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How Is Corruption Shown In The Book Trash

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In the book Trash, Andy Mulligan shows corruption in many different ways. This book follows the story of three young mischievous boys who are trying find justice in the death of Jose Angelico while trying to survive in their poverty-stricken home. Trash shows us a perfect image of the stressful lives people lives people live in third world countries. Corruption plays a capacious part in this novel just as much as it does in today's society. There are three very evident ways the author has shown corruption, firstly, Andy Mulligan demonstrates corruption through how the police take bribes, secondly, he also shows this with the police being extreme in their methods, lastly, corruption is demonstrated with a man that is very high in power, Senator Zapanta. …show more content…

The corruption in this book is the best explained when Gardo says "if the police think you’ve got something they want they won't stop till they’ve got it from you". This shows that the police will not stop at anything to get something even if it means that they have to do something illegal. Another example showing that the police are extreme in their methods is when Raphael was arrested and tortured by the police for some information. "All I could shout was no. Gardo had asked me – Rat too – did I come close to giving in? And the truth is, no, I didn’t. Page 63. This shows the lengths that the police will go to just for some information. Therefore, the evidence shows helps us understand malfeasance and why it is

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