Time line (Assignment 5)

1. Lakshmi is living in Nepal in the village
2. Lakshmi has her first period and her mother tells her what she needs to know
3. They go a long time without raining, which is when they ration water
4. The stepfather sells Lakshmi's cucumbers; he gambles and loses the money instead of getting something the family needs
5. The rain comes, but it does not stop raining after eight days and nights, which is bad
6. They go to a festival, where Lakshmi sees Auntie Bimla for the first time; she is described as a delicate stranger, a yellow cloud city woman
7. She is given the news that she has to go work as a maid in the city
8. They take her to Bajai Sita's were "Auntie Bimle" judges her but she still gets sold
9. They go through many villages were they have to walk, until they meet Uncle Husband
10. Lakshmi gets trafficked by Uncle Husband
11. They get to happiness house, were she goes in a room with a rope bed, a fan, and iron bars
12. After they watch TV, they transform Lakshmi using make-up
13. She notices that she was not there to work as a maid when she gets pushed towards the old man.
14. She wants to leave the Happiness House, but she can't
15. She gets locked up in a room without food for many days
16. She gets drugged by Mumtaz and she has her fist sexual experience with Habib
17. She is changed into another room, were there are other girls pretending to live a normal life
18. She meets the David Beckham Boy, the kid that taught Lakshmi to read
19. She spends the night with a guy that gives her kindness accidentaly
20. A strange costumer gives her an american card
21. The police goes and Shahanna gets kidnapped
22. Lakshmi shows Mumtaz her calculations and she makes fun of her and tells her she will be there for at least five more years
23. She dedicates herself to getting out of there by being with men
24. The street boy that would give Lakshmi a cup of tea got beat up and was given another route; she gives him the american card
25. A different American arrives with a digital camera and asks her if she wants to leave Happiness House; she agrees
26. There is a raid were the American comes back with different people and they save Lakshmi; this all happened because of the street boy, who called the american =D