![]() ![]() ![]() When she appraises her appearance, Lakshmi feels like a different person, with "black-rimmed tiger eyes, a mouth red as a pomegranate, and flowing hair like the tiny gold-pants woman in the TV." Initially, Lakshmi feels beautiful and powerful, like a tiger, and glamourous, like a movie star. The women in the brothel apply makeup to Lakshmi's face. The girl's visible tension and distress remind Lakshmi of a bat clinging to a branch-a familiar, rural image. When a new girl enters Happiness House, Lakshmi observes she is "clenching her feet inside her new shoes like a poor frightened bat clinging to a branch.” For Lakshmi and the nameless new girl, both entering the Happiness House and wearing shoes were novel, painful experiences. ![]() Buy Study Guide "like a poor, frightened bat" (Simile) ![]()
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