Sold- 8th Post

The poems of this story are getting harder to read. The author describes the events going on with such detail. Lakshmi explains about how the men use her and tear her apart. It is almost unbearable to think about. The thought that child prostitution is going on today all over the world is unimagineable. While Lakshmi is at the whore house, she makes friends with Pushpa's son, Harish. He is very nice to her. He gave her a book. He is also trying to teach her how to read. There is a connention between the two. Lakshmi grows to like some of her clients. She does not hate all of them. Some of them treat her with respect and do not just use her. I thought that it very surprising that the girls watched American soap operas. I did not think that they could watch television shows broadcasted from America. They all like to watch "The Bold and the Beautiful." That is a show that I sometimes watch. I can understand Lakshmi's confusion about the show, being that the show's world is so perfect, and her world is the complete opposite of that. The television shows happily-ever-afters, while she must worry if she will every leave the house or even make it out alive.