Trash

Plot:

Though the story takes place in an unnamed Third World country, readers are quickly drawn into the story due to Mulligan’s vivid descriptions of the setting. Discuss the relation of the novel’s setting has to the events of the story.

Learn about life in a dumpsite: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-11-11/life-at-a-cambodian-rubbish-dump/3659920

How does Chicago get rid of its waste?

http://chicagocooperator.com/article/garbage-in-garbage-out

http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1322.html

Dumps around the world to explore:

Varanasi, India Rustenburg, South Africa Manila, Philippines Bantar Gebang, Indonesia Ghazipur, Delhi Granada, Nicaragua Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 