Thursday, January 31, 2013

Self Sacrifice- Theme Analyses


            When a war begins and a fight for survival ensues, many turn tail and run but there are those few with courage and bravery that will stand their ground and are willing to make any sacrifice.  Many of the sacrifices made were with their own life but for the ones who survived the war the sacrifices of the deceased were not in vain. The theme in the Maelstrom is self sacrifice.
Max a hero who is part of an elite fighting group/hit squad has lost many of his friends because of their sacrifices. For example one of his favorite teachers, Mrs. Kraken, committed suicide to keep the enemy at bay for a longer period of time and Nolan, one of his friends, and the sanctuary keeper/animal protector died saving the animals that were helpless or injured.
The place where the most self sacrifices are made are on the battlefield where the wounded protect the strong to fight another day. War, war is a very deadly and its sacrifices are always made in blood of one or another. Why? Why are there so many sacrifices associated with war all of them being in blood? To make a self sacrifice takes courage and bravery especially one that costs you your life. There may be a time when you just quit but you must always remember and recognize the ones who didn’t quit, and stayed to complete the task at hand.

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