Trash Questions #2

1)  Read the paragraph on pg 149 that begins with, "I learned more than any university could ever teach me."  What do you think about Olivia's perspective about money?  How do you think her experience at the Behala dump site has changed her?
    I think that Olivia thought that the world revolved around money and now that she sees that these people can live with hardly any money she has gone back on that thought.  Now that she has seen the people of Behala I think that she has changed her mind about everybody needing money because of the absence of it in their community.
2)  Describe the scene at the cemetery during day of the dead. Why do you think the author, Andy Mulligan, would end the book in this setting?
    The scene during day of the dead really made you feel like you were there because he used good descriptors and that helped me understand it a lot more.  As of what the scene actually was like, the streets were very crowded, the streets were filled with candles, there were all kinds of food carts, which they said would make good money in this setting because of all the people.  There were families drinking, playing games, eating, and camping out all day so thet they could see the ghost of there lost family members later that night.
  I think that Mulligan ended the book in this setting because not many people would go looking for money in somebody's grave, I know I wouldn't, and if they opened the grave and the money was not there then the person would probably feel bad about it.  And who wants to go looking through a bunch of dead people, break open the grave, and then have the disappointment of not getting the money.

DQ's For Trash

1) Describe the conditions in the prison.  Why do you think children would be locked up there?
       The prison was hot, or as they say in the book a furnace, it was dark, crowded with cages piled upon each other, and the children and men alike looked like they never got fed.  I think the children are locked up because they tried, or succeeded, to steal something, or they could have gotten into fights.
2) How were Olivia and Gardo able to get a visit with Olondriz?
       Olivia and Gardo got a visit with Olondriz because they bribed the prison by paying them 10,000 pesos, about $1,000, which the guards thought was a good price because it was usually 15,000 pesos.
3) What were the few things that Raphael learned about Rat that he "had never known and never asked about?"
      Rapheal found out that Rat had stored up some extra money so that he could move away from Behala.
4) What would you do with six million dollars?
      If I had $6million then I would probably buy some stuff now like an iPad, a computer and some others but I would save the rest for when I was older and needed stuff such as a house, a car, and stuff like that.

A Day at School

         A day at school wouldn't be the same without Connor Woods.  If Connor wasn't at school the day wouldn't be as funny without him there to crack jokes.  While on the other hand, it wouldn't be as loud so it would be easier to concentrate and get my work done.

        Connor is about 5’ 1”, has brown hair, he skateboards, and surfs.  I have known Connor for about three years now and I wouldn't say that I have the best relationship with him but we are still friends and we sometimes hang out when we are both in town.  School wouldn't be the same without Connor getting in trouble and getting kicked out of class and being so disruptive all of the time.  There are good things and bad things about this.  While school is more interesting with him, it would be about ten times easier to finish work.  Although some of his jokes are mean to people, they could take it the wrong way but don't usually take it in a bad way because they know that he is the type of person that doesn't usually take or dish out anything serious.  Even though some people know that he is kidding, some don't and this sometimes leads to drama and people getting their feelings hurt.  Ever since the fourth grade, Connor has messed with of Conrad.  Sometimes he is kidding and other times he is serious.  Conrad has the ability to ignore this but sometimes doesn't choose to.  Connor and Conrad have a long history of this and have gotten in many fights because if it.  When Connor is not here, Mr. Vack never seems as grumpy and it seems like the class gets along better.

        Well, I guess that having a class clown always has its positives and negatives, but you just have to learn to work with them.  Even if Connor is very distracting, I always never seem to like school as much without him.

Technology Usage

I use technology a lot.  Personally, I think that it makes life a lot easier.  I have an iPod touch, a phone, computers, TV's, play station 3, and others too.  I go on Facebook a lot, and other than that I don't use the internet very much.  I think that technology will be mostly touchscreen and we wont have to have keyboards anymore. I think that technology in 50 years will be mostly holographic and you wont even have to type because it will read your mind and type whatever you are thinking.

Adjetives

Hot

Burning, Steaming, Cooks the bun

Heat, Scorching, Just like the sun

Fast

Speedy, Quick, You can't catch up

Always faster than a pup

Limericks

The Lonely Mouse

There once was a mouse from a house

All the while he hoped for a spouse

so he went on match.com

and only found his mom

That poor lonely mouse from a house

Monster Poem

Rio

Monster Poem

Its wings come downward with a force like a hammer

When it dives it is like an arrow in free fall

Its beak can rip through the hardest of flesh

Its talons grab the poor rabbit or mouse like a clamp

Stabbing into its sides like blades

Never letting go

This is what it feeds its hatchlings

This is what it eats

This is how it stays alive

Wild nature at work

This is the hawk staying alive