Literary Devices

Flat Characters- Taman’s wife ( pg.4) She is an inspiration to somaly and only appears at the beginning of the novel.

Round character-Somaly she learns to not express her feelings because she knows that it will result in her getting beaten.

Hyperbole: “I remember the earthenware jars being enormous, almost as tall as I was” (page 6) – Here she is comparing a jar to the height of herself which is a major exaggeration.

Fragments: “The Roads. The motorcycles. All The noise” (page 8) - This is a Fragment because she is at a loss for words so she has to make choppy sentences.

Personification: “Her teeth were filed into sharp points” (page 4) - This is personification because she is comparing sharp point to the women’s teeth.

Metaphor: pg. 57 "We were garbage in life and grabage in death" After one of Somaly's fellow prostitutes was shot right in fron of everyone for not obeying, she comes to the realization that they were all disposable, like garbage.

Personification: pg. 119 "Nature will protect you." Pierre refers to nature as a living thing saying that it will protect Somaly from danger in the steets of Frence.

Simile: pg, 44 "I thought she looked hideous, like a demon or some kind of evil spirit." Somaly is refering to Aunty Nop. Nop was the person who took Somaly to a brothel for the first time.

Personification: pg. 44 "She is a new chicken, fresh from the country." Somaly's first time at a brothel, Aunty Peuve refers to her as a new chicken meaning a new prostitute.

Personification: pg. 44 "I went into the room, feeling frightened, as if i had been locked in a place with a hungry wild animal." Somaly explains what she feels her first time being a prostitute. She refers to the man as a wild animal.

Paradoox: pg. 46 " I missed having my real mother to love me and hated her for not being there." Somaly expresses her aggrivation towards her mother. She contradicts herself saying that she misses her but she hates her.