation, Picoult states that she comes about the idea of the novel through the back door of a previous one, Second Glance. She adds
that her study on the human genome project in America leads her to write about baby’s designer as the subject for My Sister’s Keeper novel.
Jennifer Reese 2004 has conducted a study on the conflict in the novel. She states that the conflict of the novel is between Anna and her parents. “The
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melodrama begins when 13-year-old Anna Fitzgerald walks into a lawyers office with 136.87, her lifes savings, asking to be medically emancipated from her
parents” 2004. Meanwhile, the study on Anna’s motivation to stop her organ donation to
her sister is different from those previous works. This study focuses on the exploration of Anna’s character and Anna’s motivation in stopping her organ
donation. In the previous study, the characters of the novel have been explored briefly in general view. However, this study will be more focusing in exploring
Anna’s character in detailed way. The study on Anna’s motivation in discontinuing her organ donation to her sister is a new study.
C. Theoretical Framework
