In times of hardship, people tend to give up valuable things in order to survive. Coming from different culture, ethnicity, belief, and environment affects a person’s judgment in sacrifices. Going through times of struggle such as living style and survival of family, people are willing to give up themselves, identity, and family. In the book Rain of Gold, Juan as a young boy working at the Copper Queen Mining Company is desperately looking for more work to help support his family because one shift was not helping. He ends up changing his name to get jobs. He then decides to join his co-worker, not knowing what the job is. They ended up getting in to trouble because of “stealing” from the company. Put into prison, and taking a blame that was not pertain to him, Juan took this sacrifice so is family won’t struggle in living. I feel that when we go through different trials we tend to give up people, place, or things to better ourselves, family, or friends. This sacrifice can or will affect our future in a good or bad way.
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I agree with what you had to say. I never looked at harship in this way and you gave me a new perspective. I liked the example you used with Juan, it really went with what you had to say.
ReplyDeleteyour examples you used from the book were really good. the way you put things really changed my mined through things. throughout my life i sacrificed so much for my family. ive delt with so much throughout my life. you did a really good job
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