Stories have been past down generation to generation. They are our guidance and our entertainment. Stories play a very important role in our society, without stories everything would be very blase. People can relate to stories, can feel comfort towards stories, they can feel sympathy, compassion, etc. Whether stories have been told out of experiences or out of pure joy, stories are and will be a vital role in human beings lives.
Sold is an intense novel that tells a story of this young girl's upside down world. Lakshmi has been told so many stories, that she can't help but fantasize about them. Lakshmi was told a story of how she would marry Krishna in her village and be happy and have a family, she was told stories of what would happen when she was able to support her family financially, she was told stories about the world outside her village. She has been told so many stories, that towards the end of the book she doesn't want to fantasize anymore about any stories she hears because they all end up being a lie. When she hears this one last story from an American about a completely different and better lifestyle, she's hesitant at first but in the end she does take that chance. The purpose to this story, Sold is that Lakshmi like the other girls in the Happiness House represent the millions of girls in that same situation. Lakshmi herself represents that opening door to a better future.
I like and agree the part where you say stories are our entertainment. I think they are even when we don't realize it. Movies and TV shows are stories, yet when we watch them we don't always look at them like they are stories. I like how you talk about the stories she hears from outside her village. That would be like the story of the roofs in the city being gold. I also really enjoyed reading the part about her representing a better future for the other women.
ReplyDeleteJannely, I totally agree with you when you say how by the end of the book, Lakshmi has stopped believing everything she hears. It is like with every lie she is told and with every false story, her sense of childhood and trust is slowly chipped away. It is remarkable how Lakshmi mustered up the courage to trust the American after all the lies that had been told to her. Somehow her faith in humanity's goodness overpowered her sense of distrust for the lying and cheating people that mistreated her.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you when you say that was told a story of what would happen when she was able to support her family financially. That was the only thing that kept her going, thinking of how happy her family would be with the clothing that she would by with her money that she will earn, and when she gets home. But the more she stayed at the Happiness House, the more the memories of her home faded away. That's why I'm really happy that in the end, she decided to turn Mumtas in.
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