One of the complex characters that we are able to see develping in the course of the text, My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult, is Campbell Alexander. Campbell is at first a very private, arrogant character. He doesn't get very close to anyone. In the story he is Anna's lawyer. Ever since he had an experience right before his highschool graduation, he hasnt told anyone that he is epileptic, and that's why he has a service dog. he makes up sarcastic excuses when people ask and not until the end does he tell anyone why he has his dog. Campbell goes from being extremley closed to opening up with Anna because of the experiences they have shared together. In the begining he would have never shared that information with anyone, but he develops during the story.
Eventually, all of the characters start to interact with each other and they all come together for a reason. Anna is the reason they all meet up. Anna has her Lawyer, Campbell, and her guardian ad litem, Julia meet, but not for the first time, because they team up to help Anna in her case. Her case is against her parents, Sara and Brian, and in a way also her sister Kate. And her brother, Jessie, is somewhat impartial. They all come together to help, or go against, Anna in her trial.
Without even one of the characters, the plot wouldn't advance in the same way. If Anna weren't there, the plot wouldn't even exist because there wouldn't be a conflict. Without Kate, Anna wouldn't have a case, a lawyer, or a reason to want to be medically emancipated. Without Sara or Brian, there would be no one to rebel against for Anna. If Campbell wasn't there, Anna would either have a different lawyer, or no lawyer at all and probably wouldn't have won her case. So without some of the characters, the story wouldn't have much conflict or a very exciting plot.
This article is the author, Jodi Picoult, talking about her book, and some of the characters.
My Sister's Keeper Article
