Danny Boyle's Trash Theme

There are several connections between the book “Trash” written Andy Mulligan and “Millions” directed by Danny Boyle as the basis is very similar. Some of the similarities in the themes of the two texts are - Poverty, Friendship & Greed. These points are some of many that you can compare the two texts with.

The first of the Comparisons between the two texts is poverty, In “Trash” the Main characters (Raphael, Gardo and Rat) are all living in a town called Behala, which in the book is a very poverted town in Manila. In millions this is the opposite as the Protagonist, Damien wants to give money to the poor as he has found money which he believes has come from God. An example of the poverty in “Trash” is the fact that the main characters
In “Trash” greed in shown in Senator Zapantas actions when he got given money to donate towards the poor parts of Manila. In millions, the basis is quite different in which the protagonist (Daiman) was in his cardboard house and then all of a sudden the roof concaves and what does it is a bag full of money. Daiman at first believes God was giving him it but then finds out where it really came from. The example of Greed in “Trash” is when Senator Zapanta got given six million dollars to put in to the poor parts of Manila, unfortunately Senator Zapanta has other ideas on what he wants to do with the money, so he decides to put the money towards his own funds and keep it in his basement. “ Jose Angelico - ‘He told me he liked to have six million there, because six million filled the shelves.’ ” (A. Mulligan, Page 206-207, 2010) In millions the main character, Daiman was in his cardboard house when all of a sudden he finds around two hundred and thirty thousand pounds, he believes it was sent from god to give to all of the poor people in the world. His brother Anthony however, had different ideas on what to do with the money. Such as - Buying property & bribing people. When a charity comes to Daimans school and asks for donations of money, Daiman gives them a roll of money. he then tells Anthony what he did. Anthony then goes mad and tells Daiman the backstory of where the money came from, which has a similar story to “Trash” in which the money was robbed from the government. except in “Millions” the money was not stolen by the government and it was actually going to be burnt anyway. Soon the school find out and ask where they found the money, they both say where they found it and they are allowed to keep it. The theme of Greed is one of the reasons that both stories come around. Both texts have a very strong theme of greed and both of the main characters think the opposite of greed and give to the poor, with the