Weekly Blog 1/26/15

Trash
By: Andy Mulligan
Pages: 40-159
Prompt:
-Do you like what you are reading? Why or why not?
-How does this book make you feel? Why?
-What does this book remind you of?


            I like what I am reading because it is very engaging. I also like what I am reading because it is also very exciting and you have not of the slightest idea of what is going to happen next. It is engaging because I like that fact that there are multiple people telling their different perspectives on the story that happened. It allows you to learn about what happened to the different characters and how what the 3 boys did influenced them. It makes you really pay attention to everything that happens and that makes you engaged into the book. It is exciting because you have no idea of what could happen next. Considering that the boys are on the run and that they are wanted, anything can happen. They could get caught, get rich, or even buy a boat and the reader could never see it coming. It is also exciting because sometimes they plan things out and as they are following their plan, it could either go exactly as planned or could totally fail.

             This book makes me feel a little confused and makes me be more attentive. It makes me feel a little confused because the characters sometimes switch perspectives and don't tell the reader who is telling the story. It usually says who is telling the story but it can still get confusing. Another thing that can get confusing is memorizing the characters. It is a little hard to memorize each character and their part in the story. For example, for a while I forgot who Olivia was, then after reading a couple pages of her perspective of the story, I remembered who she was. It makes the be more attentive because the story slowly gets pieces and pieces of puzzle together. I say story because every character is telling a story that ties into what the book is about. As each person tells their perspective it ties into what the whole book is about.

               This book reminds me of a detective's job. It reminds me of a detective's job because the book is mainly about the different characters telling their story as if they were being questioned by somebody. It also reminds me of a detective's job because of the work that the 3 main characters are doing. The three main characters are Rat(aka Jun-Jun), Raphael, and Gardo. They find something thinking it it just a simple thing. Then they start to investigate into that thing and soon find out that it is very important. They go around finding people and asking questions to get a better understanding of the thing they found.