reader to the main character‚ Raphael Fernandez. Raphael‚ a fourteen year old dumpsite boy narrates this part of the story and it entails many interesting ideas about the Behala dumpsite. Raphael and his best friend Gardo spend their days searching the endless amounts of rubbish that cover acres of land. They live knee deep in trash along with many others‚ including children. We find out that most families start their children trash searching as soon as they can walk. Raphael describes himself as “a trash
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A common theme in literature is that of the tragic hero‚ a character that has suffered due to a flaw in his or her own self. Antigone by Sophocles has a few examples of this trope. King Creon excellently fits this mold of tragic hero. The flaw that makes Creon a tragic hero is his paranoia. Creon often believes his citizens and even close friends and relatives are out to get him. He is convinced that there are “anarchists putting their heads together’ in opposition to his rule all over the city
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Trash Trash by Andy Mulligan‚ an important event in the book is when the police go to the dumpsite looking for the bag. This event is important because it make Raphael‚ Gardo and Rat curious‚ it also makes the police angry because they can’t find the bag. The last reason is that it’s a catalyst to other events in the story. The story is about three boys in a third world country who earn a living by picking through rubbish. One day they find a bag‚ the contents of it put them into a terrifying
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While Raphael has Apollo‚ Okenwa helps him put the eye drops in because Raphael can’t. Okenwa and Raphael were having fun hanging out with each other‚ but then Raphael’s eyes healed. Okenwa thinks to himself “I wish he had not healed so quickly” (Adichie‚ p. 6). Okenwa was having so much fun with Raphael and didn’t want it to end. Everything has to eventually come to an end or else it didn’t happen. Okenwa still wanted to take care of Raphael‚ he still wanted to talk about movies with Raphael and he
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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 never stop trying and is a key idea that strengthens this book. Raphael found a small leather bag and chose
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analyzing the sketching Raphael completed before the final oil painting of the Alba Madonna‚ the viewer can depict the theory of why he began this piece with a drawing. Our book does explain the step by step process of how the elements of Raphael’s drawings were used to form the final composition of the Alba Madonna. Raphael utilized drawing before committing to any canvas because it helped him brainstorm or allow him to make his first draft of the piece. The materials Raphael needed for his drawings
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outside the dumpsite. We see these values in the three characters‚ Raphael‚ Gardo and Rat also known as Jun Jun‚ and how these values influence and develop the characters throughout the novel. Friendship is introduced into the novel almost from the very beginning. It is through the bonds of friendship that allow the residents of Behala to survive and work together. The story opens with Raphael and Gardo working on the dumpsite where Raphael says in part one chapter one “Gardo’s my partner‚ and we always
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“Nope‚ you’re too new for me to do that just yet‚ I’m just curious‚” I exclaim. Raphael stares and says “Well I think the person that impacted me the most so far was this guy named Xavier.” He pauses. “I went to a different school before this one and everyone always made fun of me because I am missing one leg.” He takes off his artificial
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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‚ Gardo and Rat starting
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Merrier" begins with the two main characters Emily Stringer and Raphael Thumbs professing their love to each other and agreeing to marry. They were so enamored to one another that Raphael wanted the wedding to take place immediately that night or the following day but to which Emily countered because it was so soon. She still had to shop for a trousseau and the banns (declarations made in church) that take three weeks to complete. Raphael then expressed his desire to begin a new life "cut off from everyone
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