Under Pressure
As humans, we make sacrifices every single day for many different reasons with many different intentions. According to the Cambridge dictionary, compromise is defined as “an agreement between two sides who have different opinions, in which each side gives up something it had wanted”. And sacrifice can be defined with “giving up something for something else considered more important.” Two similar definitions for two very different words. These choices are seen throughout literature, for instance, Lev and Conor, in Neal Shusterman’s Unwind struggle with this idea of sacrifice- as do Lincoln and Jordan in Michael Bay’s film The Island. In Ayn Rand’s Anthem, the protagonist Equality 7-2521 and the Golden One both have to make sacrifices. There are different circumstances when people are actually justified …show more content…
Like when Lincoln goes against all of the rules to reach jordan to tell her the fantasy island does not exist. (The Island) Lincoln was fully aware of what could happen if he were caught but he didn’t care. He needed to get to jordan before it was too late. Not only was Jordan a special friend to Lincoln but it was clear he had deeper feelings for her. He went to the absolute extreme and sacrificed himself and his own freedom to protect her. What are you willing to do to protect the ones you love? The Golden one went again the society and followed Equality 7-2521 into the uncharted forest which was not only forbidden to go to but forbidden to even speak of in order to be with him (Anthem 81-83). Maybe some people make sacrifices to potentially help the person they care about, some to it out of the kindness of their heart, and maybe some just do it to feel that moment in time. The Golden one knew what he faced if he were to go against his society but he did it anyway at the cost of
As humans, we make sacrifices every single day for many different reasons with many different intentions. According to the Cambridge dictionary, compromise is defined as “an agreement between two sides who have different opinions, in which each side gives up something it had wanted”. And sacrifice can be defined with “giving up something for something else considered more important.” Two similar definitions for two very different words. These choices are seen throughout literature, for instance, Lev and Conor, in Neal Shusterman’s Unwind struggle with this idea of sacrifice- as do Lincoln and Jordan in Michael Bay’s film The Island. In Ayn Rand’s Anthem, the protagonist Equality 7-2521 and the Golden One both have to make sacrifices. There are different circumstances when people are actually justified …show more content…
Like when Lincoln goes against all of the rules to reach jordan to tell her the fantasy island does not exist. (The Island) Lincoln was fully aware of what could happen if he were caught but he didn’t care. He needed to get to jordan before it was too late. Not only was Jordan a special friend to Lincoln but it was clear he had deeper feelings for her. He went to the absolute extreme and sacrificed himself and his own freedom to protect her. What are you willing to do to protect the ones you love? The Golden one went again the society and followed Equality 7-2521 into the uncharted forest which was not only forbidden to go to but forbidden to even speak of in order to be with him (Anthem 81-83). Maybe some people make sacrifices to potentially help the person they care about, some to it out of the kindness of their heart, and maybe some just do it to feel that moment in time. The Golden one knew what he faced if he were to go against his society but he did it anyway at the cost of