There are many examples of how Lalu feels powerless in this book. When she was sold for two bags of seed, in order for her family not to starve, the bandits kidnap and beat Lalu, then sell her to Madam. She tries to think of ways to escape, but when she finally does, she is soon captured in a bat cave where she was hiding. Ding says to her, ?Don?t you understand, you cannot escape your fate?? (Page 77) She is powerless to escape.

Later, when she arrives at the saloon where she has been sold into slavery, she sees ?bearded demon miners? like the coyotes she heard howling in the night. And she was their prey.? (Page 123) Again, she feels powerless to get away from these ?demons.?

On page 164, after Charlie wins Lalu from Hong King in a poker game, Lalu still feels powerless in her

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