For years story's have brought something to people that television could never do. Story's have so much behind them, so much that you can break down and analyze and interpret. Humans can study story's because story's can give you an experience of an experience. You can learn your morals from story's, your judgement, your ability to develop ideas. I have learned some of the greatest lessons from books I have read, some greater then what I learned from experiencing it myself. Books from the past, can help people decided on the better option in the future. No story will ever be a waste of time, listen to the ones your friends tell you, listen to the ones your parents tell you. Never let the opportunity to listen to a story, because you could be missing the greatest lesson of your life.
"Sold" brought me so much knowledge on sex trafficking, something I had never heard of before. It educated me on the different culture differences that are so greatly different from where I live. I was so oblivious to the harsh reality of prostitution. This book really opened my eyes to the greater picture of the world, and how not everything is like our "safe, little Marin". Things like sex trafficking are always swept under the rug, people don't want to hear about what's happening in the world so the media hides it from us. Most people wouldn't be able to answer on question about sex trafficking. I was one of those people before i read this book. In McCormick's note at the end she gives statistics on sex trafficking and her personal experience. " Each year nearly 12,000 Nepalese girls are sold by their families, intentionally or unwittingly into a life of sexual slavery in the brothels of India." Girls are sold by their families! Can you believe it? The people who are supposed to be there for you your entire life, the people that will love you unconditionally? Those people would sell their daughters into sexual slavery. Astonished and bewildered, I've realized that i couldn't think of one reason why I would EVER sell my daughter into a business like that. Nothing should ever be done like that, and that it happens every year to 12,000 Nepalese girls, will forever be a burden that stays with me.
Good post, but at the end I thought you would have mentioned the reason that parents would sell their kids into slavery. The reason is money. Parents in Nepal are so impoverished that in order to make it by they need to take drastic measures. While such a behavior is utterly terrible, we need to be open to the idea of desperation. Many of these parents don't realize the binding contracts of prostitution, others have no idea what they're getting their kids into (as in Lakshmi's case). Thank god we'll never have to go through something that drastic!
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