Sold....

All of the sudden a man was coming into there place and all the people ran to hide. Lashkmi and Anita hit under a cuboard in the kitchen. They are saying that shanana got taken away by the americans and if it is true of that Lakshmi thinks its all her fault and is blaming herself. Lakshmi steals a lock and tells anita that next time there in a tragedy like this they will just lock themselves in here. she relizes she has been doing the calculation wrong and has over 5 more years at this place. She decides she needs to do something about it and will do anything and everything to get out of this hell hole. The little boy brings her a coca cola but she shys away from it. Then she takes some and it brings a smile to her face. He says that he will bring her wahtever she wants but the next day he comes bakc and has a cut brow and a beat up face. Today, a unusally nice man comes to see Lakshmi and ask her all these questions and tells her he can take her to a better place. She doens't know what to say becasue she doesn't know if he is a good american or bad. He then tells her he will bring other good men and police who are not friends of Mumtaz to get her out of this place. He will come back for her. At then end of this book the man comes back for her with police men and indians while Mumtaz is getting held by them. She is safe.

Sold....

Lashkmi give the little David Beckman boy a soccer ball that she made out of rags and cloths. He very much likes it and thanks her as he is apologizing for not being able to teach her lessons. Lashmi gets really sick and can't get out of bed and barely move. She is in a deep sleep and dreaming good dreams but in reality when she wakes up she relizes it is Mumtza above her giving her medicine to take to feel better. Lashmi feels like she loves Mumtza at the moment and feels like a mom to her. She will have to work off the bill of the medicine when she can return to her work. Pushpi gets really sick also and can't stop coughing up blood so Mumtza says she is no good to her and wants to throw her on the streets. Mumtza decides that she wants Pushpi to give up her baby to her because in a few years she will be worth good money. ...

Lashkmi goes into the halloway and she sees that Mumtza is giving Ruepes to a strange guy who she thinks is a goodna but it turns out he is a policeman. She can't understand why there are so many bad people in this city even the ones who are suppose to be good like the policemen. Lashkmi doesn't like this little David Beckman boy but today he offers to help her read and be able to write in a story book of course she is going to take the offer but not tell him how much she is begging to learn. They warn Lashkmi if they find out that she can read and write they will lock her back up and think she is planning a way to excape. After she has been with many men a actual clean, young, and polite guy comes to her room. He isn't like the other men he is pleasant and holds her and makes me feel really good. She starts to question if she is pretty or not and think about this guy very often. She feels as if no one will ever want to be with her now because of what she has been through...yy

Sold Number 3

Soon after going through lots of pain and suffering Lakshmi gets to go to the downstairs which is where all the girls who are no longer virgins go. They get to roam around and can go to the kitchen also watch T.V. But in order to pay of there debt they must find there own customers now and there are alot of tips in doing this. They have six girls to a room and when they bring back a guy they put up a sheet like curton around there bed. Mumtaz has little spies who spy on these girls so they have to be careful with there every move to stay alive. They have to act like they are twelve so they don't get beat to death by the guy or Mumtaz. At this place all the girls are hoping for kids because its there only family as for Lakshmi she wants to know why they don't just get shots. People tell her if Mumtaz sees her little book of figures she will be buried alive...But in reality she already feels she is....

Sold Number 2

As I have been reading more things have been happening slowly in my book. She is waking up with all these thoughts and she is not sure where she is.Lakshmi wakes up and realizes this is not the city she dreamed it would be. She wants to go back to sleep and wake up to the life she use to have. This place she is in definitely is not what she hoped for, she is at a prostitutional village for women who are sold into prostitution. When all these other girls are putting make up on her and gettting all dressed up she doesn't know what she is about to do and they won't tell her till she finds out herself. She knows something is not right in this situation she just wants to go home. Shahanna is a girl who brought Laksmi tea to drink and wants Lakshmi to just agree with Mumtaz so she can live and not get sent to another village just like this one. Lakshmi has been locked in a room for a while now but Mumtaz decides she wants her to be able to live...

First Few Chapters.

In the beginning of the book i am currently reading it talks about how Lakshmi is more mature and wants to go into the city and try to make more money for the poor family. Her mother tries to tell her that she needs to stay in school no matter what her stepfather says or wants to do with her. Lakshmi is promised to marriage with a boy with sleepy cat eyes named Krishna. Lakshmi is kind of like the second mom because she helps take care of Ama and tells her she will help her with her spelling next week. So far in the book i can tell the stepfather cant' be too nice because it talks about Ama kneeling at his feet when she sees him and also how Lakshmi wants to go to the city to work and he has no problem with it, while he probably knows whats going on.

Sold.....

The book i am currently reading is called "Sold" its categorized under fiction. This book does say its under fiction but it also can fit under non-fiction because it can be a true story in many way. My book is told in first person. Just knowing that this book is told in first person it already gives off a personal connection. First person sets off a very personal state of mind already.
This book is about a teenage girl getting sold into prostitution. Lakshmi is the main character and she tells this story from her point of view. She is suppose to leave home and get a job to help out the family so her stepfather says. I feel that the author revealed this book in a poem way to give all details and effects in a different order. The author wanted to keep it secret yet want you too keep reading. She really wants to build up the facts that lead to the intense part of the book. There are only a few conflicts in this book so far. One of the first conflicts is the fact her stepfather tells her she needs to go into the city and find a job to help supports the family. Her mom doesn't think this is right and doesn't want her to go. Lakshmi really wants to go work and help her family. That conflict would be external. The authors style in this book is very edgy and random.