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In life, individuals are constantly required to make sacrifices. Sacrificing is the act of giving up something you wish to keep in order to obtain something else or help someone. This leads to the question; when people make sacrifices, are they sacrificing for themselves or for the sake of others? In George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four and Khaled Hossenini’s And The Mountains Echoed, the act of sacrificing is portrayed as a main theme throughout the novels. Although the characters within both novels are placed in difficult situations where they are forced to make sacrifices, the characters within “And The Mountains Echoed” emerge as stronger and more admirable figures because they sacrifice for altruistic reasons. In And The Mountains Echoed, …show more content…

Both Parwana and Masooma are infatuated with the same man, however, while Parwana loved Saboor from afar, Masooma and Saboor were growing closer. Masooma understands that her “existence is a punishment” (Hossenini, 72) for Parwana because she devotes her entire life to taking care of her. Following this realization, Masooma demands that Parwana leave her in a dessert to die so that she can “go and marry Saboor” (Hossenini, 73) to pursue her dreams and regain her happiness. Therefore, Masooma made this sacrifice altruistically as she is willing to give up her life along with with everything that made her happy so that her sister could finally be happy. Additionally, in Nineteen Eighty-Four, Winston ends up sacrificing his happiness by conforming to the Party’s regime in order become free. As a result of the constant indoctrination, Winston succumbs to the Party’s way of thinking and “loves Big Brother” (Orwell, 300). When the Party destroys him, everything that he took pride in including freedom of expression, love and individuality is destroyed along with him representing that he had “won victory over himself” (Orwell, 300). Although he gives up all of the things which provide him happiness, this sacrifice has been made for selfish reasons as it is made to allow him to live ‘freely’ within

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