Throwaways Essay, Research Paper

THROWAWAYS

In this essay I am going to identify four of the main characters with key

words, then I am going to choose a moment from the book that sums up

each character. Next I will briefly explain the plot.

In Throwaways one of the main characters is Sky. She is very weary of

her little brother,Chip,who forgets about their parents (who have

abandoned Sky and Chip) and gets on with his ?life?.Sky, however,

cannot accept this.

If I were to pick out some key words for Sky they would be: inquisitive,

she asks a lot of questions, and judgement, she doesn?t trust her own

judgement. She mostly relies on Dig her new friend to send her in the right

direction.

Another main character is Chip some of the key words I would use for

him would include: inexperienced, he is too young to understand

everything that goes on around him also content: he is contented with his

life in almost every situation he comes across but of course ,because he is

young, he relies on his big sister.

Also there is Spindor, he is a ?catcher?, he works for the C.P.U (child

protection unit) When Spindor joined the C.P.U he says that he wanted to

help homeless children who were living rough on the streets.

The key word to describe Spindor is good-hearted. He is good-hearted in

the way that he tries to help Sky.

And lastly Dig. Dig is very good to Sky helping her to find her place in the

tip, even though Sky wants to be as far away from the tip as possible.

Dig is very generous because he shares his home with Sky and Chip. He is

also kind to Sky whenever she needed help. He is also practical.

?How could she tell him it wasn?t that simple? That she didn?t trust her

own judgement?(Page 147). I have chosen this quote for Sky because it

shows how unsure of herself she is. For Chip I am going to choose a quote

on page 38, ?Chip nodded happily. Sky could see that he was quite

content with his surroundings.? I chose this because of me saying earlier

about him being contented with his life. For Spindor I chose this ?I want

to use the money to buy a place, right out in the country, where kids like

you, who haven?t been corrupted yet, can get away from all this and make

fresh start.?(page 129) because of how kind he is to Sky. I am choosing

this one for Dig for the same reasons as Spindor how kind and helpful he

is to Sky ?Dig isn?t one of them. Just unlucky. He?s very kind and

helpful.?(page 129).

The plot is basically about two children who get abandoned by their

parents and one of them just wishes that she could make more of her own

choices in life. But when gets the chance to do this she doesn?t like it.

Then they meet Dig, Sky and her younger brother end up on the tip with

Dig making a life as a picker. Forever running from the catchers they live

rough until they meet someone different from all the other catchers,

someone called Spindor. His plan is to buy a house, set right his

conscience and get children off the street.

The main theme of this book is obviously homelessness and children on

the street. The authors message is that there should be less homeless

children and how it isn?t easy living on the streets and more should be

done to help them. I feel the same as the author does that not enough is

being done.

I preferred Stone Cold because it was a better story and it was more

realistic in the fact of homelessness.