My View on Part 2

I was surprised at the events occurring in Part 2 of Trash. At the beginning, I was surprised at the change of writers, but ended up liking it. First, looking at how clever Rat, Raphael, and Gardo were, they seemed to get past the Father Julliard without much trouble. I find that Sister Olivia, someone so young, must be such a kind person to want to bring in a foreigner into her home and treating them like her own. What I found surprising was how the government restricts the children of their country to being "given" away, adoption, to other people outside of Bahala. I find that very ignorant of them to want to restrict their backgrounds to themselves and ONLY themselves.

Another surprising moment was Raphael's arrest. Unlike American officials, they arrested him without proper evidence. When they got to their destination, the main Police Station, I immediately though it was going to be an quick interrogation and nothing more. Actually, Raphael ended up having police push his buttons, though he was nowhere near telling them the truth. I find that brave of Raphael, to not only having nearly die for a bag during interrogation, but also fighting/speaking for the dead. In his case, it was Jose Angelico, he was fighting for. Something that the man himself wasn't able to do, even after clearly stating how he never stole the six million dollars he was accused of stealing. Raphael ended up going home, treasuring the anticipation of freedom.

I felt sympathy for Jose Angelico at the last chapter. After reading Grace's entry about her outlook on Jose Angelico, I found it was clear that somebody so honest and trustworthy would do anything like that. His daughter, Pia Dante wasn't found at the boarding house after his death. That made me wonder where she was. Most likely, she became one of the garbage people somewhere in town or the people at the house sent her away. It was quite obvious that her father didn't do anything wrong, but the police most certainly didn't see it that way.

Can't wait for posts on Part 3. :))