The last third of the book was the most emotional part of the book for many reason's. It is a ride of all emotions not only for the reader but for Lakshmi. The Tone in this story is not like another. Really there is not one tone that could fit this third of the book right. It has a mix of disdainful, angry, indignant, candid. Lakshmi is trying to get by. Just trying to push though it all. Trying to forget it. But as shes trying to do all of this she always seems to have obstacles in her way. "Let me do the calculations for you," she says. She pretends to be adding and subtracting. "Yes," she says. "Its just as I thought. You have at least five more years here with me" (226). "I understand that this wealthy man is one of her regulars. But I will not agree to what she asks. I will do what I have to do to get out of here" (229). Shes fed up with all of this with people lying to her and her being here agents her will. And shes also done with false hope. "The American man says he will come back. He will return. he says, as soon as he can, with the other men and the good police officers who will force Mumtaz to let me go" (251). "Five days have passed, and sill there is no sign of the american" (255). After all this time of being in this Happiness House she doesn't even know what happiness even is anymore but right at the end of the book she realizes what she has been missing and feeling for a long time.
My Review on this book is that for me at some points I found it really hard to read because of what was happening. The author mad a good understanding for the readers of this book what it's really like and how what happened in this story is still going on today. Readers can't help but me moved by this book. I would suggest this to anymore. Not only did this book give me heart throbbing, mad, confused, happy, scared and worried but it was just the right amount of emotions to make this book so interesting to me. I couldn't put it down. Over all I give this book:
I agree with Sarah about how for this part of the book it was hard to find the right tone. So many things we going on and my emotions were on a wavering scale. Candid is a very good word for parts of the book. Though at most parts she was lied to and cheated, there were some parts where people were so straight forward and frank with her. I think it was good for Lakshmi to see the real side to things no matter how bad they were. For example when Monica says "you stupid hill girl, you actually believe what she's told you?"(p.230). Monica lays it all out for her, and for once Lakshmi isn't being lied to or cheated from. There was a lot of disdainfulness throughout the book. Every woman in this book was not being respected even close to as much as they should have been. For example when Lakshmi got out of the train and the men were throwing stones at the bald headed girl. This simply disgusted me and made me hate our nature. Overall Sarah used great words to describe the tone and they were all used many times throughout the book.
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ReplyDeleteI completely agree with both of you girls, you both had great insight on the story and even changed my view on a couple things. Paloma i like how you said that it was good for her too see the real world because she was so sheltered in her little mountain life. I think you both had strong ideas on the book and resarched it all very well.