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    Pi ends up being the sole survivor on the lifeboat‚ and it is his faith in himself that makes survival possible. He endures a lot in those 227 days at sea and faces many hardships that he has to overcome. He has lost his family‚ he is dealing with a crazed murder‚ and eventually he faces solitude on his journey. He has only himself to count on to get through this exhaustive ordeal. At one of his lowest points‚ when the reality of his situation really sets in‚ Pi is worried about dying. However

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    Sacrifice is the act of giving up a valued thing for someone else regarded awho is more important. In Mark Zusak’s The Book Thief‚ a girl named Liesel struggles in Nazi Germany. She is adopted by Hans and Rosa Hubermann‚ who greatly love her. Next to her house lives a romantic and athletic boy named Rudy Steiner. Rudy and Liesel go on numerous adventures of stealing‚ giving Liesel the title of The Book Thief. Hans teaches Liesel how to read the books she has stolen in the basement. This continues

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    There is no such thing as professional sacrifice for professional success—it’s personal sacrifice for professional success. If you want to succeed‚ you need to sacrifice your family time‚ money and pleasures. Forgo your money Personal money is that part of your expense that your office will not reimburse. Sometimes‚ to get your job done well will cost you money—your own money. But when it comes down to personal expense for potential success‚ a lot of people hesitate or back out completely. Once

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    self-sacrifice as a meaningful symbol. A few characters in the book are continually sacrificing a part of themselves to others or sacrificing physical aspects to others. Characters Magwitch‚ Pip‚ Miss Havisham‚ and Estella are examples of people who self-sacrifice themselves throughout the book. Magwitch‚ a convict who is wanted by the law‚ desires to financially aid Pip by converting him into a gentleman; Pip‚ an innocent boy who has yet to learn about the ways of life‚ had to sacrifice his time

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    Mayan and Aztec Sacrifice There were two societies in the beginning part of the history of Mexico that practiced human sacrifices. Those two societies were the Maya and Aztec cultures. The Mayans practiced human sacrifices during ritual specific times and was performed a couple of different ways including adopting one practice from the North. Human sacrifice was a very important religious practice and if neglected they believed cosmic disorder and chaos would ensue. The Aztecs on the other

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    between the ritual sacrifice and the ballgame is evident in the Mayan language. According to Stern‚ the Mayan translation for the word ball‚ quiq‚ means sap or blood (35). The sap which flows out of the tree can be seen as the implication of the ritual sacrifice of the ballgame. The notion that the ball‚ of the ballgame‚ is round can be symbolized and interpreted as the human head. Which implies that death is important for the completion of the ritual. The act of human sacrifice in the ballgame can

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    made a sacrifice for you?‚ well you might not remember but i’m sure many people have. A sacrifice can actually change someone’s life in many ways. Well if you don’t know a sacrifice is doing a good action for someone or many people but not expecting to get anything in return. For example if your friend didn’t have any money and you have a lot of money but there’s something you really want to buy with it‚ but you give some to your friend so you and them can get something you just made a sacrifice. Most

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    The word sacrifice is defined as the act of forfeiting one thing for another thing considered to be of greater value. The theme of sacrifice is one that is exemplified throughout both Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac‚ the story of a selfless hero‚ and Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House‚ which depicts the life of a woman in the 19th century. In these two plays‚ sacrifice takes many forms: the entity that is given up can be a something material‚ something physical‚ or even something abstract. Comparable

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    Duty has the regular definition of a moral or legal obligation‚ a responsibility‚ or a task or action that someone is required to perform. However‚ in the context of the story of Ramayana‚ duty‚ or dharma‚ has a more specific interpretation. Dharma is a set of laws or principles carried out with the purpose of creating social and religious order in the society. In this story of Ramayana‚ many times this duty conflicts with other values or personal desires‚ forcing characters to compare the choices

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    There are many different kinds of sacrifices that people make‚ and there is also many different reasons why people make those sacrifices. Some of these sacrifices include giving up your freedom for someone else‚ putting your life in danger to save someone else‚ and canceling your plans to help someone. Reasons to make these sacrifices are to make others happy‚ to help others‚ and to help you in the long run. Some examples of reasons and outcomes of sacrifices include firefighters‚ police officers

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