Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Goelz Post 3
The tone found in the book Sold by Patricia McCormick varies according to the part of the book you are speaking of, but it mainly sticks to one specific tone- hopeful. The reason this book is hopeful is the fact that in the beginning, Lakshmi is looking forward to helping her family get the money they need in order to live. She is excited and hopeful about the new opportunities she has to venture out into the world. In order to help everybody in her life, she needs to be hopeful about leaving. Instead of being negative about it and making her mother feel bad about sending her away, she swallows her pride and sadness and deals with it. When she leaves, she is forced to realize that being hopeful is her only way out. If she is sad and negative, she will lose sight of what she wants in life. In this quote, Lakshmi shows signs of hopefulness and looking forward to the future: "I crane my neck this way, then that, looking at a man scooping his hot popcorn into a paper cone, next to....and I wonder, In this swarming, hurry- up city, what will happy next to me" (pg 66-McCormick). Lakshmi has no idea what is in store for her, or what is happening in the future, but she keeps it positive with happiness, and most of all- hope.
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ReplyDeleteYes Amy, I agree that the tone varies according to the part of the book that I am speaking of, but I would say that the one specific tone is hopeful. When she is getting drugged every night and men are coming into her cell and sleeping with her she is not very hopeful. She is lost, compelled and doesn't know what to do. However, I would say that this is the only part where she is not hopeful, but It is a good time period that she is not hopeful. I agree that in the beginning she is hopeful for the tin roof and a few other items, but towards the end she is hopeful to get out of the clutches of Mumtaz and the Happiness house. I agree and would argue that her positivity is what decides her fate, if she was negative and took things poorly then she wouldn't have gotten through everything as well as she did.
ReplyDeleteI really like how you end this.
Nice Post Ams!
Love you!
MS K: THIS IS A REPOST FROM WHAT I HAD WRITTEN EARLIER AND E-MAILED YOU ABOUT PRIOR TO POSTING THIS! (I don't know why this didn't post the first time- but here it is, finally)
ReplyDeleteAmy, I thought you did a wonderful job and I completely agree with you, that Lakshmi's tone was very hopeful. When she went with the lady in the yellow dress to be a maid in the city, she was hopeful. She wanted to send money home so that they could have a tin roof and that they would have money and a "glass sun" hanging from the ceiling. She stays optimistic and wants everything to be good, in this case, I also think that her tone suddenly changes when she realizes where she was- and what she would be doing. For quite a while, she was not hopeful. She was worried and scared, she just wanted to get out.
Beautifully written Amy. :)