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    everyone else to survive. They do this because they are afraid. They fear, that for the corn to grow heavy, they must kill someone, so starvation doesn't break out, and everyone dies. This is why they hold the lottery every year, it is a game of sacrifice.…

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    Leah is or what she is doing she always thinks about her family, this shows how Leah is selfless in everything she does and always puts others needs before her own. In the beginning she tried to satisfy her fathers every need. She had to make many sacrifices in order to please her father because he was a man who is almost impossible to please. Leah’s father, Nathan, was a southern baptist preacher consumed in his religion, therefore Leah did her best to be a good christian and study the word,…

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    It is a fact that, responsible working adult going to school is simply mere sacrifice. Knowing how difficult it could be for anyone with family where children are also involved, in Accomplishing the daily task of work assignments, responding to his or her family needs at Home or at large, running the daily planned and unplanned errands. Fulfill weekly school’ Assignments is simply super challenging. Embarking on such journey requires up front Motivation, great determination, not to succumb…

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    Alongside veterans, military families make many sacrifices, and it is essential that those sacrifices are met with support by the government. Military personnel do their duty by working to keep the country safe, whether that is fighting across seas or working on U.S. bases, deserve support from the government. However, it is not only that one person making sacrifices, it is the entire family. Home life for military families can be difficult. For example, many families have to drop everything and…

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    hysteria is spreading throughout Salem. Many people were falsely accused of conspiring with the devil, including John Proctor’s family. John Proctor is a religious man of his word whom praises his family and religious beliefs above all. Proctor’s sacrifices show the important values of family, reputation, and honesty to him and ultimately demonstrating the importance of questioning the authority and proof of accusations. Proctor’s concerns about his name and reputation eventually lead to his…

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    different themes are able to be named. However, both stories share one common theme, that being sacrifice. Not only did characters in both stories sacrifice their own happiness because they wanted other people to be happy, but they also did so because they knew it was the right thing to do. In “The Necklace” and “The Gift of the Magi”, it is able to be seen that both stories share the same theme of sacrifice due to the fact that the characters were willing to give up their own happiness for the…

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    A mother will sacrifice anything for her children; Sula’s grandmother, Eva, burned her son to relieve herself and him from the pain he was undergoing. Eva purposefully burning her son is the most disturbing part of the plot so far. When most mothers proclaim that they will do anything for their children, they are referring to providing them shelter, education, safety, and all the other necessities one needs to live. Eva burning Plum can be interpreted as a mother sacrificing her happiness so her…

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    Daniel Hawk talks of how and what Saul is as king and in how he is a figurative sacrifice for the country Israel for all of the times that they had turned away from God during the rule of the judges. When the people cry out for a king God sees this as a direct rejection of His rule. Samuel recounts to the people of their sins and transgressions and that God will make them pay, however, later Samuel assures them that God will not abandon them. Hawk talks of Saul and how his life/rule play out in…

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    Sacrifice can be portrayed through different actions: bravery, loving, humbled, or caring. As seen in the play , KIng Lear sacrifice is sometimes done out of love. King Lear is a perfect example of someone who sacrificed something, and ultimately resulting in two things: ungratefulness and his death. As any loving father would do for his daughter’s: King Lear wanted the best for his three daughters. In the beginning of the play King Lear summons everyone to deliver some big news. His…

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    Sacrifice comes from selflessness, compassion, and extraordinary love. This matter is demonstrated in the book Mockingjay, written by Suzanne Collins. Before the book Mockingjay, Katniss Everdeen volunteers as a tribute for her sister Primrose, so that Prim will not have to go into “The Hunger Games”, a deadly war of innocent people. Soon, Katniss knows she has a job to do, once she realizes that their world is being taken over by President Snow. In Suzanne Collins’s book Mockingjay, it is…

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