{"id":1390961,"date":"2017-01-20T16:00:50","date_gmt":"2017-01-20T21:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community.sparknotes.com\/?p=1390961"},"modified":"2017-01-21T00:48:02","modified_gmt":"2017-01-21T05:48:02","slug":"the-saddest-fictional-sacrifices-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/the-saddest-fictional-sacrifices-of-all-time\/","title":{"rendered":"The Saddest Fictional Sacrifices of All Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/img.sparknotes.com\/content\/sparklife\/sparktalk\/FictionalSacrifices_COVER_LargeWide.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"701\" height=\"394\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The self-sacrifice is an essential plot-point in so much of fiction. It can be redemptive (&#8220;Look&#8230;at&#8230;me&#8230;&#8221;), allegorical (when in doubt, safe to assume Christianity), or the ultimate Edible Arrangement (say it with sacrifice)!<\/p>\n<p>Which category do each of our 10 saddest examples occupy? The choice is yours.<\/p>\n<p><i>[This slideshow was originally published in \u00a0June 2016]<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The self-sacrifice is an essential plot-point in so much of fiction. It can be redemptive (&#8220;Look&#8230;at&#8230;me&#8230;&#8221;), allegorical (when in doubt, safe to assume Christianity), or the ultimate Edible Arrangement (say it with sacrifice)! Which category   <a class=\"continue-reading\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"continue-text\">continue reading<\/span><svg class=\"continue-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"\">\n    <path fill=\"#007acd\" fill-rule=\"nonzero\" d=\"M13.442 5.558L19.885 12l-6.443 6.442-.884-.884 4.934-4.934L4 12.625v-1.25l13.492-.001-4.934-4.932.884-.884z\"><\/path>\n  <\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":385,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[32,22498,22497],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1390961"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/385"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1390961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1390961\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1390961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1390961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1390961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}