Sarah Davidson Post # 5

Stories have been with us forever. They help teach and lead us in our human life. They keep our creativity up because we can make them up and there are endless stories we can listen to and tell. Stories can be told in a song, movie, shows, and many more. They help give us dreams like when I heard about how Taylor Swift became famous. She never gave up on her singing and kept trying to become discovered. She finally made it and now she is one of my favorite artists and has won many awards. Her story helps me believe that if I work hard enough I will be able to achieve my dreams.

In the book Sold by Patricia McCormick, she tells us the reality about prostitution in this sad gripping fictional story about a 13 year old girl named Lakshmi from Nepal who was forced into prostitution. Lakshmi was taken to the "Happiness House" and has to stay there and sleep with the men until she is able to pay off her debt. Lakshmi doesn't give up and tries her best to finally become free. "I will do whatever it takes to get out of here" (227.) Lakshmi says as she tries to pay off her debt to Mumtaz the head of the "Happiness House". Also near the end of the book when the Americans come to help the girls, but Mumtaz tells them that they are bad people and they shouldn't be trusted, Lakshmi runs to them. "Something inside me breaks open, and I run down the steps" (263.) Lakshmi was the only girl running down to have the Americans help save her from prostitution. With her dreams and remembering her old life story, she was determined to become free.