Sacrifice
The word sacrifice means that something is given up in order to benefit another person. Sacrifices can be placed into categories based upon what is being given up in order to benefit someone else. In the following paragraphs, I will give explanations about the sacrifices that people have made such as food, time, comfort, and roles of being a parent. The first sacrifice I will talk about is food in Andre Dubus' story "The Fat Girl." Louise sacrificed her love of food to benefit her mother. When Louise and her mother ate together it never seemed to be enough to fill up on, so when she knew her mother was not paying any mind to her she would push food up her blouse until she got some place safe enough to consume it. A different example of giving up food would be while Louise was in high school; she sacrificed her food by not eating a large amount. In fact, she overheard her friend sayin
During her college years, she had a roommate who helped her gain some will power. During her pregnancy, she started her old eating habits. Sam wanted to live with his father and as he said, "have a normal life" (98). However, in the end the parents were nowhere to be found. On a daily basis somewhere, someone, or something is being given up to sacrifice another. At last, she found love, got married, and was expecting a child. They had built a house that "clothed, fed, and rocked them to sleep. The last example of sacrificing would be Sam lying in bed and the phone ringing at all hours of the night. The last sacrifice I will tell you about is sacrificing the role of being parents. An example of giving up your childhood is in Adam Schwartz's short story "Where Is It Written?" In that story, Sam sacrificed his childhood by cleaning, cooking, washing clothes, and ironing for his mother.
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