A Uniting Theme Of The Strangers That Came To Town, A...

Sacrifice- A Uniting Theme Of The Strangers That Came To Town, A Doll s House and A Lesson Before Dying All of the books that we have read this summer have in common stories where characters are forced to make sacrifices. This is first seen in The Strangers That Came To Town by Ambrose Flack. The Duvitch family sacrifice everything to provide for their family. Andy and Tom endure harsh conditions while fishing to repay Mr. Duvitch for the fish they poisoned. In the play A Doll s House by Henrik Ibsen, Nora sacrifices her security and commits fraud to help Torvald recover from his sickness. In the book A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J Gaines, Jefferson becomes a man and acts with more class than the racists in the town, turning his†¦show more content†¦The boys (Andy and Tom) have to suffer and endure very harsh conditions, hot summer weather, endless hordes of mosquitoes, and hours and hours without sleep to repay the Duvitch family for the 61 fish they poisoned out of spite.The narrator’s father, who was rich and educated. Because of Andy’s father’s high social status, he was respected and seen as a leader by fellow neighbors. This is why Andy’s family was able to befriend the Duvitch family without losing social status/ face. 2: A Lesson Before Dying- by Ernest J Gaines A few of the symbols in the book A Lesson Before Dying, are Jefferson himself, fire and warmth, and wood. The character of Jefferson is used to represent a Christ-like figure, who sacrifices himself for the good of the world. Once Jefferson’s execution date is set, Jefferson decides to sacrifice his personal fight to survive, and instead focus his last moments of time into becoming a man and making his community have a positive image. Jefferson succeeds in this, as the black community respects him, as well as some of the people in the white community. The second symbol of fire and warmth represents Grant Wiggins ‘warming up’ to Jefferson and the idea of helping him in his effort to become a man. The third symbol in A Lesson Before Dying is wood. This symbol represents the process of whittling an ugly log into a fine object. Imagine Jefferson as the log and Grant as the woodcarver. Through the events in the story, with the help of Grant,