Andy Mulligan is a well-known writer who has written 7 books. His second novel, Trash is a first person narrative book about life in a dumpsite for a 14-year-old child, Raphael Fernandez and his friends, Gardo and Jun-Jun. Mulligan gives a descriptive image of life in and around the dumpsite. Trash revolves around a very strong story and is authored by using first person narratives that give us an emotional perspective in to the lives of the character’s everyday life. The story starts with Raphael giving an account of a normal day around the Behala dumpsite sorting trash. One day Raphael finds something astonishing which is extremely valuable and changes his life and turns out to be a mixed blessing. The book has multiple voices in each chapter.
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The first voice in the book is Raphael Fernandez and he gives a brief imagery and characterization of the Behala dumpsite. Then Gardo talks about the police situation and about Raphael.
There are multiple examples of colloquial language in Trash by Raphael saying “His fat face was smiling” and “I wanted that fat pig’s money so bad I was aching.” This shows that Raphael doesn’t use proper language and he normally likes to use slang or disjointed sentences. An example of imagery in the book about Jun-Jun/Rat “The kid was sitting up, just in his shorts, gazing at me with frightened eyes and his big broken teeth sticking out of his mouth.”
Andy Mulligan writes in a way that emotionally touches the readers, for example, “You should see me, dressed to kill. I wear a pair of hacked-off jeans and a too-big T-shirt that I can roll up onto my head when the sun gets bad. I don’t wear shoes- one, because I don’t have any, and two, because you need to feel with your feet”. Raphael works on the dumps, he is confident and smart but sometimes reliant on Gardo. He takes chances and is always ready to fight. This book is recommended for young adults and people who are interested in pragmatic books. Trash is not really suitable for younger ages due to the profanity and
The first voice in the book is Raphael Fernandez and he gives a brief imagery and characterization of the Behala dumpsite. Then Gardo talks about the police situation and about Raphael.
There are multiple examples of colloquial language in Trash by Raphael saying “His fat face was smiling” and “I wanted that fat pig’s money so bad I was aching.” This shows that Raphael doesn’t use proper language and he normally likes to use slang or disjointed sentences. An example of imagery in the book about Jun-Jun/Rat “The kid was sitting up, just in his shorts, gazing at me with frightened eyes and his big broken teeth sticking out of his mouth.”
Andy Mulligan writes in a way that emotionally touches the readers, for example, “You should see me, dressed to kill. I wear a pair of hacked-off jeans and a too-big T-shirt that I can roll up onto my head when the sun gets bad. I don’t wear shoes- one, because I don’t have any, and two, because you need to feel with your feet”. Raphael works on the dumps, he is confident and smart but sometimes reliant on Gardo. He takes chances and is always ready to fight. This book is recommended for young adults and people who are interested in pragmatic books. Trash is not really suitable for younger ages due to the profanity and