Summary Of Sold By Patricia Mccormick

In such a distressing piece of literature, a young girl Lakshmi experiences events that no one should endure, especially such a young girl. Patricia McCormick, the author of Sold, reveals a fictional story of a thirteen year-old girl who experiences world sex trafficking first hand in India. This horrific act happens to many real young women like Lakshmi everyday. The author also opens the reader's eyes to the types of people that live in the world then and now. McCormick, uses Lakshmi’s stepfather’s betrayal to show some selfish people manage to turn to inhumane ways of living in difficult times like these.

McCormick first shows this act when her stepfather loses nice things, the family normally does not receive, to what seems to be his addiction

When Stepfather was trying to make a deal with Bajai Sita, he wanted more money than she was worth but took what he could get. While negotiating, “My stepfather says he knows the going rate for a young girl like me. “No less than eight hundred.’ ‘I will give you half now and the rest when she has proved her worth,’ she says. My stepfather grunts, and he and the woman return.” It seems as if stepfather is lying to Lakshmi about how he knows the going rate for a young girl like her. Stepfather is mad that Bajai Sita will only go for no less than eight hundred rupees for her, but it seems as if he does not really care as long as he has money for himself to use. He also does not like that fact that he only gets half and Lakshmi has to earn the rest. This shows stepfather is turning to his inhumane ways to receive money for his money, but he’ll only use the money for himself. Moving forward, stepfather seemed to be extremely happy when Lakshmi was being taken. The text reads, “But he has his eyes fixed on the wares on Bajai Sita’s shelves. He is taking things and putting them in Ama’s empty basket: a carton of cigarettes, a bag of sweets, chewing gum, a bottle of rice wine, and a new hat” (54). By list of objects he has obtained, there seems to be nothing for Ama and the baby. Just by looking at the objects in Ama’s

However the stories are very similar. A line in the song says, “You, with your switching sides And your wildfire lies and your humiliation” (Swift). This person’s actions are not right, and never supportive, show big lies and the humiliation he throws on her. This quotes can explain the way Lakshmi felt when her stepfather was telling Bajai Sita how she’s not the best working and he did not support Lakshmi when he was talking to her also. Secondly, Taylor makes it a point to emphasize, “All you are is mean and a liar and pathetic” (Swift) in the song. She is expressing how all he is, is mean, a liar and pathetic while putting emphasis on that line. This ties back to Lakshmi’s thoughts about stepfather the whole time the had been at Bajai Sita’s store. All in all, Taylor Swift's song, Mean, is an easy way to describe the way Lakshmi felt the day at Bajai Sita’s