Good morning/afternoon students and teachers, I am here to talk to you about how poverty is presented as a main theme in Trash, Andy Mulligan. The definition of poverty is “the state of being extremely poor”. A life of poverty is not a path that’s chosen; those living in poverty are generally born into it. Poverty as a theme is explored throughout Trash.
There are 3 main characters in Trash: Rat, Gardo and Raphael who were all born in poverty. If the boys hadn’t found the wallet, which changed their lives, they would have been doomed to be at Behala for the rest of their lives. When you are born into the cycle of poverty it’s extremely difficult to change the way society treats and looks upon you. Raphael exclaims, “The dangerous bit was going …show more content…
Only someone living in poverty that has no choice would search a rubbish dump to get new clothes “Half the stuff we wear is what we found, but most we pile up, weigh and sell”. Andy Mulligan encourages the readers to feel sympathetic and that the only way the community of Behala makes money is by selling their goods they have scavenged in the piles of rubbish in their backyard. Raphael and the kids that live in Behala are dressed by the rubbish that they are surrounded by.
Rat was born into poverty, which made it very hard for him to escape that cycle. “He lives with the rats and had come to look like one” the use of the simile implies Rat acts like a rat. Andy Mulligan has given Rat, rat like qualities to inform the audience that he is small, thin, fast and allows the readers to visualise the dark squalor that is Rat’s shelter. Can you imagine yourself searching for a place to live, not knowing what’s in there?
So to conclude, poverty is a relevant theme in Andy Mulligan Trash. From the way the author gave one of the main characters the name Rat and their lives dependent on rubbish. “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." Nelson Mandela. Thank
There are 3 main characters in Trash: Rat, Gardo and Raphael who were all born in poverty. If the boys hadn’t found the wallet, which changed their lives, they would have been doomed to be at Behala for the rest of their lives. When you are born into the cycle of poverty it’s extremely difficult to change the way society treats and looks upon you. Raphael exclaims, “The dangerous bit was going …show more content…
Only someone living in poverty that has no choice would search a rubbish dump to get new clothes “Half the stuff we wear is what we found, but most we pile up, weigh and sell”. Andy Mulligan encourages the readers to feel sympathetic and that the only way the community of Behala makes money is by selling their goods they have scavenged in the piles of rubbish in their backyard. Raphael and the kids that live in Behala are dressed by the rubbish that they are surrounded by.
Rat was born into poverty, which made it very hard for him to escape that cycle. “He lives with the rats and had come to look like one” the use of the simile implies Rat acts like a rat. Andy Mulligan has given Rat, rat like qualities to inform the audience that he is small, thin, fast and allows the readers to visualise the dark squalor that is Rat’s shelter. Can you imagine yourself searching for a place to live, not knowing what’s in there?
So to conclude, poverty is a relevant theme in Andy Mulligan Trash. From the way the author gave one of the main characters the name Rat and their lives dependent on rubbish. “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." Nelson Mandela. Thank