Summary Of Andy Mulligan's Trash

Characterisation is a vivid description of a person's appearance and character. This is presented through their actions, speech or thought. The novel 'A New Kind of Dreaming' by Anthony Eaton uses characterisation to portray the issue of abuse of authority and power through the antagonist Sergeant Butcher. Sergeant Butcher is a powerful high ranked policeman in the isolated town Port Barren. The author urges us to question whether we would report the crimes with the repercussions that would follow, or to keep quiet.

By creating a characterization the author is giving the reader a sense of what or who the character is through the text.In order to do this the author can tell the reader exactly what the person is like by stating their personality traits, appearance, etc. This direct characterization was used in The Crucible when Thomas Putnam was said to be a man of many grievances and a “vindictive nature”. The author can also give an indirect

Our values are an important and valuable part of who we are and make up our personality and influence our choices and our moral framework. Various values are explored and shown clearly clearly in the novel Trash by Andy Mulligan that was first published in 2010. This novel is about three boys brought up on the dumpsite called Behala. The adventure starts when the boys discover objects owned by Jose Angelico. The boys then go out on a quest for justice for Jose Angelico in a world of corruption. Mulligan uses characterisation to show his characters values. Senator Zapanta values money, Rat/Jun Jun values survival and Jose Angelico values justice. Through the characterisation and the values it is easy to filter the good and bad people.

Trash (2010), a novel by Andy Mulligan, ends with the protagonists Raphael, Gardo and Rat starting their new life together. In the course of the novel, they faced many challenges and their friendships grows. Each character has qualities which helped build this friendship.

What are the characters’ emotions, attitudes, and behaviors? What do these indicate to the reader about the character?

Characterisation is important in any short story as it helps to make the story that little bit more appealing, because it’s a short story, it is important to get the characterisation right as we don’t have hundreds of pages to learn about the character, in fact we only really have a page or two, maybe even less depending on the story, we might only have paragraphs to learn about the character. When looking at characterisation in the short story, you have too keep in mind, which character catches your eye? Is it the main character? Is it a supporting character? Why do they appeal to you? How does the author of the short story portray and reveal the character? The idea of characterisation is literally an act of describing certain characteristics,

Global issues are defined as problems relating to public welfare, that affect our world globally (across all nations). In Andy Mulligan’s novel, Trash, we follow the three boys of Behala dump site, (Raphael, Gardo and Rat) as they persevere against malicious forces such as the police, in order to bring justice to the mystery of Senator Zapanta and the millions of stolen international aid money. They accomplish this task by piecing together clues José Angelico left behind, leading them to the aid of other characters such as Gabriel Olondriz and Pia Dante Angelico, whilst defying the police and refusing to give in to their pitiless violence and cold threats. Throughout the novel, we see distinct themes involving global issues such as

At the time the movie was made, for instance, terrorism was at its lowest point it had been in twenty years which clearly resembles Munny’s dormant living style. The Schofield Kid (Jaimz Woolvett) interrupts Munny’s quiescence way of life, trying to get Munny to assist him in the killing of two hooligans that beat an innocent woman until she was bruised. The Schofield Kid was acting as the instigator, which resembles the enemy of terrorism (William Munny). Munny seems unsure of the uncivil act of disobedience until he comes to the conclusion that his family is in dire need of money to pay for the bare necessities of life.

Characterization is a literary element used by the author to present qualities of characters in a literary piece, the purpose of characterization is to make characters credible and make them suitable for the role they play in the work. Authors present various characters possessing dissimilar qualities, to emphasize different aspects of the work. In the novel “The Scarlet Letter”, the author Nathaneil Hawthorn’s depiction of the two male characters, Arthur Dimmesdale and Roger Chillingworth, emphasizes the moral problems of the seventeenth century puritan society. Hence, their different characters contribute vitally to the plot of the novel.

Andy Mulligan’s “Trash” deals with challenging issues, including poverty and children living in third world countries. He uses setting descriptions and rich characters in this book to help the reader to understand poverty and third world countries as it helps the reader to understand the themes in the book. Poverty and third world countries are also presented to the reader as Mulligan uses different language techniques throughout the book like the description of the dumpsite. Sensory language and imagery are the techniques that Mulligan uses to cause the reader to almost physically feel some or all the five senses that Mulligan intends to share with his audience.

• What are the characters’ emotions, attitudes, and behaviors? What do these indicate to the reader about the character?

Illustrations are glorious with rich colors and feels. I could read raw emotions from characters' faces. Characters' backgrounds make them dynamic and real. However, their motivations for robbing households was too Robin Hood for me. I doubted in the morality of their actions, but how could author

Vik Muniz utilizes many materials and means to create art. In Waste Land, he focused on trash as a mean to create art.

Characterisation is a convention that presents the theme difference by using Christopher as a subject to communicate the theme to the readers. Mark Haddon arranges his novelʼs structure and layout to present difference to the audience. In the novel, Mark Haddon creates a story with a suspenseful feeling. The layout structure of the novel is arranged differently than other novels. In the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night time the climax, rising tension, falling tension and conclusion is jumbled together to form a different yet satisfyingly similar form of essay. If one has read the novel one will see that a climax is seen at the very start of the novel. This feature creates a certain tension to the readers. Upon reading a reader will notice another climax when Christopher decided to leave home. This is an unexpected twist of event which most people would find very suspenseful knowing that Christopher has autism. This goes way back to the stereotype that people with autism is ʻdifferentʼ. Even though that may be the case the story teaches its readers that this isnʼt true by showing how Christopher traveled kilometers to see his mother a lady he hasnʼt seen for a long time. During the start of the novel people will find it odd to find a suspenseful moment happening at the start of the novel that is the death of Wellington. From this

Character Analysis: Give your ideas about the main characters(s). Include what you like and dislike about the characters and why they deserve praise or criticism. Does the author intend for you to like/dislike them? How do you know?