Throughout the book tragic things happen to young Lakshmi, and as it goes on it gives less and less hope for moving forward. "No one looks up... Each morning and evening Mumtaz comes, beats me with a leather strap, and locks the door behind her." (109). This section shows how her life goes for days. The author draws vivid seens, such as this and such as when Habib sleeps with her, to her advantage. It proves the point further. Also the word choice the author uses shows how young and unaware Lakshmi really is, and that makes the story all the more sad. She takes a girl and shows the reader how much trust, hope, and future happiness she has, and through events turns the girl into a frightened, dull, somber person.
With that constant hardship ( and many others) the reader gets the fealing that the book is doomed to a gloomy fanale, but at the same time it makes for a greater understanding and allows more feelings into what is truelly going on. If the author can get the reader emotionally, then she or he has him for the entire book, and that was what was done in Sold.
I like the way you mentioned how long she stays in that room, trapped by her own life.
ReplyDelete"The season has changed. I only know because the people outside my window have begun to shed their sweaters. And still I am locked in this room"
This quote acts as evidence to this statement. Lakshmi is trapped her only reminder of the outside world is her bundle from home and what she observes out of her window.
~ SYDNEY BLIXT