Sacrifice In A Court Of Thorns And Roses

The book “A Court of Thorns and Roses” has a fascinating story line. The love interest in the story creates a whirlwind of emotions. I concluded from the book that the theme is love and sacrifice, and the author expresses this through symbolism, characterization, and conflict. Sarah J. Mass, the author of “A Court of Thorns and Roses,” does an outstanding job throughout her writing using symbols with deeper meaning to convey certain emotions to the audience. In this literary work, the author also does a well done job showing directly and indirectly how the characters show emotions and how they are affected by their sacrifices through characterization. Conflict was used to show sacrifice often in the story and to give a further detail about
While out hunting one day, in the middle of the woods in winter, she killed a large wolf that was hunting the same deer as her. Tamlin later barged into Feyre's family house appearing as a huge golden bear with horns, furious about her killing the large wolf who was his dear friend and gave her a choice to live with him or die. Feyre chose what she thought was best for her family. She chose to go and live with Tamlin, bause as she explains it, “I had to get him out—get him away from my family” (Mass 39). When Feyre comes across a conflict she seems to resolve the issue in whatever way will possibly keep ker family alive and well. Sarah J. Mass wrote “A court of Thorns and Roses” in chronological order because this gives the audience a different perspective of how each has either a negative or positive outcome. Feyre is not only loving of her family and significant other, but also her friends. Lucien and Feyre became friends quickly in the beginning of the story. The antagonist of the story doesn’t know Feyre’s name, so she tortures him, but when Feyre sees Lucien in pain she shouts hoping Lucien’s torture will stop, “Feyre!”... “My name is Feyre” (Mass 312). Once again, Feyre resolves the conflict by putting herself in harm’s way to protect someone she cares for dearly. The audience also gets to visualize how each event shapes different characters. For example, When Feyre decides not to tell Tamlin she loves him after he says, “I love you” (Mass 251), it causes Tamlin to be put in harm's way and it cost Feyre her life. The cause and effect in the scene shows how love and sacrifice and love go hand in hand once more, because the author shows that Feyre is willing to sacrifice her life in order to protect the people she