guided response

Sold by Patricia McCormick

 Lakshimi is the main character in the book Sold. I like her a lot because she is a strong independent girl. She knows what they are doing in the house is wrong and she tries to not be a part of it, but she has to be. I think she deserves praise in this book so far because she is going through something no one wants their child, sister, niece, granddaughter to go through. Lakshimi is stuck in the whore house until she can pay off her debt but, by the looks of it she’s going to be there for a long time because her “owner” is cheating her out of her money she makes. Her “owner” isn’t only doing it to Lakshimi but she is doing it to all the other girls as well. Lakshimi doesn’t know what to do, but she never gives up and I think she deserves praise for that. She hates being there so she thinks of her home and how things were there and her mother’s cooking and her hugs to keep her from going mad and I think once again she deserves praise for that. I put myself in her position and I just think if that’s where I ended up I would be devastated because there is no way for me to communicate with my mom and tell her how I’m doing because I’m constantly watched. I would be so scared of everything and cry all the time wanting to go back home but Lakshimi doesn’t, she stays strong and just tries to make it.

free choice

Sold by Patricia McCormick

Reading Sold makes me angry while reading it. I feel so bad for Lakshimi. She has no idea what she is about to get into. I think that her step father screwed her over. I think he had to of known what was going to happen to her. I don’t think that he is a very good man, because all he does is gamble and lose money. Lakshimi also didn’t even know what was going to happen she was all excited about going to be a maid and helping the family out all at the same time and then she realizes that it’s not at all  what he step dad and her mom thought that she was going to do. I think that Lakshimi is a strong stubborn person because her “owner” said that she was going to starve unless she had sex with the men that she sent to be with her in her room and she went 5 days without food or water and wasn’t giving in because she thought that is was wrong. I’m with her; I don’t think that it’s right. Eventually though, she had to sleep with the men in order to get money so she could help her family. It made me really mad when her “owner” cheated her out of her money so she may have to be there for awhile till she gets enough. I don’t get why people have houses and do this. I don’t get why they have young girls prostitute because so many things could go wrong. Like they could get a disease or get pregnant and they wouldn’t know what to do because they are like 13. I think that prostitution is wrong especially if they are so young like Lakshimi.