Summary Of Abstract Sold By Patricia Mccormick

Have you ever thought about how many women suffer because of human and sex trafficking throughout the world? In the abstract Sold, by Patricia McCormick, young girls in India are sold and are forced to give up their innocence. Lakshmi, the main character is tricked into being sold to prostitution. She has no option other than to obey what she is told to do. Lakshmi loses her innocence because she is forced to have sex with those who pay for it. The innocence of Lakshmi is ferociously removed from her because she realizes that her sexual purity has been removed from her.

When Lakshmi’s stepfather tells Lakshmi that she will be a maid in the city, she feels promised to help her family but little does she know, she will be tricked and sold to

Mumtaz has made her and other young girls suffer and watch as they deteriorate themselves. After a long day of horrific and monotonous work, Lakshmi says, “In the days after the hugging man leaves, I consider myself in the mirror. My plain self, not the self wearing lipstick and eyeliner and a filmy dress. Sometimes I see a girl who is growing into womanhood. Other days I see a girl growing old before her time. It doesn’t matter of course. Because no one will ever want me now” (McCormick 178). Lakshmi cogitates about the dreadful time that she has spent at Happiness House. From time to time, Lakshmi feels as if she is coming of age and at other times, she feels as if she has done what is supposed to be done in adulthood too quickly. Mumtaz has forced Lakshmi and the other girls at Happiness House to lose all joy and excitement in life. They are compelled to lose their worth. Sex is bought from these girls which is why Lakshmi questions whether she is pretty or not. She thinks that because she has cruelly been sold to prostitution, that no other person will want her in the future. Lakshmi went from a young innocent girl who was saving herself for her marriage with Krishna, a boy from the village in where Lakshmi lives, to believing that she will not have anyone.

Lakshmi’s innocence is taken from her without consent. At the beginning of her journey, Lakshmi feels promised to help her family with