Author: Andy Mulligan
Pages: 0 - 115
Prompts: 1) What surprises you in this story? Explain why. 2) Describe the main characters. 3) Are the characters realistic (do they seem like they could be real people)? Why
or why not?
Spoiler Alert!
The thing that so far surprised me the most was Raphael not cracking while being interrogated. I think this because he's a 12 year old boy and was getting beat. He was hit many, many times started bleeding a lot. Also, he was hung out a building window from several stories, yet he never gave in. He never gave in just to protect him and his family/friends even though he knows someone died during an interrogation.
The two main characters are Raphael and Gardo. They have similar characteristics as in they are both really skinny, they are smart, and they wear ragged clothes. Raphael is a shorter build, while Gardo is a bigger build. Gardo is like a older brother to Raphael, he watches over Raphael.
I think the characters could be real people. I think this because there are people similar to them in the world. There are people in the who have little food, money, family, and have to dig through trash. In this book at almost any age people have the same trait and have to do the same. The only difference would be these people have a job at eight and their job is to dig through trash. Kids at eight don't have jobs and there aren't jobs where people dig through trash to sell it.
I too read the book Trash, Joseph, and I thought it was really good. I agreed with you when you said the characters could be real people, with a little exaggerated characteristics, like their jobs. I especially think this to be possible if this story were to take place in a futuristic society which it obviously did. This was another good blog of yours Joseph. Keep it up!
ReplyDeleteI did not read the book trash, yet I thought that this was a really good blog because it did not really spoil the book at all and I liked the part were he did not confess because that was probably really surprising.
ReplyDeleteI did not read the book "Trash" either but you did a good job not spoiling the book. I also think the part that was interesting was when a Raphael did not confess to protect his family and friends.
ReplyDeleteI have not read the book "Trash" but you did a good job at telling us what surprise you in the book and why. As well you did a good job at telling us why you thought the characters are realistic.
ReplyDeleteI loved 'Trash' when I read it! Are you sure there aren't kids in the world who don't pick through trash as a job?
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