The author of
Sold Patricia McCormick is not afraid of holding back the truth for people's ignorance. She wants people to know and hear the affects and the awful things that have been forced upon these innocent girls. Candid you could say is a tone used all throughout this book. Lakshmi in the beginning when being locked up for weeks in that room, is detached. Unwilling to feel. Feel hunger, pain, and mental hurt. These are both clear in the chapter Hunger,
"Tonight when Mumtaz comes and unlocks the door, she sees there is no part of me unmarked by her strap.
'Now will you agree to be with men?'
I shake my head.
And so she says she will starve me until I submit.
What she does not realize is that I already know hunger.
I know how your stomach gnaws on itself searching for something to fill it.
I know how your insides keep moving, unwilling to believe they're empty." (111).
Anna-
ReplyDeleteThis was the entry I wanted to use but then I saw you used it! I love how we are able to see that Lakshmi is hungry, tired, and worn down from simply doing NOTHING! She's alone in a room yet I find in this part of the book, most of her emotions are thrown out. The prominent tones I see while reading this passage are, pain and suffering. She is able to contain her hunger but she is in so many pain and she is lonely! Detached and unwilling are creative details. I would have liked to hear about the images you see during this passage. I picture a concrete room with a small bed. The strap marks, and the feeling of hunger make me cringe inside!
Good writing!