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Eddie's Sacrifice
The Captain stated "Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you're not really losing it. You're just passing it on to someone else" (Albom, 2003, p. 94). The Captain teaches Eddie that sacrifice comes in all sizes, good and bad. Eddie learns it is not something to regret. Eddie realized that the sacrifice of being shot in the leg by his captain, initially saved his life. Had The Captain not shot him, he likely would have dead in the building fire. The Captain’s life was sacrificed for his soldiers. Had he not gone ahead of the troops to check for safe perimeters, all of them would have died. His death passed life onto his troops. The Captain fulfills his job requirement, once Eddie forgive The Captain for shooting him he understood
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