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Themes in "Trash" by Andy Mulligan

The document provides a template for analyzing themes in the novel "Trash" by Andy Mulligan. It includes a grid with columns for the theme, more details about the theme, and a quote from the book that supports the theme. Themes discussed include changing your future, teamwork, hope, injustice, guilt, and love. Quotes from the book are provided that could fit within the themes. The summary analyzes the key ideas and structure of the document in 3 sentences.

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Themes in "Trash" by Andy Mulligan

The document provides a template for analyzing themes in the novel "Trash" by Andy Mulligan. It includes a grid with columns for the theme, more details about the theme, and a quote from the book that supports the theme. Themes discussed include changing your future, teamwork, hope, injustice, guilt, and love. Quotes from the book are provided that could fit within the themes. The summary analyzes the key ideas and structure of the document in 3 sentences.

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Themes

Trash by Andy Mulligan


A theme can also be called a main idea or a key idea.

Task

Fill in the second column of the grid to explain each theme in detail. Then choose a quote from
the next page to fit with each theme and write it in the third column.

More information
What can you say about this idea?
Theme Quote that supports this theme
Which characters are involved?
What do we learn about this idea?

Changing
your future

Teamwork

Hope

Injustice
(unfairness)

Guilt

Love

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Themes
Trash by Andy Mulligan

Quotes to choose from

 ‘the shame was making me ache’ (Rat when he robs Father Juilliard’s safe)

 ‘With the right key, you can bust the door wide open. Because nobody’s going to open it
for you.’ (Raphael)

 ‘You’re the nicest, kindest mother we ever had here.’ (Rat to Olivia when she agrees to
take Gardo to visit Gabriel Olondriz in prison)

 ‘Who cares who did what when the whole point was we did it together?’ (Rat at the end)

 ‘I will buy a boat, and I’m going to fish and fish and fish.’ (Rat to Raphael when he
reveals his dream)

 ‘Senator Zapanta stole it, and I tried to prove he stole it … It seemed he had many more
friends than I, and infinitely more power.’ (Gabriel Olondriz when he is explaining what
happened to him)

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