In the excerpt from Jodi Picoult's "My Sister's Keeper," a character confronts the harsh reality of a loved one's terminal illness. Despite the hope offered by treatment, the prognosis remains dire, and the speaker grapples with the pain of accepting that their beloved is inevitably facing death. The weight of the situation is compounded by the emotional turmoil of watching someone suffer while clinging to a thread of hope.
The speaker...