Self Abnegation Case Study

What do these texts suggest to you about the ‘ capacity for self-sacrifice in the face of compelling circumstances?
The Motivator of Self Abnegation An individual’s internal values have the capacity to persuade them into doing what otherwise might not be favourable for them. These sacrifices are often made in the name of the “Greater Good”, when a person’s values lead them to visualize only what they want to protect, rather than themselves. Often humans are perceived as a selfish species, but as other species do, we also have protective instincts, and when those instincts kick in, we have the capacity to be remarkably self abnegating. Self abnegation is a quality that all of us obtain for something, but that something depends entirely on our person’s values. Our values are the motivator

In the excerpt from JULIA a woman is presented named Julia, who has seemingly been making self-denying sacrifices for some time, as she has lost her leg in the process. Julia has become one of the few people during the Second World War to stand up again Nazism and acknowledge that it’s wrong. This is her internal value. Her instinct to protect is targeted towards the discriminated Jews, political people, Socialists, Communists, and Catholic dissenters. She has evidently gone to great lengths to protect them and overlooked herself, now left with her crutches and an amputated leg. Julia seems to even be ostensibly contented with the outcome of losing her leg, perhaps believing that her cause is much greater than something as trivial as her personal limb. “Stop the tears” Julia continuously insists to Lilly, denying any pity that anybody should feel for her. She insists on continuing life as she normally would, and even still fights for her cause after the amputation. To Julia, the loss of her leg has been justified through the fight against Nazism. Although her