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How Did Lakshmi Show Perseverance
Lakshmi showed perseverance as the key to survival to survive in sold. By persevering through being in the brothel, sold into prostitution by someone who she called her family for money. She was lied to and somewhat cheated out of her childhood because she had to get a job so young. And then it wasn’t what she expected. She also showed perseverance by waiting and doing as she was told to do in order to survive, never back talked just done her job . Fight through the excruciating pain because she thought she was doing something right.Lakshmi could’ve given up many of times but she had a goal and that kept her motivated to do her job.”Let me go to the city,I can work for a rich family like Gita does and send my wages home to you”(1). She tried

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