Trash Blog

1."I learned that the world revolves around money."
I think that Olivia's perspective on money is very similar to the truth. The world really does seem like it revolves around money. People can't survive without it unless they steal what they need. People are always being judged on how much money they or their family has when really it doesn't matter. A poor family can be just as happy as a family with millions in their bank account. I think that Olivia's experience at the Behala dump site changed her from someone who had a lot of money and used it to travel the world and make her happy to someone who used her money to help other people like the people at the dump site.

2. The article with the most liberal or anti-Zapanta perspective would be the University Voice because the whole article is about Zapanta being a bad vice-president. The article talks about how they need someone "fresh and new" not "bad greedy old men." it says that he is "lining his pockets" and he has the "blackest heart." The article that seemed the most conservative or pro Zapanta was the Star Extra. The Star Extra talks about a "professional investigation" to find an "undisclosed sum of money". The author talks about how "Vice-President Zapanta... has been constantly dodged by accusations and scandal", and that he "is in considerable distress but remains hopeful." it sounds like the author is almost defending Zapanta.

3.The cemetery was very crowded on the Day of the Dead so it was the perfect time for the boys to take the money without the cops finding them and i think that Andy Mulligan ended the book in this scene because it was a happy scene. Everyone was talking rich and poor they were all dancing and celebrating the dead together and it was a pleasant way to end a book.