In Trash, the boys must rely on each other in order to survive. To what extent do you agree with this statement?
In the novel ‘Trash’, Andy Mulligan clearly demonstrates the importance of being able to rely on each other in order to survive. The trio, Gardo, Raphael and Rat, all bear many physical and mental scarring all for a single purpose, to provide justice to those who are neglected of all human rights, through this journey they stick together and form a brother-esc relationship, they take back the money that was rightfully theirs and give it back to those who needed it most. Mulligan displays the importance of sticking together and relying on each other through the ‘trash boys’’ friendship, the struggles that the boys together endure, and the boy’s combined solidarity and resilience.
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In the novel, the trash boys are faced by the corrupt and fraudulent political figure Senator Zapanta and seek justice for the underprivileged by taking back the money that he stole. Without the special friendship that the boys share, they would be incapable of exposing the corrupt politician. The boys faced the brutality of police and government officials, they endured beatings sometimes almost to the point of death all for the justice of those who are taken advantage of, the underprivileged. Mulligan used this to show that if one works together in unity with others that it possible to achieve anything that they put their mind
The different groups of friends were completely different from each other. There was the group that wanted to be popular and get all the girls with a party, and there was a group that had all the music records that the other needed. That was the group that was trying to make money as well. Both parties also wanted girls. The fact that these two groups had seemingly presented themselves as gangs shows how much they wanted to be apart from each other. The gangs symbolized the separatism of the youth. The catch to their separateness is that they really needed one another to get what they wanted. The one group needed music and the other group needed money. They ended up making a deal with each other, which was conspired by Bacc. The fact that they were able to come together like that symbolized that they really should be together.
When it comes to friendship, personality type, race, and age are trivial matters; Brent’s strong bonds with Emil, the African American children, and the painter prove this. However, the idea of looking beneath the surface applies to not only the characters of the story, but also real people in our world. Humans need to learn how to accept everyone the way they are, for mankind is simply too judgemental. Paul Fleischman is trying to warn humanity about the many consequences that can occur if people continue to refuse to embrace one another’s flaws and faults. No one is perfect, so why judge? Just like Brent’s whirligigs’ interconnected parts, the world and all its people are linked together in a way that people should be able to feel the truth of a relationship regardless of each other’s outer appearances and characteristics.
In conclusion, ‘The Inner Circle’ focuses on the harmony achieved by the two juvenile boys whose relationships developed through their own differences, experiences of conflict and misunderstanding. Through Joe and Tony, Gary crew represents the conflict between different racial background and the significance of this in Australia through the characters’ different point of view and cultural backgrounds. Gary Crew successfully explores the themes of conflict and understanding between the two boys by emphasising on the themes of friendship, racism, social exclusion, racial discrimination and family problems through the story of Tony and Joe.
This book teaches the importance of self-expression and independence. If we did not have these necessities, then life would be like those in this novel. Empty, redundant, and fearful of what is going on. The quotes above show how different life can be without our basic freedoms. This novel was very interesting and it shows, no matter how dismal a situation is, there is always a way out if you never give up, even if you have to do it alone.
“The Outsiders” is one of the favorite movies of teenagers made by Francis Ford Coppola in 1983. (Barsanti, 2010). “Saints and Roughnecks” is a paper written by William J. Chambliss which was first published in 1978. (Chambliss, n.d.). Both of them commonly point towards one issue i.e. future of individuals in the society is decided by the way they are treated by the materialistic society which tends to favor the richer and suppress the poorer to the extent that the latter are pushed into social exclusion. “The Outsiders” and “Saints and Roughnecks” form part of the vast literature that has preserved the different standards of justice for the rich and the poor, that have always dwelled in the society. The poor have always been looked down upon by the society in general, and the rich in particular, and this social attitude has resulted into the emergence of such concepts as social exclusion, which forms the basis of the widespread crime among the poor. In fact, the absorption of rights of the lower class people...
In the book The Outsiders, written by S.E. Hinton, the lower-class, known as the Greasers, and the upper-class, known as Socs, deal with the animosity and daily struggles they have with each other. The novel focuses on the struggles and experiences with being an outsider to society and coping with the rich side of town through Ponyboy’s eyes. His life changes when tensions rise and many tragic things happen to the Greasers and Socs that will create agony in many but heroes in a few. The three topics addressed in this compelling novel are the fight between the rich and the poor, the power of friendship, and what it means to be a hero.
The story ‘ Trash’ by Andy Mulligan is an example of true friendship, corruption and poverty all tied into an inspiring novel for all. It shows how three boys with an immensely tight friendship can overcome poverty and corruption making a better world for all. This novel also makes me feel quite sad because this kind of scenario happens all around the world yet their isn’t much to stop it happening in some
In the Essay “On Dumpster Diving” Lars Eighner focuses specifically the way dumpster diving happens and how people don’t understand the reality of it. Reality is he made a living off of dumpster diving. He put himself in other people’s shoes and there were some hardships with scavenging, living, and understanding.In this essay you can see how wasteful people are and how much he was able to live off of. Also, it helps you as a reader to be able to understand the hardships of dumpster diving and how its done.As he explains on the craft of “Dumpster Diving, Eighner sets an informative tone to emphasize how humans can be wasteful in society.
In conclusion, the few boys who remain true to themselves and morality on the island become isolated, abused and dehumanized. It is evident that Jacks tribe finds it hard to accept people who have not given in to the temptation of savagery. As a result, they adopt many ways to punish the boys, including through violence and social separation. This conflict between the savage boys and the moral ones goes to show the defects of human nature, as well as morality’s dependence on the structure of a society.
James Joyce created a collection of short stories in Dubliners describing the time and place he grew up in. At the time it was written, Joyce intends to portray to the people of Dublin the problems with the Irish lifestyles. Many of these stories share a reoccurring theme of a character’s desire to escape his or her responsibilities in regards to his relationship with his, job, money situation, and social status; this theme is most prevalent in After the Race, Counterparts, and The Dead.
This book is full of extraordinary courage, determination and will. Kien was subjected to many injustices, most of which were inflicted by the males in his life and community. Kien’s mother’s boyfriend, Lam, was a cruel man who took advantage of people around him. He raped the family maid, Loan, and he raped Kien as he slept alone at night. Lam was a sociopath and very manipulative, he took advantage of Kien’s family. Kien’s cousins were also cruel to him and his brother. They were poor, and took great joy in tormenting Kien and Jimmy. His cousins were glad to have others around who were considered “lower” then they were. Tormenting Kien’s family made the cousins feel better about themselves. When the boys were given a dog, the cousins kicked it to death while laughing. It was mostly males, but there were also female figures who took part in the violence surrounding him. His aunt was a person who had the power to stop the violence, but she only encouraged it. She got a sense of power by having Kien’s family being so destitute and dependant on her.
The main character, Tom Tin, faces hardships and struggles many fourteen year olds do not have to face so early on. His father has mistakenly got himself into trouble and it is up to Tom to save his father and help make his family’s future bright again. Tom has good intentions throughout the novel, but he gets himself into trouble. He turns out to be an unlikely hero after pushing through his doubts and finally triumphing over his mistakes along his journey.
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The gang meeting “every morning in an impromptu car-park, the site of the last bomb of the first blitz” has a great impact on their actions. The destruction of the town around them leads T to propose the destruction of a neighboring house which belonged to a man known as Old Misery. Blackie begins to appear to be the more civil of the two boys when he argues against T’s proposition saying “We’d go to jug” and “We wouldn’t have time” (53). Greene even writes “Blackie said uneasily, ‘It’s proposed that tomorrow and Monday we destroy Old Misery’s house’” (53). When the gang votes to follow through with the destruction, Blackie even contemplates giving up his leadership. “He thought of going home, of never returning…” (54). However, he gave into the pressure of wanting to belong to this gang and hold onto his leadership. After all, he had nowhere else to go. “Driven by the pure, simple and altruistic ambition of fame for the gang, Blackie came back to where T. stood in the shadow of Misery’s wall” (54). Not only does the rubble influence the children to act out, but it also desensitizes them, along with the residents of the town. This is shown very clearly when T. replies “Of course I don’t hate him… there’d be no fun if I hated him… all this hate and love… it’s soft, it’s hooey.
James Garbarino (1999) discusses the boys who are lost and ways that they can learn to see again in his book Lost Boys: Why Our Sons Turn Violent and How We Can Save Them. He takes an in depth look at what he calls the "epidemic of youth violence" in America in order to determine its causes and origins. By gaining an understanding of the problem, Garbarino hopes to be able to ascertain some sort of solution. He provides useful advice and insight about steps we as a society can take to ensure our boys do not become lost. In order to develop Garbarino’s ideas in my mind, I thought it would be interesting to apply some of his points he makes in his book to a case. I chose to write on the two main characters, Derek and Danny, in the movie American History X. I will provide a brief summary of the movie, followed by an extensive examination of the characters, using Lost Boys as a critical lens. First I will discuss the importance of viewing the boys lives in their entirety rather that isolating one incident. I will then look at the risk factors and the racial implications involved in Derek and Danny’s life. The next two sections will focus on the lack of a father figure and the powerful influence Derek has as a result of the absence of a father. Then I devote a short section to Garbarino’s idea of affirmation instead of discrimination and how this could have helped Derek and Danny. Before concluding, I take into account psychologist James Gilligan’s ideas on violence and how they apply to this case. In my conclusion, I look at Garbarin...