Question “Novels are important because they teach us about other people and other places. How does the novel Trash do this?”
When reading novels it is important that we are able to understand different way of life of other people, in other places. In Trash we learn about three Trash boys who make a discovery that will change their lives. Readers learn about the dangers of poverty through the setting of the Behela Prison and the importance of bravery through the character
Raphael. They also learn about what hardship it is to live in Behela through the point of view of Olivia who is a english traveler. This novel teaches readers that it is very fortunate to live in a first world country.
It is difficult to imagine what it must be like to live in a city like Behela.
In Trash, Raphael is a dumpsite boy whose first hand experience is the cruelty of police corruption. Raphael is taken from his family and beaten by the police for answers and shown no mercy. “I’m going to kill you, you liar!” Raphael was just telling the police that he didn’t find a bag, in which he was beaten some more. This gives the reader the effect of sympathy for Raphael. Hence, we learn about one of the difficulties of being in a unstable government.
One of the most important themes in the novel Trash is The Dangers of Living in Poverty.
The boys live on a rubbish dump and face challenges that children should never have to.
In more than one instance they have to look though human poop. “But all we find is stupp.” “Stupp” means human faeces in their language. The boys are exposed to all different kinds of germs and deceases. We learn that many people around the world face many unhygienic situations. This is something children in a more developed country would not have to go through.
In Trash we learn about the dangers of living in poverty through the setting of the Behela
Dumpsite. This is where Gardo, Raphael and Rat live. They work all day sorting through
Trash trying to find items