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    Love and Sacrifice Making sacrifices for love and saving love by doing sacrifices can be very difficult. But not for Della and Jim. They would do anything for love. They were poor but they still did anything they could do for each other. They sacrificed their most valuable and prized possessions for each other. Now that’s what I call love. “Sacrifice is a part of life. It’s supposed to be. It’s not something to regret. It’s something to aspire to.” (Mitch Albom) Both Della and Jim sacrifice something

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    Love Is Sacrifice

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    Love is sacrifice. I left work today realizing just how fortunate I am to be on the track towards a successful career. And on top of that‚ the fact that I actually enjoy my job makes it even better! It’s definitely been a long road. I think about how I had to deal with rude and ignorant customers as a convenient store cashier during junior high‚ the strenuous labor working alongside my mother at the dry cleaners in high school‚ and then finally those dreaded double shifts waiting

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    Love and Sacrifices

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    Love and Sacrifices What does it mean to love another? To love another person means to feel compassionate towards them‚ to "feel" what they feel. Caring about someone‚ and what happens to them is also a sign of love. Sharing a relationship with someone means that you have to be responsible and have to be aware that there will be times when things go wrong. Loving someone means taking these "wrong" things and trying to fix them. What are some signs of love? Making sacrifices is one

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    A REACTION PAPER OF THE MOVIE LES MISERABLES St. Thomas Aquinas once said‚ “It is not theft‚ properly speaking‚ to take secretly and use another’s property in a case of extreme need: because that which he takes for the support of his life becomes his own property by reason of that need.” This quotation is really applicable to the life of the life main character who is Jean Valjean. Though stealing is an erroneous act but he extremely needs it and by this reason he may be free from sin. Remember

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    Sacrifice not only a big part of love; it is necessary for love to exist. Sacrifice makes a relationship between people easier. In all relationships at one point a sacrifice is made. Sometimes it is a very small sacrifice such as changing a schedule other times the sacrifice is moving to be with the one you love. Other times sacrifice is so great you must give up your loved one knowing that it will hurt you greatly‚ but in the end make the other person happy. As a 14-year old‚ I have no that to make

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    Les Misérables: Critique of a Servant-Leader Stacey L. Jones Gonzaga University – ORGL530‚ Section B1 – Servant Leadership [Spring 2013] April 20‚ 2013 Introduction The story of Les Misérables has been told many times and in many ways‚ including a novel by Victor Hugo‚ the Broadway production‚ and on the big screen in 2012. The story centers around Jean Valjean‚ a man who spent nineteen years in prison for stealing bread for his sister and her family who were starving; Fantine‚ an unwed

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    Written by Victor Hugo after the French Revolution‚ Les Misérables is a story that examines the many levels of social injustice in nineteenth-century France. Its protagonist‚ Jean Valjean‚ is central to the understanding of this injustice. Sentenced to 19 years in prison for committing a petty crime‚ Valjean comes to observe the law as an arbitrary force lacking in compassion and equality. However‚ Valjean’s view is fanatically contradicted by Inspector Javert‚ a man whose commitment to the law

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    Orphaned children need as much love and help as possible from a guardian to live a good life. That is exactly what Val jean does during the story of Les Miserables. As the mother of Cosette passes away‚ Val jean makes a promise that he will protect and love her daughter as he raises her. Val jean goes through many challenges and risks his own life to make sure that Cosette lives a safe life. Toward the end of the story his ability to keep her safe is tested as she meets a young man who revolutionizes

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    Javert became suspicious of Monsieur Madeline when he lifts a cart of a man‚ and is justified in his suspicions. Javert said‚ "Monsieur Mayor six weeks ago after that scene about that girl‚ i was enraged and denounced you" The remarkable feat of strength that Madeline preformed caught Javert’s attention. Javert associated the strength with that of a convict and became suspicious. "I believed it‚ for a long while i had had suspicions." Javert’s suspicions are justified because it was indeed Madeline

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    The concepts of love and sacrifice are closely related and feature consistently throughout literature. To study the relationship between these ideas in more depth I have selected a range of texts over an extensive time period‚ these include Romeo and Juliet by Sir William Shakespeare‚ Titanic by James Cameron‚ Saint Joan by Bernard Shaw and Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson. The different eras that these texts explore will be instrumental in establishing the type of connection the two concepts

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