Rat / Jun / Jun-Jun Character Analysis in Trash

A dumpsite boy who’s approximately 11 years old. Rat isn’t “lucky” enough to live in the shanty town that’s built on the dumpsite because he has no family there, so he sleeps in a wet trash hole among the rat’s nests (which is how he got his nickname). Rat is a streetwise young boy who lived for a while at the city’s train station, but he wound up in Behala because he heard about the charity-run Mission School there. Rat befriends Father Juilliard and Olivia Weston (the volunteers who run the school) and he begins lifting money from the school’s safe to get by. Rat is dangerously malnourished and he’s so filthy that he blends in with the trash, often going unnoticed by others. Though Rat doesn’t trust anyone, he falls into a fast friendship with two other dumpsite boys named Raphael and Gardo and he joins them in their search for a fortune that was stolen and hidden from a corrupt vice-president by a man named José Angelico. Despite being illiterate, Rat is highly intelligent, quick-witted, and light on his feet. His cleverness saves the boys’ lives on multiple occasions, most dramatically during a police chase across the rooftops of the city. Rat eventually realizes his dream of escaping to a better life in Sampalo along with Raphael, Gardo, and a young orphaned girl named Pia Dante. It’s Rat’s idea to distribute the stolen fortune in Behala for the trash kids to find, thus realizing José Angelico’s dying wish that the money be distributed among the poor.

Rat / Jun / Jun-Jun Quotes in Trash

The Trash quotes below are all either spoken by Rat / Jun / Jun-Jun or refer to Rat / Jun / Jun-Jun. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:

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Trash is often wet, and the juices are always running. Maybe the ground here was a bit lower, I don’t know—but it was always muddy […] I got down low with the candle, trying not to breathe too deep because of the stink […] It might seem crazy asking a kid if you can come into his hole, but this hole was about the only thing Rat had, apart from what he wore. I would not have lived there – anywhere would have been better.

Related Characters: Raphael Fernández (speaker), José Angelico , Rat / Jun / Jun-Jun, Gardo

Related Symbols: Trash

Page Number and Citation: 25

Explanation and Analysis:

Raphael and Gardo have just discovered a bag full of cash, a man named José Angelico’s identification, a map, and a mysterious key. Shortly afterward, the police arrived, asking about a bag. Raphael and Gardo don’t trust the police so they decide to hide the bag with a young boy named Jun (whose nickname is Rat because he lives alone in a muddy trash hole among rat nests. In this passage, Raphael describes Rat’s home. Mulligan offers frequent visceral descriptions of Behala to convey the level of squalor these children are forced to endure and keep it fresh in the Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque pl

When Smoky Mountain went down, there were nearly a hundred killed, and everyone knows some of those poor souls are still down there, down with the trash, turned into trash, rotting with the trash.

Related Characters: Raphael Fernández (speaker), Rat / Jun / Jun-Jun, Gardo

Related Symbols: Trash

Page Number and Citation: 25

Explanation and Analysis:

Raphael and Gardo are hiding a bag they recently found with Rat, a boy who lives alone in a muddy trash hole among rat nests. As they approach Rat’s home, Raphael reflects on a terrifying landslide at his old home, another landfill called Smoky Mountain, which buried many people alive. Raphael’s description here underscores his frequent worries about dangerous parts of the landfill where trash slides around under its own weight and his perpetual fear of being buried alive himself. Together, this indicates that he is traumatized by the landslide on Smoky Mountain. Mulligan thus shows that the dumpsite’s children Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferen

On the other hand, I did not want Raphael hiding and drawing attention that way, so that’s why I kept him right in the middle of it.

Related Characters: Gardo (speaker), Rat / Jun / Jun-Jun, Raphael Fernández

Related Symbols: Trash

Page Number and Citation: 33

Explanation and Analysis:

Gardo watches over Raphael while the police search Behala for a bag that was dumped in the trash. Unbeknownst to the police, the boys found the bag but they hid it the day before because they don’t trust the police. Gardo wants to avoid arousing suspicion, so they join in the search, acting happy and carefree like the dumpsite’s other children. In this passage, Mulligan demonstrates Gardo’s intelligence and strategic thinking, which is a hallmark of his personality. Like Raphael and Rat, Gardo is highly intelligent and he has acquired a wealth of knowledge from his life experience as a Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Totam qu

I was told once about runaways, and it made me sick. How if a new kid shows up with nowhere to go, and the police get him—they wait till night, break his legs and put him on the tracks.

Related Characters: Raphael Fernández (speaker), Rat / Jun / Jun-Jun, Gardo

Page Number and Citation: 45

Explanation and Analysis:

Raphael, Gardo, and Rat discovered a bag the previous day with a key to a locker in the city’s Central Station, and so far, they’ve successfully kept it hidden from the police (who are searching for the bag). Now, they are on their way to the station to see what’s in the locker. On the way there, they start to worry about the risks they face by seeking out the locker. Raphael’s description of a rumor about the way the police treat vulnerable young children proves to be true, as shortly after this passage, Raphael is threatened with the same Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non in

It sounds crazy, but there was some part of me sure I’d never found it, and some other part of me begging me not to give up—maybe for José Angelico, because we knew more about him now.

Related Characters: Raphael Fernández (speaker), José Angelico , Rat / Jun / Jun-Jun, Tired man, Gardo

Related Symbols: Trash

Page Number and Citation: 69

Explanation and Analysis:

Raphael, a young dumpsite boy, recently found a bag that the police are after while scavenging in trash. The bag contained a key, which Raphael, Gardo, and Rat (the story’s three protagonists) used, to retrieve a letter from a locker in Central Station. When the boys return to the dumpsite in the evening, they find the place crawling with police, and Raphael is arrested. Despite enduring a brutally violent interrogation by a detective referred to as “tired man”—in which Raphael’s face is split open, his body is dangled out of a window, and he his is choked—Raphael vehemently denies finding Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum

Little Jun had me wrapped around his little finger in about two days, and I was forever giving him little bits of food, and little bits of money. I don’t know how else a boy like that survives.

Related Characters: Olivia Weston (Sister Olivia) (speaker), Rat / Jun / Jun-Jun

Page Number and Citation: 84

Explanation and Analysis:

Olivia Weston, a volunteer at the charity-run Mission School on at the Behala dumpsite, narrates several chapters to describe her involvement in the protagonists’ story. The boys are about to approach Olivia to trick her into helping them go to Colva Prison so that they can visit a prisoner there, with the hope of uncovering more information about a cryptic letter they found. Before Olivia is approached, she reflects on her fondness for Jun (who goes by Rat). Olivia’s description reveals that Rat has a high level of emotional intelligence; despite being poor and uneducated, he is successfully able to Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Volupta

What matters is that forty years ago I came upon information that Senator Zapanta had spirited away thirty million dollars of international aid money […] But no schools or hospitals were ever built, and the city stayed poor.

Related Characters: Olivia Weston (Sister Olivia) (speaker), Gabriel Olondriz (speaker), Rat / Jun / Jun-Jun, Gardo, José Angelico , Senor Zapanta (vice-president)

Page Number and Citation: 104

Explanation and Analysis:

Gabriel Olondriz, an old and frail political prisoner in Colva Prison, explains to Gardo and Olivia how he wound up in prison. His explanation clues the reader in to specific details about the crimes of the corrupt vice-president (and the story’s antagonist), Senator Zapanta. Olondriz reveals that Senator Zapanta lined his personal vault with international aid money that was intended for the city’s poor. Whereas other characters steal throughout the story (for instance, José Angelico steals Zapanta’s fortune and Rat steals money from the Mission School), Mulligan draws a clear distinction between theft for survival or the common good and Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus volup

Once again, the trash boys were ahead of the trash police.

Related Characters: Raphael Fernández (speaker), Gabriel Olondriz, Gardo, Marco , Rat / Jun / Jun-Jun, Senor Zapanta (vice-president) , José Angelico

Related Symbols: Trash

Page Number and Citation: 175

Explanation and Analysis:

Raphael, Gardo, and Rat have fled Behala and taken refuge in a crowded slum in a tourist area of the city. Gardo has just managed to seize a Bible belonging to Gabriel Olondriz from a corrupt guard named Marco, and although the police attempted to catch Gardo, they failed. The boys are now in possession of the Bible, which will enable them to decode José Angelico’s cryptic instructions to the location of Senator Zapanta’s hidden fortune. Here, Raphael reflects—as he often does throughout the story—that despite being treated like “trash,” the boys have managed to evade the “trash” police. Raphael’s Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error.

Rat had been chased so often, and grabbed at so often, that he must have had extra senses.

Related Characters: Raphael Fernández (speaker), Gardo, Rat / Jun / Jun-Jun

Page Number and Citation: 179

Explanation and Analysis:

Raphael, Rat, and Gardo’s tiny room in a city slum is about to be raided by the police. Suddenly, Rat notices that the stack of shacks they’re in has gone oddly quiet, and he hears a creak on a ladder. Almost instinctively, he realizes that the police are approaching and so he leads the boys to safety through a loosened plank in their room and across the city’s rooftops. Mulligan once again emphasizes Rat’s intelligence: despite the fact that Rat is illiterate and he has never been educated, he’s honed sharp sensory skills from his life as a homeless boy. Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Volupt

What was ten million dollars doing in your house, sir?

Related Characters: Mohun (speaker), Senor Zapanta (vice-president) , Gabriel Olondriz, José Angelico , Rat / Jun / Jun-Jun, Raphael Fernández, Gardo

Page Number and Citation: 188

Explanation and Analysis:

Toward the end of the story, Rat, Raphael, and Gardo are closing in on the location of the money that José Angelico stole and hid from the corrupt Senator Zapanta. Around this same time, a newspaper columnist named Mohun publishes an article that criticizes Senator Zapanta from having so much money hidden in his home to be stolen in the first place. The article reveals that José Angelico’s theft was an ingenious way to expose Senator Zapanta’s corruption since the public are now aware that Zapanta had been hoarding money. Another article, by an unnamed student, similarly accuses Zapanta of Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a.

We were amongst wealthy people in very fancy clothes, and we felt even greyer and dirtier, but there was nothing for it, and still nobody was worrying about us – no one seemed to see us, like we were ghosts.

Related Characters: Raphael Fernández (speaker), José Angelico , Senor Zapanta (vice-president) , Gardo, Rat / Jun / Jun-Jun

Page Number and Citation: 198

Explanation and Analysis:

In the final stages of the story, Raphael, Gardo, and Rat are in the city graveyard searching for José Angelico’s family plot, where they suspect the Senator Zapanta’s stolen fortune is hidden. It takes them several hours to realize they are in the wrong part of the graveyard, among the city’s rich, who are feasting and celebrating the Day of the Dead. Raphael’s comment about how invisible the boys feel captures the moral failings of society’s more fortunate citizens because it symbolizes how the city’s poor children are generally treated by those who are more fortunate. The city’s affluent typically Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eli

And that is when we saw the brightest light.

Related Characters: Raphael Fernández (speaker), José Angelico , Senor Zapanta (vice-president) , Pia Dante Angelico , Gardo, Rat / Jun / Jun-Jun

Related Symbols: Trash, Brightest Light

Page Number and Citation: 198

Explanation and Analysis:

As the story’s climax approaches, Raphael, Rat, and Gardo are in the city graveyard, where they’re narrowing in on the location of the hidden fortune that José Angelico stole from Senator Zapanta. They’ve been struggling to understand a clue telling them to “look for the brightest light” until they climb on top of a monument and they see thousands upon thousands of poor people pouring in to the other side of the graveyard with candles to celebrate the Day of the Dead. Suddenly, they are able to make sense of the clue. The light given off by the candles is Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit

I wanted to hang back and see what happened when the first trash boy of the morning hooked up—not a stupp, but a hundred dollar bill.

Related Characters: Rat / Jun / Jun-Jun (speaker), Raphael Fernández, Gardo, Pia Dante Angelico , José Angelico

Related Symbols: Trash

Page Number and Citation: 220

Explanation and Analysis:

Rat, Raphael, Gardo, and Pia have just lugged José Angelico’s hidden fortune back to Behala and sent it flying into the wind all over the landfill for Behala’s residents to find when they scavenge trash in the morning. Rat’s reflection that he wishes he could have waited to see the trash kids discover the money shows how deeply the sense of community runs among those who live in Behala. They really do share in each other’s pains and joys, and to see thousands upon thousands of people discover they are no longer condemned to life on the landfill would not Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur labo

Rat / Jun / Jun-Jun Character Timeline in Trash

The timeline below shows where the character Rat / Jun / Jun-Jun appears in Trash. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

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...the way the police looked at Raphael. Gardo says they ought to hide it with Rat because nobody ever goes to that part of the dumpsite—not even the other dumpsite kids. (full context)

Rat’s real name is Jun-Jun, but he’s nicknamed Rat because he lives in a trash hole... (full context)

Raphael explains that they need to hide a bag and Rat cheerfully agrees to stash it in his walls, though he warns the Raphael and Gardo... (full context)

...the dump trucks coming in from the upscale McKinley neighborhood, where the bag went missing. Rat just sits there and smokes while the other children search. Rat is so grey and... (full context)

The next day, Raphael and Rat convince Gardo to lead them to the station. Gardo insists they go early to avoid... (full context)

...order to avoid the station guards. Gardo nearly falls on Raphael, whereas Raphael notices that Rat is agile and fast. The three of them are immediately herded into a corner by... (full context)

Rat knows exactly what he’s doing: he ducks behind some customers while Raphael and Gardo walk... (full context)

...when they need to scavenge to survive and have so few prospects. Father Juilliard knows Jun (referring to Rat’s real name). The two of them became friends, and Father Juilliard gives... (full context)

...Sister Olivia, is actually—and foolishly—more involved in Raphael’s tale. One Thursday, a thin and ashy Jun offers to pay if he, Raphael, and Gardo can use the school’s aging computer to... (full context)

Jun takes a sandwich; his filthy, skeleton-thin hands make Father Juilliard “wince.” Juilliard has grown very... (full context)

...anything wrong. The policemen reply that they know but they keep driving anyway. Even though Rat has the wallet, Raphael resolves to say nothing. The boys know about José Angelico—there’s “a... (full context)

...ankle, where all Raphael can see is a stone floor far below. Later, Gardo and Rat ask if Raphael came close to confessing, but he says that some deep part of... (full context)

...sort of money, which is even more in pesos. On the computer, Raphael, Gardo, and Rat learned that José Angelico was an orphan who’d been adopted by the son of Gabriel... (full context)

...house-mother at the Mission School, says she also has a part in this story; Raphael, Rat, Gardo, and Father Juilliard asked her to “write it down carefully.” Originally, she traveled to... (full context)

The day after Raphael returns from the police station, Jun brings him and Gardo to visit Olivia. When Raphael arrived at Behala, bloody and beaten,... (full context)

...a special plan for Father Juilliard. He thinks Raphael and Gardo were “smart” but what Jun did really shocked him. (full context)

In the present day, Gardo says that he’s sorry about tricking Olivia. Rat wanted to confide in Olivia, but Gardo refused, and for that he’s sorry. Gardo was... (full context)

...he hopes to see her again and to thank her in person. Meanwhile, Raphael and Rat are restless while Gardo are at the prison. They pore over the letter, which they’ve... (full context)

Rat says the rats ate the bag and he warns Raphael not to rob him. Raphael... (full context)

Rat starts narrating (with Raphael writing for him). The boys take a bus to the terminal.... (full context)

...gently asked what the boys want. Raphael panics and he runs into the grass, but Rat yells out to calm him, knowing there is no danger. Rat tells the gardener that... (full context)

...in a vicious drought. Olivia left a part of her heart with the boys, especially Rat, and she tearfully thanks them for “using” her. (full context)

...in with sirens blaring, and the boys know they have to run. The boys grab Rat’s money and they sneak out through the trash with no time to say goodbyes. Rat... (full context)

...out alive. So they wait, watching the news, which features many pictures of Senator Zapanta. Rat is aching for the “fat pig’s” money and he thinks if he ever gets to... (full context)

A week later, Rat goes back to the dumpsite in the back of a garbage truck. He doesn’t tell... (full context)

Rat feels awful about stealing the money; the boys agree to return it if they can... (full context)

During the commotion, Raphael saw Rat running toward Gardo. Raphael takes off in the other direction, running into traffic and he... (full context)

...“Go to the map ref where we lay look for the brightest light my child.” Rat remembers from school that “map ref” meant they had to find coordinates on the map.... (full context)

The police come quietly as the boys were fold the map. Rat doesn’t know how he heard the ladder creak—maybe it was José Angelico and Gabriel Olondriz’s... (full context)

Raphael thinks that Rat must have extra senses from being chased so often—he knows to bolt when he hears... (full context)

...so they look for a family grave instead, but the graveyard is a crowded maze. Rat decides to ask a guard; it takes a few hours to buy flowers, bribe the... (full context)

...girl didn’t think José was coming—she’s been waiting for a week and he hasn’t come. Rat asks who the girl is, and she responds, “Pia Dante.” Raphael goes cold and he... (full context)

...get some food, especially for Pia. As Pia starts to eat, however, she became feverish. Rat, who’s been starved before, knows what to do: he feeds Pia water and a chopped-up... (full context)

Jun says that he no longer goes by “Rat.” Even though he’s narrating the last part... (full context)

...it) into the heavy typhoon wind, which scatters money like a storm all over Behala. Jun wishes he could have seen the first boy to pick up a $100 bill instead... (full context)

Raphael, Gardo, Jun, and Pia Dante get on the train, looking just like all the other school kids... (full context)

Rat / Jun / Jun-Jun Character Analysis

Rat / Jun / Jun-Jun Quotes in Trash

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Rat / Jun / Jun-Jun Character Timeline in Trash