Kate Anderson post #4

I think that if you're not part of the solution, you are not necessarily part of the problem. You can directly contribute to the problem, but sometimes people are just naive and ignorant. Some people just don't know anything about the issue. Those are the people that are not part of the problem. Then there are people who know about the problem, but don't do anything about it. Those are the ones who are apart of the problem. An example would be the huge war, specifically against women, in the DR Congo. A huge number of people have no idea that there is such a big issue there, and therefor do nothing to help, those people are neither part of the problem or solution. People who know about it are trying to help and provide assistance and care for the thousands of women affected, those people are part of the solution. Then there are those who know about it, but choose to ignore it and forget about the horrors taking place there. Those people are a part of the problem.

In Sold, by Patricia McCormick, there are many different types of problems and ways people deal with them. You have Lakshmi's mother, who believed that her daughter was getting a nice job in the city. She was naive of the fact that her daughter was being sold into sex slavery, therefor she is neither part of the problem nor the solution. Then you have the policemen, who Mumtaz pays to keep quite about her brothel. They look they other way, pretending that nothing is wrong and do nothing to stop Mumtaz. Those policemen are part of the problem because they know whats going on and do nothing to stop it. Then you have the American, who knows about the awful things at Happiness House and brothels in India and is trying to help the girls escape their awful lives as sex slaves. The American is a great example of someone who is part of the solution.