Trash Summary

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Jose Angelico's daughter

Name: Pia
Age: 9
Gender: female
Eye Color: Brown (???)
Hair Color: Dark brown/black
Sayings: "Serious face, like Gardo's - as if no one had told her to smile"   "my name is Pia Dante Angelico and I'm waiting for my father, Jose Angelico"

Describe a day in the life of a prisoner in Colva Prison. (also Describe an event from 2 points of view.)

To my left, iron cages, to my right iron cages. Everywhere I look there are men, boys, women and girls. The smell is almost unbearable. The guard stops in front of a small cage with an even smaller ledge (presumably to sit on). On the ground there is blood and urine. The strong man shoves me in the cage, and locks the door behind me. "Try not to make to much noise, or else you wont get any food" says a small, squeaky voice behind me as the guards walk away. I turn around and see a small girl, about 10, leaning against the side where our two cages meet. "Oh..." I say, offering my hand through the bars, "Hey, what's your name?" She shakes my hand and introduces herself, as well as why she is in prison.

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"My name's Madeline" I say to the woman, "I have been here a month for stealing a piece of bread and 10 pesos. I get let out in another month" I continue. "For taking that little?" she says, and I nod. I reveal a small, foam ball from my pocket and pass it too the woman. "Look inside" I say. She opens the ball up using her  bare hands and finds a picture of a man, woman and two little girls. "This your family? You must miss them very much." says the woman, passing me back the ball and picture. "Yeah, my mum died a few years ago, and my dad is in the army. My older sister has looked after us since dad left" I say calmly.

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As it grows dark in the large room and the sun sets I tell the little girl about myself. "I'm Grace Olivia Fernandez, and am in here because I supposedly shot my father. My father was a dirty criminal. He was always threatening my mother, attacking me." I say, showing her one of my scars on my arms, "Both my mother and I had had enough of him. They got in a fight, and he attacked her... She grabbed his gun, and shot him." i continue, "she ran from the house and left me. By the time the police had arrived, my dad was dead and my mum long gone. I was sentenced to only a month, so I guess we get out together" I slump on the edge of the cage. "What about your mum? Where is she now?" asked Madeline, and I shrug.

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"Who knows... She could be on the other time of the country..." she says. I stand up straight and go to the door of the cage, "shh, food mans here!" i whisper to her. She also moves to the door of her cage, waiting for the man with the food trolley to come by. He walks past me first, passing me a plate with porridge on it. I sit down, and mumble my grace. After a few minutes he walks past Grace, handing her a plate with porridge as well. She says her grace, and we eat together. After dinner, once pitch black, we lay on the small ledges and slowly fall asleep, waiting for the day where we can be free, where we can go do whatever.

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THE END!!!!

Character Profile

Race: Filipino

Name: Jace

Age: 16

Gender: female

Height: 1.75m

Weight: 65kg

Eye Colour: Blue

Hair Colour: Maroon

Skin Colour: Tanned

Distinguishing features: One eye is a lighter blue than the other, has a scar on her right hand

Hobbies: Writing, drawing

Family: Mother and brother

Educational Background: primary, some of high school

What does the character want out of life: to become an author

What would the character like to change in her life: to live in a proper house, not in a dump

Favourite Sayings: "I may live in a pile of trash, but I'm a human too!"   "Most of my family are uneducated, so whenever they find something with writing on it, I have to tell them what it says"   

When I was young, maybe 5 or 6, my brother was taking me to school. He dropped me off then went back home. As he left, I saw something outside and went to go see what it was. I run over to a small hole, and put my hand in. I pulled out my hand suddenly, it bleeding. I ran back to school and one of the teachers put some antiseptic cream and a bandage on my hand. I still don't know what bit me that day, but it was probably a rat or feral cat, or something like that.

Ever since i could, I have loved writing. Whether it be stories, books, or just scribbling whatever comes into my mind. I have a small, wooden box next to my bed. It has all my writing pieces I have ever written.

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About the locker bay issues....

Dear Mr Rogers,

Our name's are Tom, Bailey, James and Tea. We have been working on a project about our concerns about the state of the year 8 locker bay. Out first concern is about the amount of rubbish around the locker bays, and in the spare lockers. It is disgusting, and can be easily avoided. Some people put their rubbish on the floor right next to the rubbish bin. Some ways that we think we can stop this stupidity, is to have locker bay monitors, to report students littering in the locker bay.

Another thing that has us worried is the space inside the lockers. To fit all your books, bag, and laptop, as well as laptop accessories, is just impossible. If there are eBooks, then why do we still have hard cover ones? They just take up much needed space inside the locker. To fix this problem, we have the idea to install bigger lockers, such as the ones in America. If that is not ideal, we also thought about removing the shelf in the lockers. Students could also pay a monthly fee of 20c to use a second locker.

The final problem in the locker bay, is the amount of locks that are being broken, lost, damaged or swapped with other locks. Students property can be stolen and broken if taken from open lockers. We could install in-built locks, or just tougher locks.

We hope you take some of these ideas into consideration, and try and fix them.

Thanks - Tom, Bailey, James and Tea.

A child who's mother has the black death (in the middle ages)

*writing on a book* When my mother became sick, she could not look after the family properly. When making dinner, she had a coughing fit. My father told my brother to run to the priest and bring him to our small shack. The priest came and told my mum to stay in bed and no-one should come to her side unless to bring food. As the days past she grew sicker and sicker. She got large blue/black spots on her neck, arms and face. A week later, when I went to give her food, she was dead.

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TRASH CHARACTERS

So I'm gonna do a little bio on the four main characters: Rat (Jun-Jun), Gardo, Raphael Fernandez and Jose Angelico.

Raphael Fernandez:

In the very first chapter Raphael tells the reader, “I am a trash boy with style.” this implies 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 discover 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, no proper shelter or getting an education, although he faces these challenges every day and more, Raphael is a small boy with a lot of strength, he wants to get somewhere in life.

Quotes about/by Raphael:

“You should see me, dressed to kill. I wear a pair of hacked-off jeans and a too-big T-shirt that I can roll up onto my head when the sun gets bad. I don’t wear shoes- one, because I don’t have any, and two, because you need to feel with your feet.”

“I was a trash boy since I was old enough to move without help and pick things up. That was what- three years old, and I was sorting.”

“A long time later I would think to myself: Everyone needs a key. With the right key, you can bust the door wide open. because nobody’s going to open it for you.”

Gardo: 

Gardo is like a big brother to Raphael. He is strong and protective, never leaving Raphael’s side. The two go through everything together. Such as when Raphael is arrested, Gardo feels it too, “Gardo was right with me at once, and he was talking fast, saying, “What are you doing? What has he done?” P. 56. This tells the reader just how much Gardo cares about Raphael and throughout the whole book Gardo continues to display his caring nature.

Quotes about/by Gardo: 

“Gardo- the bold boy- put his hand very gently on his [Raphael] arm before turning back to me.”

“Gardo got his arm around me but someone pushed him off… He was screaming at me. Trying to get to me, and a policeman grabbed him by the neck and threw him off.”

Rat (Jun-Jun):

Rat, is a small but clever boy who really does live up to his name. He is fast but sneaky, dirty but charming and is friendly. Rat is always getting things from the mission school as he appears to be sweet and useless. He saves the money that he is giving so, surprisingly is one of the riches people on the dump.

Quotes about/by Rat:

“Rat is a boy- three or four years younger than me. His real name is Jun-Jun. Nobody calls him that, though, because he lived with the rats and has come to look like one. He was the only kid in Behala that I knew of who had no family at all…” P.19

“The kid was sitting up, just in his shorts, gazing at me with frightened eyes and his big broken teeth sticking out of his mouth.”

“I am the best hearer, the best jumper, the best runner-they think I brag, but they know it’s true!”

“Rat saw a once we had to dive back in among them… It was the smarted thing he ever did.”

  

Jose Angelico:

Jose Angelico is a man of mystery in Andy Mulligan’s novel, Trash. The boys, Raphael, Gardo and Rat, discover little bits and pieces about Jose as they strive to uncover the secret of his murder. We know only small bits about Jose, one of which is in chapter seven, part four. This is where Frederico Gonz, a grave memorial maker tells the reader all he knows about about Jose and his family as he made memorials for his daughter, son, and Jose himself. Also near the start of the adventure the information they find in the purse tell the reader details about Mr. Angelico.  A man of the age 33, unmarried and living in Green Hills, employed as a houseboy, and does not appear to be wealthy in any way.

Quotes about Jose Angelico:

“I met Jose Angelico the way I meet many of my customers. I have a workshop on the cemetery road, just past the coffin makers. I specialize in the small, simple stone. I am very aware that my clients have next to nothing, and renting the grave has often taken most of their money. So I modify and modify and get down to the very lowest cost. The dead, however, must have that stone: the reminder, the eternal reminder, that this man, this woman, this child—existed. On some of the graves the name is marked in paint, or even pen, and everyone knows how sad that is. Make something out of stone, I say, and no one touches the grave. The poor are not buried, you see. There is not enough ground here anymore, so in the Naravo they build upwards. The graves of the poor are concrete boxes, each just big enough for the coffin. They go up and up—in some parts twenty boxes high. A funeral here is to slide the coffin in and watch the sealing of the compartment. Part of my service is that I cement the stone that I’ve made into place, and thus seal the chamber.”

Raphaels Aunt's Letter to the Police

Also a little different, and might not be good, but I have to do this for English:

To whom it may concern, 

I wish for the release of my nephew, Raphael Fernandez, from your custody. He was taken by your officers yesterday, even though he has not broken the law.

My nephew is only a child, and doesn't deserve this at such a young age. He is innocent, stupid child and knows no better. Just let him go, and he should've learnt his lesson. You will never see him again in your custody for he is such a nice, well-behaved, trash boy.

Please, please, I am begging you to release my nephew. He is only twelve and has the rest of his life a head of him, the rest of his life to right is wrongs, the rest of his life to do good. Please don't ruin his childhood.

-Charito Fernandez 












(maybe her name??)

Boy Attacked In Police Station

A young trash-boy, Raphael, was found cut and bruised from a deadly encounter in a police station. He claims he was punched, kicked and hung out a window by police when he was taking for interrogation. The young boy, only aged 12, was taken from the Behala dump site by police with force. He was taken to the police station for questioning, and came out dirty and bleeding. So, what now? So what are the police going to handle these charges? If they turn out to be true, then what will the police gonna do with Raphael? All we can hope is that nothing like this happens again, especially to someone at such a young age.

TRASH = Response to Text Part 4 – Chapters 1 to 7

Chapter 1 – Rat

1. Why did Rat and Raphael quickly leave the canal? Because the police were coming
2. What was ‘the river of blue’ that Rat was talking about? the swarm of police 
3. Why did Gardo walk to Colva prison? To get the bible from the prison guard. What bad news did Gardo bring back? That it would cost 2000 pesos. Why was this a problem?  Because they had no money.
4. How did Rat manage to get the money? he got the money from the school safe at Behala. Why did he feel bad about this and how did he try to make it more acceptable? He felt bad because the people at the school were always so nice to him. He tried to make it better by leaving a drawing, to try to explain who took it.
5. Why did Rat have to rush to get the money? Because he didn't want to get caught by father Julliard or the police.

Chapter 2 – Gardo

1. Why were the boys so scared of being found by the police? because they thought the police would break every bone in there bodies, slow and mean, loving it.
2. Who was Marco and what happened to him? he was the prison guard who helped Gardo, Raphael & Rat get Gabriel’s Bible
3. Why was Gardo angry at him? because he wouldn't get the bible at the meeting with Gabriel

Chapter 4 – Raphael

1. Why was the Bible so useful to the boys? they used it to solve the code and determine where the money was

Chapter 5 – Jun-Jun (Rat)

1. What precautions did Rat make earlier that helped the boys to quickly escape now? he talked with the street kids to get to know the area

Chapter 6 – Raphael

1. The boys’ escape was made easier in 2 ways. What were these? the policeman with the gun was slow and Rat knew the area.

Chapter 7 – Frederico Gonz

1. Who was Frederico and how is he involved in the story? he made the grave stones for Jose's wife, son and daughter.
2. Read the 4 newspaper articles.  Explain how each has a different point of view of the situation concerning the loss of the money. STAR EXTRA: is about the police 'closing in' on the crime. INQUIRER: talks about how Zapanta is dealing with the theft. DAILY STAR: is the view from someone important on the amount of money Zapanta had. UNIVERSITY VOICE: is how people are taking the amount of money the vice-president had/has.

TRASH = Response to Text Part 3 – Chapters 1 to 10

Chapter 1 – Olivia

1. How did Olivia come to work at Behala? she came to the city intending to stay for a few days, get over her jet lag, then fly on to meet up with friends for a month or so of swimming and surfing. But when she visited Behala, she decided to stay.
2. What story did the boys give Olivia to get her to agree to take them to the prison? that Gardo's grandpa was in prison and that he wanted to go visit him
3. Why do the boys really want to visit Gabriel Olondriz? to work out the code from the envelope

Chapters 3 to 5 – Olivia

1. Describe the events leading up to Gabriel Olondriz’ incarceration. Senator Zapanta stole it, and I tried to prove he stole ti. It never went to court, because the senator quickly counter-sued. I ended up charged and prosecuted. I was convicted - my appeals were laughed at. Life imprisonment I got.

Chapter 6 – Gardo

1. How do you think the story ends for Olivia? she keeps working in the mission school, probably for the rest of her life.

Chapter 7 – Olivia

1. Who is Dante Jerome? Gabriel's son

Chapter 8 – Raphael

1. What did Rat have that surprised Raphael? lots of money
2. What dream does Rat have for the boys? that they go to Sampalo Island and live out there lives fishing

Chapter 9 – Rat

1. Where did the boys go? they went to the vice-presidents house
2. Describe the house. it was all black and white wood, like stripes and crosses, with many windows. there was a golden dome in the middle. at each end stood a tower with battlements, and our country's flags were waving proudly. Every else there were fussy little spires and statues. There was a great big fountain too.
3. How does the old man think Jose Angelico stole 6 Million Dollars? in a fridge

Chapter 10 – Olivia

1. How are Gabriel Olondriz, Dante Jerome and Jose Angelico related? Gabriel is Dante's father and Jose's grandpa