Weekly Blog 12/1/14

Sold
By: Patricia McCormick
Pages: 1-170
Prompt:
-Summarize what you just read
-Tell me about the main character. What kind of person is he/she?
-What emotions did you feel while you read? Give details from your reading
that made you feel that way.
WARNING: MIGHT SPOIL BOOK

          This book is about Lakshmi a 13 year old girl that lives with her poor family. One day she is told by her stepfather that she has to go work as a maid in the city and she agrees. She will send the money she earns home to her family. Her father takes her to a shop and there is a lady there that will take her into the city to work. That lady sends her off with another man that takes her into the city. That man then leaves her to work with another lady. Lakshmi thinks that she will be cooking and cleaning for the lady. She could never be more wrong. The place that she had to work at had several small rooms which girls would be in. Men would then come and ask for a room. Then they would do whatever they wanted with the girls. Lakshmi refused to do that and was punished for refusing by the owner of the business. She had to work there until she could pay off her family's debt.

        The main character Lakshmi is a 13 year old girl. She is hard working and very smart. I know that she is hard working because, when she was at home she would be able to carry her little brother on her back in a basket and still do her chores. I don't think I would be able to do that. I know she is very smart because since she was poor, she learned ways to trick her stomach into thinking it was full whenever she was starving. That helped her when she was being punished by the owner of the business where she worked. She also learned to tune out all of the noises that were in the place where she was to work.

       Some of the emotions that I felt while I was reading this story is hate, injustice, and disgust. I felt hate throughout reading this story because I hate the fact that this little "company" or "business" is using girls. I also hate the owner Mumtaz. Mumtaz is taking these little girls for granted. They are still young and not even old enough to drive a car these days. I also felt injustice because how would Mumtaz feel if they did this to her? I don't think she would like it one bit. How would Mumtaz feel if she was punished for fighting back? I don't think Mumtaz would ever have the ability to survive in a place like that, unlike Lakshmi who is being smart about it and looking for any way possible to get out of there. I also felt disgust because overall I think that the whole business they are running is disgusting. It is not pleasant for something like that to happen and I'm pretty sure that it is not very sanitary either.

     Even though this book makes me feel negative things, it is still a really good book that I recommend people to read.