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between shades of gray essay Sacrifice is the act of giving up something for another's benefit. Ruta Sepetys is the author of the novel, Between Shades of Gray, she creates historical fiction that contains many examples of sacrifice. This essay will focus on the various cases of sacrifice evident in each of the three sections of the novel entitled Thieves and Prostitutes, Maps and Snakes, and Ice and Ashes. The theme of sacrifice is apparent early in the novel. During the end of chapter seven, the NKVD grab Jonas and plan to separate him from the group. Quickly, Elena pulls the NKVD officers aside and using her knowledge of the Russian language, offers him a pocket watch belonging to Kostas. This action brings Jonas back to the group. Lina describes the situation very vividly on page 27. She notes, “Mother pulled a bundle of rubles from her pocket and exposed it slightly to the officer.” The NKVD value material goods more than the feelings of a human being. This leads to Lina’s beliefs that all NKVD officers are savages. Elena makes this sacrifice without a second thought. Lina asks herself what a human life was worth, she recalls, “That morning, my brother’s was worth a pocket watch.” (Sepetys 27). Chapter 21 begins with Lina unable to track how many weeks they had been moving. She says that in the countryside outside of Omsk, they had stopped. There is a small kiosk and Elena exited the train and purchased all sorts of candy, toffees, and cigarettes for those adults. This…

This essay will be discussing how the motif of sacrifice is used by Toni Morrison throughout her novel Sula (1974), namely the sacrifice of motherhood. Sacrifice is found in different forms in Sula; physically through self-mutilation, murder or suicide and also the emotional sacrifice of love. This sacrifice of love is shown primarily through the mothers in the story, through what they have had to give up to keep their children alive. The motif of sacrifice in Sula is most strongly…

It has been said that what we value can be determined only by what we sacrifice. This applies to several characters in Barbara Kingsolver’s The Poisonwood Bible, especially Orleanna, Nathan, and their daughters. Through their sacrifices, characteristics and values become evident in these characters that would not be understood otherwise. The sacrifices made by these characters contribute to the novel as a whole by giving it depth and greater meaning, just as these sacrifices make each…

“This is the greatest gift God can give you: to understand what happened in your life. To have it explained. It is the peace you have been searching for.” Imagine dying and going to heaven and meeting people that may have had an impact on you and getting to understand your whole life. In the book “The Five People You Meet in Heaven” by Mitch Albom, Eddie, our main character, dies trying to save a girl’s life and goes to heaven, where he meets some people that have somehow been affected by Eddie…

“Real magic can never be made by offering someone else's liver. You must tear out your own, and not expect to get it back.” ― Peter S. Beagle. Making sacrifices for the ones you love is an essential, but as Peter S. Beagle stated, “You must must tear out your own, and not expect to get something back.” You can still make sacrifices that are stupid, foolish, and selfish no matter the size of it because you think you are doing it for them, but you actually are doing it for yourself. The books…

"Nothing great was ever accomplished without making sacrifices" Jim Burlenson. Sacrifice is being willing to give up something good for something better; whether its time, money, energy, and even life. People around the world are always making sacrifices, and in the end value comes out of it. When it is the right time to make a sacrifice? What kind of sacrifices are there? What comes out of making sacrifies? Sacrifice is easier when thinking about the gaining and not the lose.…

Sacrifice is recognized in terms of appeasing a higher power; however, it goes beyond religion and fits into the idea of serving a greater good, with death or killing being justified by an end goal. Both novels, Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov and Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, structure their story around the idea of sacrifice as it pushes the plot a certain way. The idea of giving to a higher idea or power is present throughout both, yet manifests in different ways.…

Symbols are utilized by Khaled Hosseini throughout his novel The Kite Runner. Color, and various objects such as the kite are just a few examples of these symbols. However, the symbol of the lamb seems to be the most important one Hosseini uses. He compares it to the characters as well as show the importance of the lamb in the Afghan religion. To understand how Hosseini uses the symbol of the lamb as a sacrifice, one must first understand the significance of the lamb, then how it symbolizes…

Out of all the novels in the world, there is a book that everyone should get the option to read. The novel, The Help by Kathryn Stockett, is a book that a reader can not put down and wants to keep reading it to find out what happens next. In the story, the reader gets to read through the life of black maids and a white woman in their perspective to see how life in this time period was like. Miss Skeeter, the white woman’s perspective in the novel, has decided to write a collection of stories of…

Books that contain similarities that are from two different time periods is like eggs and ketchup, a totally weird combination but somehow taste delicious. Narratives that connect throughout history makes it fun for both readers and teachers alike to analyses and further compare the texts. Frankenstein, a novel that takes place during the Scientific Revolution, is about a young scientist who is terrorized by his own creation of a monster using science. Readers see Victor Frankenstein, the main…