Similarities Between Dear John And A Tale Of Two Cities

The novels "Dear John" and "A Tale of Two Cities" both have a character who makes a sacrifice. John's father's strong love for coin collecting left them with money issues while growing up. This is all his dad would do except for working and cooking for him. Over the years, the value of the coins greatened and once John's father passed away, John's only memory of him was the coin collection, which also had a lot of value. Later he finds out that Savahannah, the love of his life, has a husband. Her husband has cancer and is slowly dying. Savahanah's only option is to get a treatmant that's far too expensive for them to pay. John ends up selling his fathers coin collection and giving them the money for the treatmant even though John was the