In the book Sold, written by Patricia McCormick, the main character Lakshmi is stripped away of her humanity. She is not free to live her life the way she wants to, and is tricked into paying her way back home through letting men do what they want with her. This has taken away her ethereal rights of being a human, and having a say in how she wants to live her life to her fullest potential is slowly diminishing. Each and every man that she gives herself to takes away another one of her human rights.
Monday, January 16, 2012
Emma Burtt Post #2
To simply define the term "human" is a hard thing to do because everyone will come up with their own definition for it. Physically we all are humans, but mentally are we? It is really up to each and every person to act with a humane attitude or not. Some people think being human is living life to the fullest, taking chances, and making mistakes. Other people strive to be a perfect human in every way possible. Every human makes mistakes, takes chances, has the urge to want things and give things, and has feelings. Expressing all of these things is what makes each and every one of us human.
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You are right, every person chooses to act humane or not. In any situation, we have the choice to act with kindness. We have the choice to consider how others feel. Sometimes we forget that we have that choice.
ReplyDeleteI somewhat agree, i think we are born human, born with the same fundamental drives to survival as animals; eat drink sleep ect. But as we grow we become a person, and evidently become more "humane".
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ReplyDeleteEmma, I could not agree more with what you said, the definition of a human isn't possible because everyone has their own definition! Lakshmi, a poor girl living in the Himalayan mountains experiences her worst nightmare: losing everything you had, and then being forced to do something so inhumane. Lakshmi lost her family, her mountain, the boy she loved, and all of the memories. After months of living at the Happy House, she soon discovered she turned into one of the girls she looked at with terror before. Although she was forced to do terrible things, and lost a lot of pride in herself, her empathy shined throughout the entire book and as we slowly watch her evolve into one of these poor girls, the real human inside of her bursts out. Great Work