Shane Cooney Post Number 5 :D

There are many relevant, and bold stories in life that make an impact on people. I myself have been inspired by many stories, such as; Bethany Hamilton, Martin Luther king Jr., john Muir, and many others. I have a strong opinion that stories help people get motivated, engaged, and inspired. For instance, If i were to tell you a story right now about a poor homeless boy that pushed his dream of becoming a pro baseball player, and did, most of you would think that this is incredible and inspiring. So, my point being that Stories are important in inspiring leads to another thing; History. Every single event in history is a story, because a story is usually something in past tense and history is always in past tense. History, as a story, is important because it educates people of the past. It brings to life old folklore, and great battles that mostly all happened. In a way the life of humans is just one big story, in fact a story can come out of anything, literally. That being said i conclude with a quote, " why are stories important to humans?", to which i reply, " Stories are important to humans, because they teach people what happened, is happening, and is going to happen in human life."

Stories make an impact of what happens to Lakshmi, in Happy House, and in her experiences in the city. Before I support the paragraph above, I would like to reflect the way McCormick ended Sold. First of all i liked the closing words, " 'My name is Lakshmi', I say.' I am from Nepal. I am fourteen years old ( 263)." It was interesting that she left the book SO open. After I finished I had a dozen questions like; What happened too her family? What happened to Mumtaz? Did Lakshmi go to the shelter, and did she get all her money? Finally, did she ever find Gita? I was so confused by all these questions that were left unanswered.

Anyway, I believe that Lakshmi went to the city, one because she had too, but also because she heard of " Golden roofs" and hopes of finding Gita. I wonder, if in real life, if a girl would go to the city if she knew the reality of it. Another important impact of stories in Sold is when Mumtaz and the rest of the Happy House girls describe the Americans as terrible. They say that the Americans will take the girls and throw them onto the street naked and leave them to the " Goondas" or bad guys. When in reality ( we learn in the end) the Americans are trying to save the girls from forced sex slavery. Another story is that the policemen are bad; Mumtaz obviously does not like the police because if they find out about her operation they will close it down, however she has an acquaintance with a policemen, paying him to keep his mouth closed. Never the less, the girls believe that the policemen are awful because they spoiled the food, TV, and posters searching for the girls. I believe that if the girls were not told stories such as these, they would've seek'd help much earlier and would've been saved.