Analysis Of The Document 'Waste Land'

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Document “Waste Land” define the problem of environment and mostly people that weren’t “Lucky” enough and social class differences. There are lots of people work as “pickers” which they pick up the recyclable materials from the Landfill trash and make money based on these “trash” and directly help the environment.
One of the artist growing up in a very poor family and now have become success, which he wants to help others and give it back to the society in a form of art. He went to the landfill and getting to know pickers life and have the idea that drawing portraits of the pickers using trash from the landfill and give revenues back to them to achieve their dreams in life, one of the picker wants to open a library so people have the chance

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