The novel Trash written by Andy Mulligan is about three boys Raphael, Gardo and Rat living in a dumpsite. That handles with the best and rough of what it is like to be a human being existing in a world of unfairness. The theme of courage and corruption influenced friendships in different ways. The characters that show this is Sister Olivia, a temporary housemother, and Rat.
Courage influences friendship when Raphael, Gardo and himself where in the cemetery and found a little girl named Pia Dante, who was a ghost. They helped her out of there, found a shack, and ate chicken and rice, as they were hungry. Rat saw Pia was starving and in bad shape than any of the boys, he shows courage by, “He knew what to do, he made her eat really slow, mixing
Courage influences friendship when Raphael, Gardo and himself where in the cemetery and found a little girl named Pia Dante, who was a ghost. They helped her out of there, found a shack, and ate chicken and rice, as they were hungry. Rat saw Pia was starving and in bad shape than any of the boys, he shows courage by, “He knew what to do, he made her eat really slow, mixing