[UNK] By Patricia Mccormick Analysis

First, only Ama, Lakshmi's mother, values her. The men in the story do not. She has a stepfather who is a lazy gambler and Amas second husband, Gita Lakshmi's best friend, and Lakshmi's pet goat. Lakshmi’s mother loves her daughter, but Lakshmi’s stepfather doesn’t like her, but he acts like he does. Lakshmi’s stepfather wanted to sell her for about 1,000 rupees so he thinks she is worth something. Lakshmi wants to get more money for the family and better supplies. Lakshmi’s stepfather tells Ama that “Lakshmi wants to work in the city”.

In “Eleven”, the author Sandra Cisneros uses word choice, imagery, and style to characterize Rachel. The word choice that the author displays gives the readers an opportunity to understand what she is like and how she is feeling. The imagery that the author conveys through his words allows for readers to visualize this character and the events that are taking place that day. Finally, the style that the author illustrates in his writing has a great effect on how readers can understand who Rachel is and her characteristics. (who Rachel is, a shy, agitated, and smart eleven year old girl.)

While Lakshmi is working at Happiness House, there are many scenes that display the choices denied to her. One of the first conversations Mumtaz has with Lakshmi is about what a man wants, and that she must do what

Diction is the word choice used by an author. Syntax is the way words are used to create a sentence. Imagery is using descriptive words to create a sensory experience for the reader. In the story “Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros, diction, syntax, and imagery are used to give the speaker a youthful voice.

Mahasweta Devi’s short story, “Giribala,” is about the life of Giribala, a girl of Talsana village located in India. Born into a caste in a time when it was still customary to pay a bride-price, Giri is sold to Aulchand by her father. From this point on, we see a series of unfortunate, tragic events that take place in Giri’s life as a result of the circumstances surrounding Giri’s life. There are many issues in Giri’s life in India that Devi highlights to readers. First, the economic instability of the village leads to an extremely poor quality of life for the lower, working classes. Next, the cruel role of women determined by men in society is to either satisfy the sexual desires of men or to reproduce offspring who can work or be sold off to marriages. There are also other social norms and beliefs which discriminate against women that will be discussed.

What is Lakshmi’s life like in her Nepal mountain home? Discuss the motives behind Lakshmi’s decision to go into the city. Support your response with evidence from the text.

Chapter 19- One literary work four aspects of geography is the novel Sold. The novel is narrated by a young girl Lakshmi, living in Indian village, in poverty, while still enjoying the aspects of her childhood and innocence. To save her family from more suffering, she is unknowingly sold into prostitution. While traveling to Nepal, she

In “En Route” by Abigail Zuger, Zuger compares two doctors one is Dr. Data and the other is Dr. Confidence. She describes them as people who follow the rules to strictly instead of showing a little more compassion for patients. Zuger describes Dr. Data as a “fact man, who is evidence based all the way” pg. (825) and she describes Dr. Confidence as a “Standing joke” Pg. (826) she also says “He seems to know no actual medicine at all” Pg. (826). Zuger says that neither Dr. Data nor Dr. Confidence will last a moment in her world because she treats her patients like people and not just as a simple patient. She actually connects with her patients, not like Dr. Data and Dr. Confidence who would basically spit their patients out of their consultation

Memories are a powerful force within people’s lives. They encourage, explain and expose the inner depths of an individual and the reason for who they are. Whether remembrances from past occurrences as children or teens or life altering decisions made regarding career and family, memories continue to have an influence on everyday life. They drive a person forward in current judgments and effects relationships with those surrounding. However, as time progresses memories alter. Either details are forgotten or translated differently than their original happening; memories are subjected to distortion. Consequently, the revision in which people remember recollections of their life’s history can influence the interpretation and their retellings. The correspondence between time and memories is often overlooked as parallel, but the interlocking connection contributes sustainably to everyday life, choices, behaviors and personal relationships. In her photographic series, Mutters Schuhe, Nina Röder explores how “subjectivity and perspective affect the retelling of memories” (Garrett, 2014) through the suggestion that emotions and time can trigger a rebirth of perspectives concerning memories.

The lack of knowledge in Sold as to where Lakshmi is going is astounding. Lakshmi comes from a small village in Nepal where knowledge of the outside world isn't really common. Lakshmi is made to believe that she is going to be a housemaid

I believe this is what Lakshmi thinks that as she has experienced extreme poverty that it is better than to be forced to do something she finds shameful and most of all does not want to

They all go through the same torture when they first arrive by being locked in the small room where men are sent to them. They are all helpless in this situation and are unable to do anything to help themselves. This is shown when Lakshmi says, “Underneath the weight of him, I cannot see or move or breathe” (McCormick 103). This memory gives each of the girls a push in the present, because they know they have been through worse. It gives them the strength to get through one more day or to fight back. Something else each of the girls do is their nightly routine, or work, when they have to doll themselves up to look their part. They do this because, “if you want to pay off your debt, you must do what it takes to make them choose you” (McCormick 141). They have to make sure they look impressive in order to pay off what they are told they owe. Every night, they get a little tougher and go through another work night. They become fighters as they learn to hide their emotions beneath the makeup they have to wear each night. These girls support each other as they go through their own

First, this novel showcases acts of caring for family and friends, during a rough time for all the Indians bringing them closer into one community. The protagonist Sabine displays acts of caring among her friends and family. For instance, near the end of the novel, Sabine helps her mother’s friend, Lalita, despite having a sour relationship with her. Sabine saves Lalita from being arrested by lying to a military officer, thus making Sabine a more confident and brave person. Sabine faces her fear of the military and gains the power she

Even though the book Sold by Patricia McCormick is a fictional story, the misfortunes that happen to Lakshmi and the girls in sex trafficking take place all around the world. In Sold, the girls at the Happiness House are faced with a myriad of traumatizing experiences that happen in real life to sex victims all around the world. To start off, many traffickers often use verbal and physical violence towards girls to intimidate them into following orders, similar to what Lakshmi and the other girls go through everyday by the owner, Mumtaz, when they disobey the orders given to them while living in the Happiness House. Furthermore, to enter the sex trafficking world, the girls are taken from their poor families who are promised great fortune

Money can earn status and social responsibility. Despite her upper caste birth, Jashoda in ‘Breast-Giver’ is not in a dominating position because her family is awfully poor. On the other hand the Haldars, who hold a lower position in social hierarchy, can dictate terms because of their affluence. It is her stark poverty that compels Jashoda to earn her living by breast –feeding the children of the Haldar family where the daughters-in-law can afford to refuse to suckle their own children for keeping their figures attractive. Gayathri Chakravorthy Spivak in her essay ‘A Literary Representation of the Subaltern: Mahaswetha Devi’s Stanadayini ‘Breast-Giver’ has justly commented on the role of economy in defining subalternity. She argues that even the Brahminical identity of Jashoda is brutalized in this story: This --- identity is a cover for the brutalizing of the Brahmin when the elite in caste is subaltern in class. In the case of class-manipulation, Poverty(is) the fault of the individuals, not an intrinsic part of a class society, in the case of caste manipulation, the implicit assumption is the reverse, the Brahmin is systematically excellent , not necessarily so as an individual ( Spivak,