novel Olivia recounts her trip to Colva Prison with the boys. She begins this section explaining how she “fell in love” with the Behala children and the “eyes looking at me‚ and the smiles” (p.78). She goes on to share that visiting “the mountains of trash‚ and the children… is a thing to change your life” (p.78). Olivia’s thoughts immediately position the reader to understand the depth of her affection for the Behala children and her desire to care for them. Her compassionate nature is further reinforced
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Trash Essay Sometimes you must commit wrongs to do the right thing. Trash‚ written by Andy Mulligan is a novel set in an unnamed third world country. Three dumpsite boys discover a wallet containing a note‚ key‚ 11‚00 pesos and an ID card in Belhala Dump while trash picking. They soon find themselves running from the police‚ cracking codes‚ investigating clues‚ experiencing an interrogation and even shopping in the hope of righting a terrible wrong. Through an analysis of characterisation‚ point
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Brayan Aguilar In the novel "Trash" by Andy Mulligan‚ tells the story of three young boys named‚ Raphael‚ Gardo and Jun Jun but goes by Rat‚ live upon the acres of Trash in Behala (dumpsite) going through it hoping to find anything they can sell or recycle. Their lives are rugged‚ poverty stricken‚ unadventurous. This changes when Raphael and Gardo find something in the trash in which‚ turned out to be a bag with eleven thousand pesos and a wallet in which contains the ID of man named Jose Angelico
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Essay Topic: Mulligan presents what life is like for disadvantaged dumpsite dwellers. How does he do this? Andy Mulligan‚ the author of the novel ‘Trash’‚ uses multiple techniques to bring the reader into the perspective of disadvantaged dumpsite dwellers. His text is in the form of a first person narrative and this helps to make the text more personal. Also‚ the use of descriptive writing and familiarity appeals to a reader’s sensibilities and invites them to look at the story from a different position
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The novel ‘Trash’ by Andy Mulligan is based on three dumpsite boys‚ Raphael‚ Rat and Gardo‚ who make a living on the Behala dumpsite‚ collecting anything recyclable. One day‚ Raphael finds something that is both dangerous and mysterious that even the police are desperate for it‚ they are even rewarding each family working and living on the dumpsite‚ money. Raphael‚ Rat and Gardo’s decision to keep the item from the police and solve the mystery themselves‚ led them to frightening consequences‚ but
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should be able to trust being corrupt behind our backs? The book Trash by Andy Mulligan outlines the problems people face dealing with corruption and abuse of power. It includes various examples of inequality‚ immoral behaviour and abuse of power. Sadly this wretched behaviour is often found in many countries‚ and many people face it on a daily basis. Who knew somebody could learn so much from a fictional novel. The book Trash has many examples of the police abusing their power. Shouldn’t police
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The book “Trash” ends with the protagonists Raphael‚ Gardo and Rat starting their new life together. In the course of the novel‚ they faced many challenges and their friendships grow. Each character has qualities‚ which helped build this friendship. The many qualities they present as individuals allow them to out smart and allude the police. Thought the book strangers become friends and accomplish tasks that the average dumpsite boy couldn’t dream of. It all starts when Raphael and Gardo discuss
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‘Trash’‚ written by Andy Mulligan‚ demonstrates some examples of how looks can be deceiving. In the novel‚ Jun is seen by others as being unintelligent but he is actually smart. José Angelico stole six million dollars from senator Zapanta but he did it to help the people who deserve it. Finally Raphael is a very strong‚ clever boy even though he looks naïve‚ therefore looks can be deceiving in ‘Trash’. Firstly‚ Jun Jun is a very poor looking boy in the dumpsite‚ conversely he has money and a big
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Andy Mulligan’s 2010 Novel Trash explores the vital idea of poverty demonstrated by the condition Behala a trash dump‚ the area Gardo‚ Raphael and Rat call home‚ it appears a desparately squalid land where the most impoverished people dig through mountains of garbage to carve out a livelihood for themselves and their families. Andy mulligan persuades throughout the book that status or wealth does not affect anyone’s resourcefulness. The boys teach us about resourcefulness and how we should
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than creation.’ (p.202) At the end of ‘Trash’‚ Raphael‚ Gardo and Rat begin a new life. Describe the qualities of each character and how their friendship helped them overcome their hardships. Trash (2010)‚ a novel by Andy Mulligan‚ ends with the protagonists Raphael
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