Sacrifice is hard, but at times it is necessary to achieve a higher goal. Everyone has made a sacrifice in their lives be ift insignificant or momentus. But a sacrifice is still a sacrifice In Girl in translation by Jean Kwok, the main character kim, sacrifices in nearly every aspect of her life for the American Dream. Kim and her mother Ma both came to America with the help of their Aunt, Aunt Paula. Because of their financial situation kim needs to sacrifice her social life to help ma with her work. This leads to kim being the provider for Ma instead of the other way around. Kim sacrifices everything for the American Dream. The cost of achieving the American Dream was to give up Matt, work herself to exhaustion, and to give up social life.
