Slavery In Patricia Mccormick's Sold

“Over the past 11 years, I have watched and photographed thousands of men visiting Kamathipura to find pleasure.” This was stated in an article written in 2013 informing people about the amount of grown men visiting young girls for ‘pleasure’. Although most American teens have an idea that these practices were happening, it wasn't until reading this novel people would understand how this continues. The author of Sold, Patricia McCormick was successful in her purpose of explaining to an an American teenage audience how and why the cycle of human slavery present in the brothels exist. One thing that was learned about was the lack of knowledge women had going into the brothels. Did you know that 62 million girls are denied education? Lack of …show more content…
A famous singer, Bob Marley, sang a song about rights but at the same time in India females are the minority. “Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights! Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight!” Lakshmi's mother, Ama, was telling her all about the roles of being a woman after she got her ‘first blood’. “I ask Ama, ‘Why’, I say, ‘Why must women suffer so?’ ‘This has always been our fate’ she says. ‘Simply to endure’ she says, ‘is to triumph.’” (McCormick 16) Earlier in the book it shows that women aren't treated as well as men when the author states “But not worth crying over when it's time to make stew.”(McCormick 8) She was comparing women to a lamb saying that women are only useful when you need them but are easily replaceable. The author of Sold, Patricia McCormick was successful in her purpose of explaining to an an American teenage audience how and why the cycle of human slavery present in the brothels exist. As discussed in the introduction, the act of sex slavery amongst children is common but as teens read this book it informed them as to how the cycle continues. Through the reading of this book many teens gain knowledge but the bigger question is, how can teens educate society to make a