Novel Synthesis

The poem Not waving, but Drowning relates to the novel My sister's Keeper quite significantly. Specifically with Anna, whom is constantly ignored. like the character in Stevie Smith's Not Waving but Drowning. " Nobody heard him, but still he lay moaning ", which correlates with Anna's character, because she literally has to file a lawsuit against her parents to be heard. Many could say Anna was drowning, drowning in the life that was throw upon her. Similar to the "poor chap" who died, because it had "been too cold for him." This is relevant with the denoument of My Sister's Keeper. It relates with the fact, all the time Anna remained voiceless, it had eventually gotten the best of her. Therefore something was bound to happen to either her sister, or herself. Which led to her death, ultiimatley becoming her sister's keeper.