These excerpt paragraphs are taken from my Book Review of My Sister's Keeper published in Triond.com that is no longer existing. For the purpose of illustrating hypertexts in my co-authored Reading and Writing Skills textbook for Senior High School, I posted these two paragraphs on this site.
2. Family systems theory is very much evident in the novel My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult. In his family systems theory, Bowen (1978) as cited in Gurton (n.d.) suggests “that individuals cannot be understood in isolation from one another, but rather as a part of their family, as the family is an emotional unit ” (para.1). Anna’s behavior was influenced by her sister Kate whom she dearly loved; Brian’s, on the other hand, was also shaped by his love for his family; Sara’s actions as a mother was called for out of strong love for Kate, and this same love she expressed for Anna upon learning of her death.
3. Similarly, Bronfenbrenner’s (1990) ecological systems, particularly, the microsystem is evident in the novel. “Microsystem refers to the first layer in ecological system by which the child has direct contact with like family, school and immediate environment which affects the development of the child. “Microsystem is the layer closest to the child and contains the structures with which the child has direct contact. The microsystem encompasses the relationships and interactions a child has with her immediate surroundings (Berk, 2000). Structures in the microsystem include family, school, neighborhood, or childcare environments (Paquette & Ryan, 2001, p. 2.). It is evident in the novel that Sara was showered by so much love by her parents, Brian and Kate Fitzgerald. They did everything for Sara to survive even to the extent of sacrificing the life of Anna who was conceived through IVF just to provide a perfect match for Sarah to have a donor for blood, bone marrow, and kidney.
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