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Survival In Patricia Mccormick's Sold
Half a million children are having to survive each day by being sexually assaulted and sold into sex slavery. Even though there will always be scars, adjusting to surroundings can help with the day to day survival. In Patricia McCormick’s book, Sold, a 13 year old girl named Lakshmi gets sold from her stepfather to a woman named Mumtaz in India. Lakshmi then has to survive the cruel things that Mumtaz makes her do to earn money back for her freedom. Sold demonstrates that adjusting to surroundings is important for survival through living with limited money, getting bullied, and coping with raping. Sold demonstrates survival by showing how to get through a situation where you have little to nothing and making the most of it. When Lakshmi
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