Anna Fitzgerald’s Hero Journey

By: Marissa Sue Crego

Description of the storyMy Sister’s KeeperPublisher House: Atria BooksAuthor: Jodi PicoultPublish Date: April 6, 2004

Anna Fitzgerald is a very conflicted character in the book because of the hard decision she has to make about control of her own body or her sister’s life. For example, she tells Campbell, that of all things she wants to be in ten years, most of all she wants to be Kate’s sister. But at the same time, she wants to exist separately than Kate. Eventually we learn that Kate no longer wants to live. So to satisfy her sister’s want, Anna brings a lawsuit upon her parents for medical emancipation. It gives both girls what they want. For Anna its independence and since Kate will die without Anna’s Kidney, the lawsuit fulfill Kate’s wish to die.

The Ordinary World

Location: Providence Hospital, Rhode Island

Call to AdventureAnna Fitzpatrick was born for the sole purpose of keeping her sister

Kate alive, whom has an extremely aggressive form of Leukemia. Anna has under gone several painful visits to the hospital that includes blood transfusion and bone marrow donations to her sister. Her parents tell her that as her sister enters the ending stages of Kidney failure she must donate her kidney to her sister Kate.

Refusing the call

Meeting with the mentor

Crossing the threshold

Test, Allies, and Enemies

Approach to the innermost Cave

Ordeal

Reward

The road back

Resurrection

Return with the Elixeer

The hero

The mentor

Threshold guardian

The herold

Shapeshifter

The Trickster

The Father

The Mother

The Child

The Maiden