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Collected Item: “Sacrifice”

Give your story a title.

Sacrifice

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

This is a text story. The idea came from inspiration from multiple books and movies. I took the samples of plots of these books and movies and made my own story from it.

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

This story evokes the message of sacrifice, similar to what we have been feeling during lockdown; it feels as though we have had to sacrifice our recreational lives. However, I have used the theme of sacrifice to show that although we all have to sacrifice something, we are doing it for a good cause and we are doing it to help each other. By sacrificing our outdoor life, we reduce the chance of spreading infection to everyone around us, and if everyone was to agree to this ideology, we would all be helping each other drastically. That is the message being inculcated within my short story; one may have to sacrifice something, but by doing so they are ensuring the wellbeing of multiple others.

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Simon (my original story)

Give this story a date.

2030-12-31
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