<p>What intrigues you? Tell us about one work of art, scientific achievement, piece of literature, method of communication, or place in the world (a film, book, performance, website, event, location, etc.), and explain its significance to you.</p>
<p>She isnt Emily Dickson, but shes an influencing author. She doesnt write old literature, but she does write modern novels that intrigue me. Jodi Piccoult writes books that address issues unique to today. Piccoult novels compel me to immerse myself into a story. She makes me question our society and ask, What if? Piccoult novels intrigue me mostly because their insightful and suspenseful. Her books are very impactful and they need time to sink in, I cant just jump into a new novel after reading one of her books. The syncing together of atypical characters and provocative topics while enveloping them in intense situations is Piccoults specialty, making her books that much more intriguing to me. </p>
<p>My Sisters Keeper is my favorite thought-provoking book from Piccoults collection. Would I ever say no to helping my sisters in a life or death situation? Never. Have I ever been in that situation? No. Thats what Jodi Piccoult novels do, they simulate those scenarios. Somehow I was still thinking about the characters long after I read My Sisters Keeper. I learned something that I didnt expect to and it was that my sisters and I arent perfect, but You dont love someone because theyre perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that theyre not, (From My Sister’ Keeper) because you dont know when theyll be taken from you. Seemingly, this was a small lesson to learn, but there were more themes throughout the novel, but this was the most significant to me.</p>
<p>She isn’t Emily Dickson (Dickinson), but she’s an influencing author. She doesn’t write old literature, (<–this is a strange phrase, since no one writes “old literature”…it’s always modern at the time it’s being written…in 50 years hers will also be “old literature,” just like Emily Dickinson is for us now)
but she does write modern novels that intrigue me. Jodi Piccoult writes books that address issues unique to today. Piccoult('s) novels compel me to immerse myself into a story. (awkward wording) She makes me question our society and ask, “What if?” Piccoult('s) novels intrigue me mostly because their (they’re) insightful and suspenseful. Her books are very impactful and they (cut “they”) need time to sink in,(; ) I can’t just jump into a new novel after reading one of her books. (<–odd wording, perhaps say something more along the line sof being thoughtful rather than not being able to read something else)
The syncing (<–wrong word) together of atypical characters and provocative topics while enveloping them in intense situations is Piccoult’s specialty, making her books that much more intriguing to me. (<–this sentence sounds like you’re using synonyms to words while not actually knowing exactly what they mean to sound impressive…“syncing” and “enveloping” don’t really work here. Also, you need to expand on the idea of “atypical characters” and “provocative topics”)</p>
<p>My Sister’s Keeper is my favorite thought-provoking book from Piccoult’s collection. Would I ever say no to helping my sisters in a life or death situation? Never. Have I ever been in that situation? No. That’s what Jodi Piccoult novels do, they simulate those scenarios (questions?). Somehow I was still thinking about the characters long after I read My Sister’s Keeper. I learned something that I didn’t expect to and it was that (awkward transition) my sisters and I aren’t perfect, but “You don’t love someone because they’re perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they’re not,” (From My Sister’ Keeper)(wrong way to cite, you want to say (Page #, Piccoult) because you don’t know when they’ll be taken from you. Seemingly, this was a small lesson to learn, but there were more themes throughout the novel, but this was the most significant to me. (weak ending sentence…what other themes? don’t introduce a topic in your last sentence and fail to expand on it)</p>
<p>I like the topic, but I think you should explore it better. The prompt asks for ONE work, but you devote most of the essay talking about her workS as a whole, making the first paragraph general and weak. Instead of talking about her “atypical characters” and “provocative topics” as a whole, focus in on My Sister’s Keeper ONLY and talk about the SPECIFIC characters and topics in that book. Then relate it to specific experiences with your sister. Keep in mind when you’re writing that NYU wants to get to know YOU, so you should talk about yourself through the books. Here you are too general about the books and your essay shares little about yourself.
Here is how I would restructure the essay:
She isn’t Emily Dickinson, but she’s an influencing author. Her books may not be considered great literature, but she does write modern novels that intrigue me. Jodi Piccoult writes books that address issues unique to today. My Sister’s Keeper is my favorite thought-provoking book from Piccoult’s collection.
Then talk about how the book influenced something about the way you view the world–did it change your relationship with your sister somehow? I think an examination of your relationship with your sister through this book would make an <em>excellent</em> essay. You have already addressed that issue in your draft here, but I think you should focus on that rather than the book itself, and certainly do not devote over half the space to a general discussion on her entire literary collection.</p>
<p>Great job, I think you’ve chosen an excellent topic, you just need to refocus a bit. Good luck with your applications!!</p>
<p>She isn’t Emily Dickinson, but she’s an influencing author. Jodi Piccoult writes books that address issues unique to today. In Piccoult’s 2003 novel My Sister’s Keeper she combined strange characters and a provocative topic. The main character, Anna, who is arguably a “designer baby”, was conceived so her parents could use her marrow to treat her Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (APL) stricken sister, Kate. Anna litigated her parents for medical emancipation, giving her say in the decisions regarding donating her organs or bone marrow. With this plot Piccoult was able to be both insightful and suspenseful.</p>
<p>My Sister’s Keeper is my favorite thought-provoking book from Piccoult’s collection. It made me ask, “What if?” which intrigued me. Would I ever say no to helping my sisters in a life or death situation? Never. Have I ever been in that situation? No. That’s what Jodi Piccoult novels do; they simulate those questions? Long after I read My Sister’s Keeper I was still thinking about the characters.Throughout the novel morals were called into question, family dynamics were challenged, even romance blossomed. Comparitively, the lesson I learned was small, but it came as sort of a revelation affecting me significantly. “You don’t love someone because they’re perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they’re not,” (Page 370, Piccoult). Now I seem to look past my sisters annoying tendencies, to see that my time with them isn’t guaranteed, so I should be grateful for them.</p>
<p>I think this is much better! the writing style and focus are a good improvement…you still focus on the book a lot, I don’t think you have to summarize it so much. Cut the summary to 1 or 2 sentences and tell a story about you and your sister instead–show us how your relationship was changed because you read this book.
Good luck!! (:</p>