Assignment 7

The website had very descriptive pictures. many were very disturbing because it shows a lot of people walking in the brothel to go with many of the young girls who sell their body and the men do not care about the girls. I especially remember a picture that the many girls that are there have beautiful decorative butterflies and it reminded me of an interview Mrs. Wieder showed us. The girls getting interviewed said that it is very hard to be happy in the brothel and that they had to think about being happy. From all the pictures that butterfly one stood out the most.

Assignment 5

1. Lakshmi is living in Nepal in the village
2. Lakshmi got her first period and Ama told her everything that she needs to know
3. She goes to the festival and meets Auntie Bimla
4. Lakshmi tells her mother that she wants to work in the city and Lakshmi's dad sells her to Auntie Bimla in Bajai Sita's
5. She goes through many villages where they walk until they meet Uncle Husband
6. She goes with Uncle Husband and he says that he'll protect her from the bad border patrol men
7. She goes to a place called Happiness House where she is forced to sleep with other men by Mumtaz, a fat, mango face, rotti dough hanging on her side, lady
8. She wants to leave but she does not know the language there
9. She drinks a yogurt called Lassi and is drugged and has her first sexual experience
10. Once she has sex with a lot of men she is not considered a virgin and is changed to another room
11. She has sex with someone and calls it an accidental kindness
12. She meets Harish and is taught the language and how to read the language that is spoken there
13. She meets the little street boy who plays a major part because the card that Lakshmi gets from the American he is the one who gets it delivered
14. Then an American who received the card from the street boy comes takes a picture of Lakshmi and tells her that she can be saved from all of the bad things that she has to do there
15. It takes time for the American to come back but it's worth it, saves Lakshmi and arrests Mumtaz

Assignment 3

Man vs. Man

I think that the main conflict of the story is MONEY. The reason I think that money is the conflict is because they don't have don't have a good roof and they have to keep on looking and checking to see if it's going to rain so it wont get in the house.Even though they dont have money the step father still gambles all the money that he can get on. Sometimes it may be everything and that's why Lakshmi gets into prostitution because she thinks that it's her responsibility to help her family get money and try to get a tin roof.

1. "A tin roof... the tea shop" p.1
2. "My stepfather's arm ...and useless thing" p.8
3. "And so he...the old men" p.8

Assignment 2

A Trade p.52

In this vignette Lakshmi's step father is taking her to Bajai Sita's. When they arrive her step father is telling Bajai Sita that Lakshmi wants to work in the city. When Bajai Sita says that she doesn't have any hips, she's plain , and many other things, Lakshmi is wondering why does she need all this if she's going to work as a maid. This shows that she is an innocent little girl and does not know what is going on. I like this vignette because at first there was not much going on until this vignette, and also because this is where all the problems start building up for Lakshmi and gets more interesting.