Not all dark clouds have rainbows hidden behind them. Definitely not the ones full of pollution and other harmful substances. What they hide is malevolent acidic rain inside of them. Similarly our sacrifices aren’t simply hiding rainbows and fairies behind them. Sacrifices are a lot more complicated than simply that, they don’t all hide rainbows and unicorn, nor do they drift away into the horizon. In fact, sacrifices should not even be considered an unfortunate but needed part of an individual’s life, as one can living a more than amazing life without them. A good example of this is depicted in, ‘The Skating Party’ by Merna Summers.

In this story the author first subtly focuses on the after-effect of a sacrifice. This does not include small meaningless sacrifices such as water over milk or maybe having to work during your break. Such sacrifices are too minuscule to be included, what Merna Summers truly focused on is the consequences of sacrificing a critical part of one’s life. Specifically, the result of Nathan choosing to save Delia over her younger sister Eunice. And as Nathan states here, “I wonder if I would have felt better about it if I’d got …show more content…
It’s similar to how pollution and carbon dioxide caused by the humanity causes acid rain. In Nathan’s case, what he lost was also a result of his own mistakes. If he had been true to himself, hadn’t tried to wed someone because of their likeness to his unreachable loved one, then perhaps he would never have faced that choice on the ice. It was his mistake, and consequently he suffered, and didn’t gain the rainbow behind the dark clouds. It isn’t as if one cannot gain a meaningful life without sacrifices, Merna Summers also gave an example of this through the Will Singletons. Unlike their relative Nathan Singleton, the Will Singletons don’t seem to have lost anything; however, they still live a perfect