Similarities Between I Am Legend And White Heron

I am Legend and “White Heron” both have characters making sacrifices to save the things that they love. In I am Legend, Dr. Neville stays at ground zero to try and find a cure to save the dark seekers. He sacrifices many things to help the people that are trying to kill him. In “White Heron”, Sylvia loves the outdoors and especially birds. They are like her pets. Sylvia meets this man that is looking for a special bird for his collection. She thinks that she knows where it is, but doesn’t want to tell him because she loves the bird and doesn’t want him to kill it.
In I am Legend, Dr. Neville sacrifices his life so that the cure could get to a safe place. Dr. Neville has stayed in this very dangerous place because he cares about the people.

He was determined to find a cure to help the people even if that meant getting killed or never seeing his family ever again. Dr. Neville could have easily left with his family and gone to safety, forgetting about the people that have been infected and the ones that would be in the future. He put others safety ahead of himself. He was going to change something terrible that someone else had created. Right before the dark seekers broke into his lab, Dr. Neville realized that he had developed the cure. He gave the cure to Anna and Ethan and then helped them get to safety, which provided an opportunity for them to save the dark seekers. He knew that if he went with Anna and Ethan, then the dark seekers would follow them and kill them all. Dr. Neville decided to remain in the lab and throw a bomb at the dark seekers. The explosion killed Dr. Neville and some of the dark seekers, but it saved Anna and Ethan who got the cure to safety. If he had not sacrificed himself, then the cure would not have been saved and the dark seekers would not have been cured.
In “White Heron”, Sylvia is offered money to tell where the white heron can be found, but she decides to keep the bird safe.

The white heron is special to Sylvia and she could not give up the location of the bird. She knew that the hunter would kill the white heron and she did not care how much money he was going to give her. Another way to explain this would be if someone offered money to kill your dog. To Sylvia, it was as if someone asked to kill her pet for money. You would never let someone do that and that is how she felt. She had to sacrifice the fact that she could have bought a bunch of things with the money, but to her it was more important to keep the white heron safe.
The main act of sacrifice between both Dr. Neville and Sylvia are very similar. The way that Dr. Neville sacrificed his life for the cure and Sylvia not taking the money shows that they were willing to sacrifice anything to protect what they felt was the right thing to do. To both of them, they would rather lose something that could save their life or give up something that they don’t have. Both Dr. Neville and Sylvia placed others in front of themselves. They don’t even think about themselves and what could happen to them. They both made pretty big sacrifices for the things that they

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If Dr. Neville and Sylvia had not made the sacrifice that they did then things would not have turned out the way they did. If Dr. Neville had not given the cure to Anna and Ethan and sacrificed himself, them many terrible things could have happened. Dr. Neville could have lost the cure, Anna and Ethan could have died with them, and the dark seekers would still not be human, which would have resulted in an unsuccessful mission. If Sylvia had not sacrificed the money to keep the bird safe, the bird would be dead and she would not be able to forgive herself or be able to watch birds the same ever again. Both characters made the correct choice in each example. They both sacrificed so much, but even more was gained for what the outcomes of their actions. Nothing would have been the same if they had made different choices.