"it is better to sacrafice one's life than ones's principles"
in other words someone who dies for something they believe in...
in what books or movies do you know of where this happens?
explain and name as many as you can
2006-12-09 07:21:42 · 11 answers · asked by Sammi 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
"Wild Swans" by Jung Chang
It is a true story about life in china under Chairman Mao, and Jung's Father was a believer in the Communist cause and would have died for the cause.
2006-12-09 09:42:52 · answer #1 · answered by nat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is somewhat difficult in seperating it from when characters die so that others may live, but I may have a few. A vivid yet somewhat controversial example could be the suicide described in The Catcher in the Rye. The writing you should be looking for about Socrates is Plato's The Apology. You could use the story of Jesus out of any of the four gospels or Stephen out of Acts. In the Trojan war Hector fought Achilles though he knew of his certain death. I guess some films could include Spartacus, possibly Armageddon or Saving Private Ryan, or, on a more obscure note, in Dr. Strangelove, when Slim Pickens rides the Bomb.
2006-12-09 10:12:48 · answer #2 · answered by rm2drywall 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Crucible by Arther Miller. John Proctor goes to his death rather that compromise his principles. The story is about the Salem witch trials, but it was written to reflect the red mania [fear of communisum] in the 1950s.
The play is a quick read, and there are at least 2 film versions.
2006-12-09 08:01:13 · answer #3 · answered by ajtheactress 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I imagine this is for a school project...Movie: Braveheart ..... Book: Into the Wild by Jon Krakkauer
2006-12-09 07:26:51 · answer #4 · answered by xovenusxo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A very hard question to answer. but for instance Going to war could result in death for the things you believe in. there are too many books on this issue.
2006-12-09 07:31:32 · answer #5 · answered by david_barnfield 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps the most well known example would be Christ's dying on the cross when he could have denied who he was to Pilate in order to save his skin.
2006-12-09 08:28:04 · answer #6 · answered by Sandie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
many, i mean the three musketeers, and a tale of two cities.
i dont remember the exact events. but i remeber in a tale of two cities it ended with one of the characters sayin
' it is a far, far better thing that i do than i have ever done.
it is a far, far better rest that i go to. better than any rest i have Known'
2006-12-09 07:26:54 · answer #7 · answered by MAB 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
'Tis a far, far better thing that I do than I have ever done..." in 'Tale of Two Cities' by Dickens - Sidney Carton goes to the guillotine instead of Charles Darnay,( he gets away with it 'cos he looks like him!) who the woman he loves, Lucy, is married to.
2006-12-09 07:44:25 · answer #8 · answered by solstice 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Socrates drank hemlock rather than sacrifice his principles.......there must be book somewhere on his philosophies.
2006-12-09 07:26:35 · answer #9 · answered by damama2812 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Braveheart!! My favorite movie. Watch it now.
2006-12-09 07:30:23 · answer #10 · answered by the_lookouts 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋