TRASH

  Trash by Andy Mulligan so far is a good book. I haven't read much but from what I've read so far it has an interesting plot. Raphael Fernández, the main character, collects trash. He sells specific trash to make money because it's the only way he knows to make money. Things he sells are things like plastic, scraps of metal, or just anything that used to belong to someone "rich". One day he found a small bag with someone's wallet in it, a map, and a key. The wallet had 1,100 pesos inside which was enough to buy 6 chickens to eat. They live in villages surrounded by mountains of trash and they don't have much money so this wallet made Raphael pretty excited. He has a friend named Gardo and he split the money with him, Raphael got 600 and Gardo got 500, which was fair because Raphael found the wallet. What they do with the map and key I don't know yet. Raphael kept the bag and money hidden, in case it was important, and he soon realized that it was. A few days later police showed up at their little village which was strange for them because police don't usually show up at their place. They asked for the bag that Raphael had found but no one knew about it as far as the police knew.

  This book, Trash, is written in First Person Point of View. I know this because the person telling the story in Raphael Fernández. He talks about himself, how he finds things, talks about his friend, almost like he's writing in a diary. Yes, think of it like that, he's writing in a diary or journal or maybe even writing a letter to us, the reader. I enjoy reading this point of view but I feel it's very common. Of course it's easy to write in a first person perspective and and it gives you a feel of what the character is reading, but I am one to want to try new things (even though I usually don't end up doing it). Anyway, I feel this book would be best in first person with the plot so it's not that big a problem.