Trash

The entire thematic core of Andy Mulligan's Trash is one of seemingly hopeless economic and social desolation. The narrative follows a group of people who live on a dumpsite and make their entire...

There are many themes that you could explain in part 2, chapter 2 of Andy Mulligan's powerful novel Trash. In this section, Raphael is picked up by the cops, and he's extremely mistreated by them....

Trash is a 2010 young adult fiction novel written by British author Andy Mulligan. It tells the story of three poor teenage boys named Gardo, Raphael, and Rat, who pick trash for a living....

A group of impoverished boys in an unidentified developing country—which the author has stated in website is based on the Philippines, particularly the city of Manila—scavenge through a sprawling...

In Trash by Andy Mulligan, Raphael Fernandez lives in the Behala landfill with his "auntie" and his cousins. Their home is a merely a shack, and Raphael spends his days hunting through the garbage,...

Raphael and Gardo are close pals who live and work together on the Behala landfill site. They spend each day desperately trying to eke out a living looking for trash that they can sell for money....

Let's look at the storyline of Trash by Andy Mulligan through the lens of these three themes: poverty, corruption, and friendship. The story begins in the depths of poverty. Raphael Fernandez and...

Over the course of the novel Trash, Raphael never "goes to prison" in the commonly understood meaning. That is to say, he is never convicted of a crime and sentenced to time in prison. However, he...

Trash, a 2011 young-adult novel by Andy Mulligan, takes place in the Philippines, one of the places where the author spent time as a volunteer English teacher. He saw first-hand the harsh reality...

One day, Raphael makes a remarkable discovery. He finds a bag containing a map, a key, and a wallet containing the princely sum of 1,100 pesos. After sharing the money with Gardo, Raphael hides the...

Not necessarily. We need to bear in mind that Rat lived in the station before he came to Behala. He knows the place like the back of his hand, and so it's much less likely that he'll be caught by...

I would argue that Trash is not a story about the consequences of corruption. While the story is realistic in portraying the potential consequences of getting caught after committing crimes and the...