Monday, January 23, 2012
M. Pardi post 3
Sold by Patricia McCormick has a variety of feelings throughout the book. For example, Mumtaz is very violent. At one point, Mumtaz cuts off Lakshmi's hair just because Lakshmi told her that she wanted to go home. When she did this, Lakshmi cried out, and then Mumtaz put the scissors to her throat. "Hold still, or I'll slice your throat." (107) Then Mumtaz Locks her in a room, and doesn't give her any food or water, and each morning she comes in the room and gives Lakshmi a beating. In this book, Patricia McCormick Has a lot of syntaxes, and in each sentence, it has a lot of information in it.
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I agree with you that Sold has a very violent tone to it throughout and that particularly shows in the scenes with Mumtaz. This quote, "Mumtaz draws back, the jaw of the scissors poised at my neck. "Hold still," she says, her teeth clenched. "Or i'll slice your throat."" (107) even though Mumtaz doesn't do that, this still shows just how horrible and violent she is. Mumtaz, while being physically violent, with her leather strap, etc. is also very verbally violent and aggressive towards the girls. Nice post, i really enjoyed reading you point of view (:
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