Humans have this belief that we are better than and can control whatever and whomever we want. We think we are the dominant species and everything should be to our benefit. In many cases, within the human race, there are even the dominant and dominated. Both are humans, but one believes that they are somehow greater because the other may be weaker, younger, impoverished, etc.
In SOLD, by Patricia McCormick, we get to see how Lakshmi is taken advantage of because she is young and naïve. She is tricked with the promise of a good job so can she help provide for her family financially. That is a lie and Lakshmi is sold into a brothel in India. There she is taken advantage of and dominated by Mumtaz and her customers. She is oppressed, unable to fight for her freedom from Happiness House and viewed as only an object for men to do with what they will. The customers of Mumtaz are perfect examples of humans who believe that they are greater because at Happiness House they view the girls as nothing more than objects for their enjoyment. Just because these girls are young and unable to protest there actions doesn’t justify the men’s behavior and the way they view and treat them. Sold is a perfect example of what is wrong with the human race. We are constantly degrading others for our own benefit and selfishly thinking of how things can work in our own favor, no matter how much it may harm others.
Your blog really got me thinking about how cruel people can be even today, but I liked reading about it.
ReplyDeleteYour blog was very deep and has lots of evidence from the book.
ReplyDeleteI like how you pointed out that Mumtaz really was one of the main oppressors in the SOLD. I believe this is true because she is always looking down on all the girls and making them feel worthless. Also how you mentioned that we do thing really for our benefits, like Mumtaz is the only one who profits from the "Happiness House" and she doesn’t care what she has to do to get more money in her pocket. Even when one of the girls is deathly sick she makes her work anyways, and would only give her medicine so that she could get back to work, not for her own health. She is constantly abusing the girls in the house like for example, when she hits them with the leather strap, and other barbaric forms of torture.
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