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.
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.
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