Therefore, happiness is subjective. In his essay, “On Dumpster Diving,” Eighner’s goal is to enlighten the audience by showing although he became homeless and could not effectively manage his finances, he was not completely incompetent. All through his tribulations and hardship he was still appreciative about the meaningless, or meaningful (whichever way you interpret) items he found while scavenging through dumpsters. It is very clear that Eighner was not ashamed of his lifestyle. He found moderately safe and efficient ways to maintain the needs of his lifestyle, as well as uphold the basic elements needed to survive by rummaging through public dumpsters and people’s trash.
Eighner was fascinated with dumpsters but, but did not like the term dumpster diving. " I prefer the word scavenging and use the word scrounging when I mean to be obscure" (Eighner 391). But he was not embarrassed by scavenging because he saw it as an adventure. He would take great joy in finding things and it became "Something of an urban art" (Eighner 392). Even when he did find objects, he had many questions he needed to ask himself.
Dumpster Diving Summary/Response “Dumpster Diving” is an essay by Lars Eighner, highlighting the good and bad of “scavenging” as he likes to call it. He brings to light how to become a diver, the stages divers go through, and his reservations about judging others who throw away perfectly good items. All in all, he is simply trying to enhance the fact that our culture is wasteful, and the large gaps between social classes. I think that Lars manages to keep his humanity intact, despite being homeless. He only takes items that he immediately needs or has a use for, the rest he leaves for others to discover and use.
George Bush English 100 29 February 2012 Dumpster Diving The excerpt, “On Dumpster Diving” by Lars Eighner, in the book 50 essays, contains the harsh reality of what some individuals in our society do for survival. The particular purpose Eighner tries to state is that dumpster diving, as bad as it sounds, can come in handy for survival in many different ways. In Eighner essay, the reader ultimately almost gets a survival guide from the “Dumpster Diver”. In this excerpt it gives an overview of the interesting and beneficial things a ‘diver’ can find in a dumpster. In the beginning of the story, Eighner, immediately starts off by stating certain techniques that is used in the art of dumpster diving.
DuWayne Grinnell ENG 263 5/2/13 My Analysis on Bartleby the Scrivener The story is very interesting as the self-characterization of the narrator was significant to the plot. The narrator is a safe man who takes slight risks and attempts to adjust to his surroundings. I had observed that the narrator was deeply concerned about the financial security and comfort of life which were his core priorities. Bartleby was a confused loner who was hired by an old lawyer (the narrator) to work at his business which entailed titles, mortgages and bonds. Bartleby was basically hired for copying the text but eventually he started refusing the work requested by the lawyer.
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(Name) (Professor) (Course) (Date) Summary of “On Dumpster Diving” “On Dumpster Diving” is about the author’s experiences with being homeless and living on things he has found in Dumpsters. He explains that a lot of food that is thrown out is actually safe to eat, but people are just too picky about expiration dates and what food looks like. The author claims to have even found still-frozen ice cream and yogurt that was still good while diving for a quick meal. At one point is his life, the author had a steady supply of pizza from the Dumpster behind a pizza place. The pizza place would often make a pizza and then could not sell it for various reasons, so they would have to box it up and throw it away.
However in Diedrich Knickerbocker’s, Rip Van Winkle, Rip was a respected and likeable man. Either white, black, Puerto-Rican or Haitian irresponsibility is, in my opinion, irrespectable. Rip was depicted as a nice guy. I beg to differ. Rip Van Winkle reminds me of the bums that loiter around the convenient corner store in my community.
Living on Garbage Lars writes of his homelessness and his dog, "Lizbeth". He engages me by first telling the rules and regulations of the proper dumpster diver, what is edible and usable and what items should be left. Then he compares the non-traditional "can-diver" to the true scavenger. The can diver, he says, is there only for the money and stirs everything in the dumpster up making it harder to find the truly good items like the new pair of shoes. Lars also says the can divers he's seen have the audacity to go through individual containers in front of peoples homes, something a true diver would never think of.
It is also very important to know how to make good decisions, and by choosing what you want to eat gives us a great opportunity to learn. So, I think we should keep junk food sold in school, because there are more varieties of food. My second reason of why I opposed the removal of junk food is that junk foods are convenient and delicious source for a quick snack. Usually, we get tired from work outs or after school activities like varsity