Lakshmi Essays

do not cry” (McCormick 108). Lakshmi is a young girl from Nepal that gets sent away to work for her family as a maid, she thinks. She actually is getting sent to the Happiness House, which is a prostitution house where young girls are forced to give themselves to men. Lakshmi is a very strong young girl who goes through a lot in the course of this novel. No matter what, she perseveres through it all. In the novel Sold by Patricia McCormick, the main character Lakshmi perseveres through the time when

abundance. This piece is recognizably from Nepal because of the six-armed form of Vasudhara which is almost exclusively found in Nepal. This sculpture originated in India but has been adapted by the Nepalese people.Vasudhara is also known as the Goddess Lakshmi, however, she goes by many other names as well. This sculpture is in almost perfect condition except for a missing jewel in her crown and the center jewel in her belt around her waist. At nineteen inches tall and fifteen and a half inches wide, Vasudhara

Rikio Asakura Literature Higher Level Word Count: The Handmaid’s Tale Essay Task Offred states ‘I’m sorry there is so much pain in this story. I’m sorry it’s in fragments, like a body caught in crossfire or pulled apart by force. But there’s nothing I can do to change it.’ Discuss Atwood’s narrative style and evaluate its effectiveness in terms of a contemporary audience’s reception of the novel: Much that confronts readers in Atwood’s science fiction tale of dystopian future is likely

Sheikhzadeh Ms.Cousines ENG3E How did Lakshmi struggle with the isolation she felt in her relationship? Every small action in life between a couple can have a significant impact on individuals in their relationship. Similar to how a butterfly's wings can cause waves on the other side of the globe, everything couples do might result in a struggle or grapple on the way of their journey together. In the short story Behind the headlines, by Vidyut Aklujkar, Lakshmi strives to get past the isolation she

brothel owner tells Lakshmi, “You are mine now.”(pg 106). According to Equalitynow.org, 20.9 million adults and children are bought and sold worldwide commercial sexual servitude, forced labor and bonded labor. In CNN Human trafficking survivor, Karla Jacinto has estimate 43,200 is the number of times she was raped, and she says up to 30 men a day, seven days a week for the best part four years. In Patricia McCormick’s book Sold Lakshmi is a sex slave and the description of Lakshmi while she was a sex

Leah Lakshmi, Consensual Genocide is a book compiled of many poems that don't exactly follow a simple chronological order, but rather is full of many small stories about the life of a Sri Lankan girl. In this book Lakshmi not only explores various themes such as gender, religion, race and sexuality through stories and real life events, but also voices her opinion on these topics very bluntly, strengthening her message. One really important aspect of this novel is how Lakshmi used historical

is what happened to Lakshmi in the book Sold by Patricia McCormick. Lakshmi, a 12 year old girl, lives in a village in Nepal. She lives with her goat, baby brother, mother, and stepfather. Lakshmi despises her stepfather because he does not have a job and he spends all the money that her mother earns on useless materials. Lakshmi is eager to work as a maid in the city to contribute money to her poverty-stricken family. Her stepfather sells her to a woman named Bimla. Lakshmi thinks that she is going

A contributing writer to The Nation, Lakshmi Chaudhry argues in her article “Mirror, Mirror On the Web” about the obsession shared by many with being famous and the desperate desire of being regarded, significant and seen. Moreover, Lenn Goodman a professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University wrote “Supernovas: The Dialectic Of Celebrity In Society” Goodman discusses how being a celebrity is easily achieved by accessing the social media. The term fame completely differs years ago and now. Comparing

Yes, Lakshmi Aunty. Yes, Komali Aunty. Yes, Chinnari Aunty. Yes, Bebi Aunty. Yes, Mom. Yes, Madhavi Aunty. Yes, Jyothi Aunty. Yes, Bharathi Aunty. Yes and Yes! Sunitha Aunty. Have I gone raving mad? Let us hope not. Got frustrated by all the yeses in the starting line? Well, imagine 20 years of answering to all obstinate my nine aunts. Being the middle-born in a big family with an Indian version of Southern Belles is my personal hell on earth. Nine aunts bent on making me a miniature version of them

India are sold and are forced to give up their innocence. Lakshmi, the main character is tricked into being sold to prostitution. She has no option other than to obey what she is told to do. Lakshmi loses her innocence because she is forced to have sex with those who pay for it. The innocence of Lakshmi is ferociously removed from her because she realizes that her sexual purity has been removed from her. When Lakshmi’s stepfather tells Lakshmi that she will be a maid in the city, she feels promised

Patricia McCormick’s book Sold concerns the life of thirteen year old Lakshmi. At the beginning of the book we see Lakshmi in Nepal with her family, who are incredibly poor. To help support her family, Lakshmi grows cucumbers and tends to rice paddies. However, Lakshmi’s village is without rain for more than sixty days, causing Lakshmi and her mom, Ama, to bring “water up to the rice paddy” (McCormick 20). When the rain finally arrives, it is in the form of a monsoon and it washes away all hope by

a thirteen year old girl named Lakshmi. She is very brave and tough considering all that has happened to her in the past years. The antagonist, and Lakshmi's enemy, is the woman who bought Lakshmi, Mumtaz. She bought Lakshmi and will not let her go until she pays off her debt. It was an average day in the hills. People were getting

girl named Lakshmi living in Nepal who later on faces prostitution in Calcutta, a red-light district

In such a distressing piece of literature, a young girl Lakshmi experiences events that no one should endure, especially such a young girl. Patricia McCormick, the author of Sold, reveals a fictional story of a thirteen year-old girl who experiences world sex trafficking first hand in India. This horrific act happens to many real young women like Lakshmi everyday. The author also opens the reader's eyes to the types of people that live in the world then and now. McCormick, uses Lakshmi’s stepfather’s

The country of East and South Asia suffers a lot from internal problems, one of the problems, though, is human trafficking in particular. Human trafficking plays a huge role in the life of the main character in the book, Lakshmi. The first quote shows the role of women in Indian society “Once you are married, she says, you must eat your meal only after your husband has had his fill. Then you may have what remains”(McCormick 15). This quote explains how women in this country are trained to fully serve

already buried alive” (McCormick 148). Lakshmi begins to notice that as she makes money, it’s being taken away from her to pay off her debt to Mumtaz. As the book goes on, Mumtaz keeps reminding Lakshmi about the debt she owes to Mumtaz. The debt Lakshmi must pay off continues to increase. Lakshmi shows Mumtaz the calculations she has made to figure out what she still owes and Mumtaz tells her she is wrong. Mumtaz pretends to be adding and subtracting and tells Lakshmi that she must stay in the brothel

their daughters into sex slavery. In Sold by Patricia McCormick, Lakshmi’s family is poor and they need money, so Lakshmi

people from reaching their desires, some overcome these obstacles while others don't. The short story Behind the Headlines by the author Vidyut Aklujkar follows the protagonist, Lakshmi who is feeling unfulfilled in her marriage and her husband, Hariharan who is a man that thrives on structure, stability and routine. Lakshmi reflects upon her monotonous and unfulfilling life, she desires for some sort of change in her life to make her feel more fulfilled and happy. However, Hariharan serves as a significant

is one of the main provocations towards human trafficking. In the book entitled Sold by Patricia McCormick, a young girl named Lakshmi is unintentionally sold to a brothel in India, where she would fall into the trap of prostitution. Before she leaves, her mother says to her, “you will make us proud… as the first member of the family to leave the mountain.” (pg.51). Lakshmi and her family of four are dirt poor. Her stepdad, who cannot work due to having only one functioning arm, agrees to sell her

Nepal name Lakshmi. Lakshmi is impoverished and her family needs money, so she gets sold to human trafficking. McCormick wanted to inform her audience about the global issue human trafficking. McCormick is explaining the life adventures of Lakshmi and her life issues that she encounters. People would say the McCormick wrote Sold to entertain her audience, however she wrote this story to express the allegory for