Hearing stories and telling story’s is what we have all grown up on. I remember my mom telling me stories about my grandpa, who I never met, and how he was an amazing man. Hearing these stories made me in vision who he was as a person. Stories don’t just tell memories or experiences about people or their lives. They show who the person was and they make the world go round and round in a circle. Lastly, I think that stories show courage and bravery. Just like Lakshmi, who told her story through the way she acted on her life.
In Sold, Lakshmi is told so many stories. Whether or not they are true she is in such a bad position she has to believe them. About two weeks before she is saved from the whore house, by an american, this man comes to her and tells her she can be saved and that she can be taken away to a safe place and she doesn’t know what to believe. So, even though she has been tricked all through out her childhood, she believes in this man, she has never meant and lives on faith for the rest of her days.
I love the way you mentioned that Lakshmi is told different stories. At first she is told by her mother than it is time for her to work as a maid in the city, and then she is told that the women in the yellow dress will be her auntie, and her uncle husband will protect her. But after all these stories told to Lakshmi, all these lies, she still ends up decieved and alone in the Happiness House. Stories do have a dark side that can trick many people.
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I completely agree, Jordan. However, in the beginning of the book you see how Lakshmi is raised. She is brought up to trust and believe in everything she is told. When she is told that going to the city will help the family and her she believes it. However, I believe Lakshmi's trust in the man is out of fear. Desperate times call for desperate measures, and she knows that she has to leave the "Happiness house." I believe that she has learnt not to trust everyone after what she has been through.
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