Sacrifice In 'Lord Of The Flies'

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In times of war, death and darkness, sacrifice becomes the best method of moving into better times. For the men and women who see the sacrifices, they can go home to friends and family, they can go home to a nice dinner or go back to work like they used to and all is well. Unfortunately though, for those who make the sacrifices, they cannot. Instead they get to go home a broken mind, loss of self or just not go home at all. APJ Abdul Kalam, former president of India once said, “Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.” In this, he is not referring to just giving up our lives but our personal comfort, our morals or anything else it takes to ensure that those after us live a peaceful life.
At one point he even asked for Paul to come for help, saying, “You got to come in here… I just want to help” (King, 182). This voluntary act of kindness and the sacrifice of well-being by Coffey is a perfect example of the type of s sacrifices people make that should be honoured. Another example of a sacrifice somebody made for others that inhibits his mental being occurred in an episodic short called Band of Brothers, In this scene we see a Sergeant with the US military during the second World war begin to slowly lose his sanity on the front line. “Buck” Compton as he is known was one of the most well respected and hard-nosed soldiers in the war but after witnessing his two best friends get hit by a mortar and each lose a leg, he changes. He volunteered to stay back and fight even after being shot and in doing so, was present to see the near death of two of his closest friends. By sacrificing his opportunity to go home, Buck ultimately gave up on his mental stability, which led to him being sent back to the US with a severe case of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder that left him incapable of speaking, feeding or dressing himself and for that he deserves endless recognition. This leads to another example of the many sacrifices that go unrecognized. The two best friends of Buck Compton, Joseph Toye and Will Guarnere both lost a leg during a
Despite being something that is exaggerated and overdone in Hollywood, it is something that actually happens and that deserves the respect of everybody and not just those directly affected. In Saving Private Ryan, there were many men who sacrificed their lives in hopes of finding Ryan and giving him the opportunity to do something with his life. These men were all willing to give up their lives for another person with hopes he would earn the honor bestowed upon him. In the film, Captain Miller’s final words were, in a mumbled, struggling tone, “earn this.” This shows that those men who died just wanted to make sure that the next generation of youth had the opportunity to achieve something in peaceful times that they could not. Another example of this is in The Green Mile. At the end of the book, John Coffey tells the guards that it is okay that they have to kill him. He says that, “I know you and the other bosses been worryin’ but you ought to quit now, because I want to go Boss” (King, 491). It is at this point where he gives up his life but what happens next is when he truly gives himself up. As he continues to speak with Paul Edgecomb, he touches his hand and in doing so, gives him the powers he had been in control of for so long. Paul realizes something is different and asks Coffey what he did to him, to which he replies, “Ain’t much I reckon, you’ll be feelin’ like regular soon” (King,