Anita begs Lakshmi to get out of bed because Mumtaz is going to send her away otherwise. I never knew that Anita really cared about Lakshmi, and I don't think that Lakshmi knew this either. Lakshmi and Anita are some of the oldest girls here now. Lakshmi realizes that Anita needs her, so she finally gets up. I am so glad that Lakshmi got up, and that her and Anita are becoming closer. Lakshmi really needs a new friend. I only fear that if she becomes to close to Anita something will happen to take Anita away.
Lakshmi wants to get out of the house. She decides to be with every man and any man to get out of here sooner. Lakshmi has changed so much. I am glad that she is trying to get out, but I don't really think that being with any man will help pay off her debt to Mumtaz. Mumtaz will find ways to keep her there. When one drunk man falls asleep, she even digs through his wallet and steals more money. I don't think that the old Lakshmi would have done that. Stealing is wrong, but at the same time, so is what he does to her. It is such a twisted cycle. I hope Lakshmi can get out of this place soon.
There is a boy who brings a cart with tea and drinks that the girls can buy. All of the girls love to buy tea, but Lakshmi always refrains. The boy finds this curious. Eventually he starts leaving her tea for free. I think the boy feels bad for Lakshmi but likes her at the same time. He even ended up giving her a bottle of coke. Lakshmi also starts to like the boy. When he got in trouble for not having the money from the coke, she borrowed money from Mumtaz to pay for it. I think this shows how much she likes him. She has decided to be with every man and any man to make enough money to leave this place, but when someone she knows gets into trouble, she is still compassionate enough to help him out. Whenever he gets switched to a different route, he tells Lakshmi it is not her fault. As he leaves, Lakshmi gives him a hug and secretly slips him the card the American gave her and asks him to find the men who promised to take her home. I am so glad Lakshmi decided to go! I don't think that the Americans are evil. I think that Mumtaz just started that rumor to make the girls stay when the Americans come. I hope that they come to save Lakshmi...
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Anita turned out to be a nice person after all, despite her contorted appearance and demeanor.
Good point about the "stealing" incident. It shows just how far Lakshmi has come, and how much she has changed from her old self. I guess it was bound to happen.
The boy who brings tea every day was a character the author used to replace the David Beckam boy. I thought it was sort of apparent that the author is trying to fill that void with the boy that sells tea. It's a character that has total freedom and can come and go while Lakshmi has to stay.
We see the author write this character out of the script and disappear. A familiar theme.
Mr. Farrell
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