The book that I read was Purple Heart by Patricia McCormick. An 18 year old boy named‚ Matt Duffy awakes in a ward called The Green Zone after being injured in war. He has no idea what happened to him‚ all he knows is he has been awarded the Purple Heart‚ but he doesn’t want a metal-he wants answers. With doctors asking him questions he can’t answer and people telling him things he doesn’t want to hear‚ Matt scrambles to recollect what happened the day he got hurt. Only bits and pieces are coming
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realizes Mumtaz pays the men off to simply look the other way. She then begins to question how these women will ever receive justice for the wrong doing of Mumtaz and the numerous men that participated in the Happiness House. At the end of Sold‚ McCormick does not give an explanation as to what happens to Lakshmi and the other girls after the police invade the Happiness House. The author does this because in the majority of cases of sex trafficking the girls do not receive a new slate and the men
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The book I read this quarter was Sold by Patricia McCormick. The story is first-person and is narrated by thirteen year-old Lakshmi from Nepal. This book has over 170 chapters‚ each one only a few pages in length. This adds to the narrative as Lakshmi is thinking in small thoughts and does not think into many things due to her young age. Lakshmi’s family was poor‚ but managed to make it by on most days‚ on other days Lakshmi and her mother would starve while her step-father gambled. One day‚ Himalayan
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In Sold‚ I believe the author-Patricia McCormick-was trying to inform readers about the horrors of many young girls’ daily lives. The book explains the journeys of how the young girls enter human trafficking and how they rely on the other girls in the house. I believe the purpose of this book is to inform the readers of the horrors of what the world is like and it is not as innocent as many people may naively believe it is just because noting that horrible has happened to them. Along with just
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I’m reading a book called cut. by Patricia McCormick My main character is callie. A girl who cuts herself. She hurt herself. Never too deep‚ never enough to die but enough to feel the pain. Enough to feel the scream inside. The reason i chose this book is that it looks interesting and it talks about teenage in our generation. It talks about himself and Cellie is like any teen girl‚ she does very well in school‚ she’s addiction to cutting herself. This novel is important‚ feeling of hopeless‚ helplessness
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Cut‚ By Patricia McCormick‚ is a fine example of why some young adult fiction deserves literary serious consideration. As a first person account Cut is not only the story of a young adult’s journey through a mental illness‚ it also serves as a guide to help others find solutions to their own mental problems. The story is as believable as the well rounded characters who actually make you feel that you are there‚ in the room‚ with them. With descriptive detail‚ this story not only initiates psychological
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in class. The book was about a young girl who got sold into the sex slave trade and it illustrated her realization of how horrible the world can be. Even the people who should depend on can cross you and become untrustworthy. My quote is by Patricia McCormick who writes a main character named Lakshmi. The main character snuck down after a customer and saw the woman who owned her paying off a police officer to look the other way. She began to realize that things were not what they seemed. “I don’t
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Global Perspectives: Cultural novel Project ~ S. Mahone Novel- Sold Author- Patricia McCormick Featured Country or Culture- Nepal‚Calcutta Cultural Novel- Students will research a country/culture and create a typed or handwritten report based on the following criteria/questions: 1. Brief summary of novel- The novel Sold tells the story of a girl named Lakshmi from Nepal‚ who is sold into sexual slavery in India.When the harsh Himalayan monsoons wash away all that remains of the
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In the book Sold by Patricia McCormick Lakshmi is a thirteen year old girl who lives a life different from most thirteen year old kids with her siblings and her stepfather in a village in the Himalayan mountains. Lakshmi stepfather sells and sends her away with a stranger to become a maid for 10‚000 rupees. “She says full payment is due‚ as well as 50 rupees extra for interest”.(36) She is basically saying she wants the full amount that she is worth. The value of human life is worth more than just
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actions. But for unknown reasons following the Revolutionary War‚ the award had “broken service” and was not presented to anyone for approximately 150 years. However‚ it was redesigned in the 20th Century and is now known as the Purple Heart. One example of the Purple Heart is displayed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Speller of Windsor‚ N.C. The medal was issued in 1967 in honor of my cousin Ronnie Speller who died while serving in the Vietnam War. The medal was accepted in his honor by his parents
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