What Is Raphael's Life On The Dumpsites

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Good Morning, Today I would like to talk to you about relationships in In the very first chapter Raphael tells the reader, “I am a trash boy with style.” this concludes that even though Raphael is a trash boy he is proud of it and may be a little better off in some ways compared to other boys living on the dumpsite. He is not only a boy but an important part of his family and later on in the book when Raphael is taken by the police we figure out that he is the core of his community. The people living on the dumpsite are, yes, fighting for their own lives but have formed a tight community around themselves, they are a group, just like people living at Central Station or around Colva Prison. Raphael fights poverty, not having enough food, Rapheal

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