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
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if it means selling them to a sex trafficker. In the book Sold‚ Patricia McCormik gives an example of how the step-father of the protagonist‚ Lakshmi‚ views her‚ "But a girl is like a goat. Good as long as she gives you milk and butter. But not worth crying over when it’s time to make a stew"(McCormik 8). In this third world country‚ women and girls are to be used and are for man’s pleasure. Lakshmi was thirteen when her step father sold her. He is a greedy man who does not work and sells her into
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In Patricia McCormick’s non-fiction novel‚ Sold‚ thirteen year old Lakshmi is sold into sexual slavery by her stepfather. She believes she is going to work in the city‚ as the breadwinner‚ but her step-father is in it for the money and revenge of the eldest son he doesn’t have. Lakshmi’s biggest priorities are her mother and brother‚ and her stepfather could care less about her or the family‚ he has an addiction to gambling. Instead of working hard and paying for a tin roof‚ he gambles his money
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doubt great evil in the world of sex trafficking. Victims of the horrific crime suffer from physical‚ sexual‚ and psychological abuse. A fictional‚ yet all-too-real tale of these atrocities is exemplified in Sold‚ a novel by Patricia McCormick‚ about a young Nepalese girl named Lakshmi who is sold into sex slavery. Throughout her year at the brothel called the “Happiness House” she learns how to find shining lights among what seems like impenetrable darkness and evil surrounding Mumtaz‚ the woman who
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INTRODUCTION “Heroism is endurance for one moment more.” This quote by George F. Kennan describes a key character in the book Sold‚ created by Patricia McCormick. The character I’m referring to is Lakmishi‚ our protagonist in Patricia McCormick’s book Sold‚ and she goes through very traumatizing experiences but lives up to her endurance. She is a 13 year old girl who is sold into prostitution in an abusive patriarchal society who is dehumanized in many terrible ways. Lakamashi teaches the reader how
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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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“Since 1889‚ McCormick has been the Company (McCormick) to turn to for flavor expertise. Today the world relies on their prized consumer brands‚ trusted ingredients and culinary know-how. McCormick is a global leader in the manufacture‚ marketing and distribution of spices‚ seasonings and flavors to the entire food industry. Customers range from retail outlets and food manufacturers to food service businesses.” The McCormick & Company was started in Baltimore‚ in one room and a cellar by
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McCormick & Company As Vice President of Learning‚ the types of training and development initiatives I would create‚ will be aligned with our overall business strategy that will help support the organization in reaching its business goals. Such as‚ “Diversify the Learning Portfolio”‚ to encourage the use of technology for training‚ provide more opportunities for personalized learning‚ using mentors and coaches. “Expand Who is Trained”‚ it is very important for employees to be well versed and knowledgeable
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Despite the fact that I‚ Maggie McCormick‚ am not the most talented musician out of my fellow sopranos‚ I believe that I should be permitted to attend the choral festival because it would help me to grow as a musician‚ it would be a great opportunity for me to develop greater bonds with my fellow attendees‚ and it would be a fantastic learning experience to hear the way each choir from the southeast sounds. To become a better musician is my top priority. It has been my main goal since my musical
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This guide was created by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer‚ a reading specialist and children’s author. A L S O AVA I L A B L E SOLD MY BROTHER’S KEEPER Tr. ed. 0-7868-5171-6 $15.99 Tr. ed. 0-7868-5173-2 $15.99 Pbk. ed. 0-7868-5174-0 $5.99 “In Cut‚ Patricia McCormick’s debut novel‚ the narrator cuts herself in order to feel something. . . . Her second novel‚ My Brother’s Keeper‚ cuts even more deeply.” —New York Times Book Review HYPERION 114 Fifth Avenue‚ New York‚ NY 10011 Visit us at www.hyperionteens
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