Family: Using the phrase, “In this story, family means…” Discuss the issue of family in Trash. Explain your choices.

In this story, family means they stick together and feel each other’s hard times and good times. For example, when Raphael was being taken away by the police, it was said that when someone feels pain, the whole dumpsite was feeling distress and panic. They’ve got each others’ backs and care for each other. This closeness is needed in their little civilization in the dumpsite of Behala, because many of these poor children are orphans or have no family at all. An example of someone with no family at all would be Gardo. Also, his friend Gardo is an orphan with no parents however, he does have an aunty that looks after him.