Curate Yourself

An important book to consider is called "Trash". Originally published in 2010, Andy Mulligan shares his traveling experience with his audience. Andy has visited both India and Brazil, where he found conditions in which the main character of this book Raphael and his friends Gardo and Rat live in. A lot of children do not go to school because they are forced to work on this trash pile, to try and find garbage to sell, or to use. A lot of families do not see the point in school when their children could be getting a little money from working on a trash pile. This book does not only cover the class difference, but also the political side of corruption. The book is set in India, but the movie was set in Brazil, which has recently been released in 2014, directed by Stephen Daldry, director of famous movies such as Billy Elliot, The Reader and Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close. 

This book shows the world other children have to live in, what they find normal, what they do on a day to day basis. Not just this, but what goes on behind their backs in a corrupted world. How these children are jumping on their feet when they see the trash from the wealthier people, us, hit the trash piles. Because they know we throw away things we take for granted. These three boys have no education, no parents, no homes, and no cash to do what they want. The trash pile is basically their home. I believe it could be a good book to read in Lit and Media due to it's meaning to the real world and the world we do not see very often.

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