The essay on “On Dumpster Diving” written by Lars Eighner is about a homeless man, accompanied by his dog, explaining the strategies and guidelines of surviving from dumpsters, thereby exemplifying the wasteful nature of Americans, while explaining the etiquette involved in the process. The author began dumpster diving about a year before he became homeless. He used all of his infrequent income for rent, consequently having to derive all of life necessities from dumpsters. He then goes on to share the valuable information he has erudite as a human scavenger. He starts by outlining the guidelines of what is safe to eat.
This essay “On Dumpster Diving” is about a homeless man Lars Eighner, accompanied by his dog Lizbeth, explaining the strategies and guidelines of surviving from dumpsters, thereby exemplifying the wasteful nature of some humans, while explaining the etiquette involved in the process. The author began dumpster diving about a year before he became homeless. He used all of his infrequent income for rent, consequently having to derive all of life necessities from dumpsters. He then goes on to share the valuable information he has learnt as a human scavenger. There are several different stages to being a scavenger.
Dumpster diving In this selection, the author, Lars Eighner, tells about his personal experiences and opinions of Dumpster diving. This story is explaining the pros and cons of the Dumpster diving lifestyle and how to benefit from living off the wastefulness of other people. As a pro, Eighner states, that people throw away good things all the time, except for his jeans, all his clothes, boom boxes, candles, bedding, he acquired from Dumpsters. (pg. 22) Knowing what’s safe to eat, good locations, and having some knowledge and experience serves as big tools.
Every year Americans discard around 30 million tons of food. So, the homeless will also have food supply. This way, we can feel charitable when we toss food into the garbage, knowing that it will be going to a homeless individual soon after and not to waste. Third, a homeless society will be created. Competition will be promoted because each person will be searching for the best piece of cardboard to add to their extravagant houses.
He prefers to use the word scavenger rather than dumpster because it is “honorable” according to him. However, he became dumpster even though he was not homeless. His explanation to this situation is that he spent almost all his income into a rentable cabin when he was living with Lizbeth on Avenue B. Lars reaches his fundamental needs from Dumpsters such as clothes, boom boxes, candles, bedding, toilet paper, a virgin male love doll, medicine, books, a typewriter, dishes, furnishings and often some dollars. From training to training he became expert on Dumpster diving. Because, he “learned much as a scavenger” he knows how to differentiate good things from bad things in a dumpster (pars.
“Dumpster divers” are repulsive, unskilled people; this is the kind of assumption that Lars Eighner encourages people to dismiss in his piece, “On Dumpster Diving”. Many people have stumbled upon someone digging through a dumpster at some point in their lives. Their first reaction is usually to be disgusted or to pity the person doing the digging. They feel sorry for them, when they should be feeling sorry for themselves instead (Eighner 365). Those dumpster divers they pity have acquired skills to be self-reliant, unlike most of the population.
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Robert has written a book called “Shred It!” about his experiences over the past few years and hopes to spread the word about his newfound lifestyle. This article is organized very well, as Robert gives a brief background on his life and then he talks about how Forks Over Knives opened his eyes to a plant-based diet that changed his life. The intended article is for unhealthy Americans, or even people considering veganism as a lifestyle, as well as bodybuilders who are in the same “protein” situation Robert was in before he changed his life. Ethos is used in this article because Robert personally
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