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7 Eng Trash Theme of Poverty Activity

The document provides a summary of the theme of poverty in Andy Mulligan's novel Trash through analyzing several quotes from the book. It examines what each quote reveals about the experience of poverty in the story and what the author wants readers to understand. Specifically, the quotes demonstrate that the characters live in extreme poverty without basic necessities, children are forced to work at a young age to survive, some kids have nothing without charity, and the poor feel they cannot trust authorities. The overall analysis is that Mulligan aims to convey to readers the harsh realities and unfair hardships faced by those living in poverty through the experiences of the characters in Trash.

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7 Eng Trash Theme of Poverty Activity

The document provides a summary of the theme of poverty in Andy Mulligan's novel Trash through analyzing several quotes from the book. It examines what each quote reveals about the experience of poverty in the story and what the author wants readers to understand. Specifically, the quotes demonstrate that the characters live in extreme poverty without basic necessities, children are forced to work at a young age to survive, some kids have nothing without charity, and the poor feel they cannot trust authorities. The overall analysis is that Mulligan aims to convey to readers the harsh realities and unfair hardships faced by those living in poverty through the experiences of the characters in Trash.

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The theme of poverty in Andy Mulligan’s Trash

Complete the table below. Use full sentences for your answers.

Quote What does this example tell us about poverty in Trash? Based on this example, what does the author want
readers to think about poverty?

‘There’s a lot of things hard to come by in our Many of the characters in Trash live in such poverty that Andy Mulligan wants the audience to believe that it is
sweet city, and one of the things too many they don’t have access to sanitary living conditions. unfair that some people are forced to live in such awful
people don’t have is toilets and running water.’ conditions because they have so little money.

‘I was a trash boy since I was old enough to That kids are so poor that they have to start working at a That these kids have a very hard life and they have to work
move without help and pick things up… three very early age so they make a small income. at a very young age.
years old, and I was sorting.’

‘The thing about Rat was, he had nobody,  That some kids have nothing, but still persist every day,  
because he’d come from some place way out of this shows hope and courage.  That all of these kids are strong, grateful and hopeful, and
the city - and if it hadn’t have been for the have a connection to the character.
Mission School he’d have been dead.’

“He’s rich enough to send her to school,” sad That they can't afford new clothes and see how everyone He is trying to make the reader feel sorrow and try to build
Rat. “That’s a school dress”. else can which makes them feel sad. a strong connection with the reader

‘I’d never had any trouble with the police before It seems that the government does not take good care of That the police dislike poor people and think they can beat
then… but everyone knows not to trust too far. the people in poverty and the police are untrustworthy. them around.
What if they just took it and drove off laughing?
What was I going to do to stop them?’
Can you find some quotes of your own?

Quote What does this example tell us about poverty in Trash? Based on this example, what does the author want
readers to think about poverty?

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