A Teenage Girl's Guide to Surviving Sex Slavery

This story was one of the more powerful ones in the book.  It illustrates how sex slavery is very real and makes the reader really think about the harsh realities of sex slavery.  The girl narrator in the story describes very vividly some events that could potentially happen to anybody around the world.  For example she describes how she first became a sex slave, and how she watched her friends get taken to never be seen again.  She says, "My best friends were all screaming and crying."  This is the last image of her friends that she would ever see again, which really captures the essence of what is going on.  The story is supposed to be a guide to teenage girls all over the world who are or will be sex slaves.  She tells the reader how to act to their captor, and how you should never look them in the eyes or call them by their name.  She has a bunch of rules on how to act and what to do if you find yourself in that sort of situation, but basically the gist of the guide is just to never let the man be satisfied.  The last rule she gives is, "No one can take anything from you if you do not give it to them."  This is the overall summary of all the other rules.  This means to never give the captor any satisfaction as long as you can help it.  It means if you never let down your guard, never feel bad for him, and never look at him or call him his name, then the man can take nothing from you.  The girl also promotes trying to escape whenever the opportunity is presented, and she says it is worth trying even if there is a risk of dying.  I believe this story is meant to give people hope if they ever become a sex slave, and it is also about the awareness of sex slavery.  All of the rules include some sort of detail that captures some sort of aspect of sex slavery and causes the reader to feel sympathy for the girls.  This raises the awareness of the issue and could potentially reduce the amount of girls sold as slaves every year.