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I was right about Lakshmi's stepfather. He is a real creep. He gambles away everything that Lakshmi and her mother earn for their family. I can tell that he does not respect the women at all by the way he treats them. I fell bad for Lakshmi and her mother because they work so hard to support their family, and the stepfather just goes and ruins everything. It is amazing to me how poor their family is. One of the pages describes the life they live by saying that she pretends that her spit is soup.She also made her cloth around her stomach tighter so she would feel full. This is very depressing, but it is also an thing that occurs all over the world today. Many people have to go through these situations, like starvation, everyday. Even though Lakshmi's situation seems hopeless, she still dreams about a better life and about the boy she is betrothed to, Krishna. I think that she has so much strength for having hope in such a depressing situation.