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Part 3: Chapter 1
Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in Trash, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Childhood, Poverty, and Injustice
Corruption, Power, and Theft
Community, Loyalty, and Solidarity
Intelligence, Education, and Street Smarts
Summary
Analysis
Father Juilliard says that had he known what the boys were up to, he would have warned Olivia that it was a “scam.” He hates to say it, but the children in Behala are some of the best liars in the world—lying is probably a survival tactic. The boys had a special plan for Father Juilliard. He thinks Raphael and Gardo were “smart” but what Jun did really shocked him.
The skills and aptitude picked up by society’s poorest are clearly a force to be reckoned with— they have to be smart and savvy in order to survive.
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