Caroline Yoss Post #3

The most prominent tones in Sold by Patricia McCormick are innocent and solemn. Though Lakshmi is thrown into a brothel uknowingly, and against her will, she maintains an innocent way about her. It is surprising how calmly and factually she explains the very adult events that happen to her throughout the story. I believe her innocence and naivety creates some sort of barrier from how real her situation is. The book is also very solemn, considering the plot. Lakshmi does not fully understand what is going on for most of the book, but she deffinetly understands the seriousness of what is happening, as well as that it is very wrong. Stories with a person trapped in a place or situation without a choice are often solemn. The firs time Lakshmi attempts to go home, she realizes the severity of her situation. "My heart is pounding like the drumming of a monsoon rain, and my shoulders are shaking as if I had a great chill. 'You ignorant hill girl,' she says. 'You don't know anything. Do you?'" This showed me how helpless Lakshmi was. I wouldn't say the narrative is sad, because I consider sad a feeling you have when there is hope to overcome it. Where as solemn is a more hopeless feeling or tone.