Trash - Characters
Was a trustworthy man as mentioned by Grace and was said to be kind and gentle.
Jose worked as the Vice President´s houseboy for 18 years.
Jose didn´t smoke and sometimes drunk on the weekend. By this we can guess he is not a wild sort of party person.
His wife had died as well as his son leaving only his daughter with him.
Jose Angelico is Gabriel Olondriz´s grandson.
Pascal Aguila fought for what he believed was right and tried changing many laws for the poor people who were treated wrong.
Pascal Aguila was resilient and didn’t hesitate to fight for people even if he was at a disadvantage.
This made him have to fight difficult cases and he actually surprisingly won a lot of them.
Father Juilliard is merciful of the kids who are starving and is willing to break the rules he made in order for them to survive. He shows this by giving them free food, drinks and money whereas most kids are meant to eat only during lunchtime.
He’s realistic as he knows it’ll be hard to convince parents that the children should go to his school as most parents prefer their kids to pick trash. He also knows that many of the kids will live lives where education is not needed.
Is sympathetic for the babies he is asked to hold, as he knows that the second they are able to crawl, they will be crawling through trash.
Rat lives in a hole like area that is damp and dark but must has a few bricks supporting it. There are cracks in the wall which is where the rats come in and out as they please. He’s also at risk of getting
trapped into his hole as trash which is too heavy and fall down the mountain and block the entrance.
Has no parents or relatives, including cousins, aunties or older siblings.
Arms as skinny as pencils that looks like you would be able to break easily using only your thumb and finger. This shows that Rat is really thin and expresses why the narrator - Raphael - feels bad for not bringing any food for him.
Looks similar to a rat and lives amongst the rats which is why the trash boys now
Rat has wide eyes that with his small pinched face makes him seem similar to a monkey, hence why the trash boys used to call him ’Monkey boy’ before ’Rat’’
Rat has big, crooked, broken teeth that stick out of his mouth when he smiles.
According to the chapter from Gardo’s perspective, Raphael is constantly happy and “thinks everything is a game.”
Is polite to strangers, e.g when he talks to the people who visit the dumpsite he says either ma’am or sir and tries to not make them worry about his situation.Despite them not understanding how life in the dumpsite would be, some people would get mad at them since they are so much more privileged
He’s a bit hopeful despite his current situation
Tries to believe that he will find something special eventually which will make it worth working in this place for 11 years
He’s realistic when it comes to expecting what he’ll find and doesn’t expect to always find something special
Always works together with Gardo
Respects Gardo and doesn’t try to jump to conclusions for example he thought the reason for Gardo not smiling is because of something he might have experienced and possibly matured faster
Treats Gardo like an older brother
Has been working in the dumpsite since he was 3 or 4 years old
14 years old, 7 hours younger than Gardo
Raphael was a trash boy since he was old enough to move and pick things up without an adult’s help. So he had started sorting around the age of three years old
Treats Raphael like a brother
A boy without a smile
Can be mean
Sometimes will tell Raphael what to do since he is older
Is smarter than Raphael as he has had more experience about the bad things in the world. More of a realist or pessimist rather than a optimist.
Raphael
Father Juilliard
Gardo
Pascal Aguila
José Angelico
Raphael has PTSD and has nightmares at night which makes him wake up crying and screaming.
Senator Zapanta was given 36 million dollars to aid his country
He wrongly used it and didn’t build any important buildings that would’ve helped
Senator Zapanta was corrupt
He has lots of friends meaning he has lots of power
He bought Gabriel’s lawyers so he could know everything he was planning
He’s very smart as he thought to burn Gabriel’s
place down to get rid of all the evidence
Senator Zapanta
Gabriel Olondriz was wrongly sent to prison
Has been in prison for 36 years and will die there because he got a life sentence to jail
Loves seeing visitors
Very polite and kind
Gabriel Olondriz
Rat’s dream is to go back to his home island by boat and fish for the rest of his life as a living
He is willing to share his dream with Raphael and Gardo but is aware about how much money it will cost
He is organized and is saving up his money box that is hidden so it won’t get stolen and in a tin box so the rats will not eat it
Predictions
Maybe Senator Zapanta has died or his house has been renovated and the boys won’t be able to find out what might make their heart sing if it had been destroyed with the original house
Senator Zapanta might has been arrested since he was corrupt?
He’ll spend lots of money to save his face
Arrogant and looks down on peasants and even the people who work for him
Lives in a place surrounded by trees and people with machine guns
Thinks he’s a king
He’s a very big man
He stole six million dollars in a broken fridge by using the opportunity that the Senator wanted to get a new fridge as a way to steal the money
Disliked by the people who work for him
Senator Zapanta lives in green hills in a massive caste like mansion with has a spire and statues. It’s surrounded by many trees, armed people with machine guns and security cameras at the gate
Dante Jerome adopted 13 boys and 19 girls
Dante Jerome adopted José Angelico
Hardworking; Always works
Wanted to be a doctor
José was a very sweet boy and was a favorite of Dante Jerome
Gardo was smart and memorized the letter so it wouldn’t be on him
Has a daughter named Pia Dante
Chp 10 Predictions
When José says your heart will sing if you go there is because, Gabriel finally got his justice against Senator Zapanta because he went to jail for a life sentence because he could not prove Senator Zapanta was corrupt. But now all is being revealed and he finally has his justice
The seeds mare places where piles of money are being hid? So he spread it out.
940.4.18.13.14.5.3.6.4 It’s a book code used between José, Gabriel and the other boys that Dante adopted
You need a bible to decipher the code
Gabriel Olozdriz died in the jail cell
Gardo’s quite brave for willing to go and find the guard to ask for the bible despite having a bounty over his head
Rat steals a little bit of money once a month
Rat is guilty for stealing 23 thousand pesos