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.
75 Readings "Dumpster Diving" Dumpster diving brings many thoughts to my mind. I picture hooligans who throw people into dumpsters to teach them a lesson, but that's not at all what dumpster diving is. Instead it is a way of life for some people who need spare necessities that ordinary everyday people throw away. Eighner began dumpster diving just one year before he became homeless. Eighner was fascinated with dumpsters but, but did not like the term dumpster diving. "
He does not mean to hurt things, but he does on accident. (pg.9) This book easily keeps your interest because of all the little hints Steinbeck’s characters drop. George is always saying how Lennie is always screwing things up, and gets into trouble. (pg.41) We know that Lennie did something bad in Weed because they had to leave there. Also, George tells Lennie to come back to the lake and hide in the brush if he ever gets into trouble.
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.
Cats, birds, bees, and fire ants often attack, and maggots are a common find. But if you take the proper precautions, you may be able to find a treasure, or maybe a few bucks, hidden within the depths of the glorious Dumpster. The author has learned two things about this lifestyle. The first is to only take what you can use, because there is no point taking something you can’t use. The second is that there is no reason to get attached to any one object, because one day it might just disappear.
At first he is presented as a strange character because he rarely speaks and always walks around with a scowl on his face. Eventually, when Zero becomes friends with Stanley, the reader learns that Zero is silent because he does not like answering questions and most likely because he is wary of people like Mr. Pendanski, who always mock him. Zero has suffered so much hardship in his life that he eventually cannot stand Camp Green Lake anymore and he runs away. He has a generous spirit, exemplified by the fact that he shares his last jar of "sploosh" with Stanley after he has run away. As Stanley gains self-confidence, Zero begins to talk more and scowl less.
Once the pump stops, he replaces the hose and screws on the tank lid but forgets to close the gas tank door. The Leisure pumper even shows his not-a-care-in-the-world attitude. He whistles some tune from the old days while pumping his gas. When inside the store, he tells everyone how wonderful retirement is. But the Leisure pumper can be a tremendously annoying person.
As the novel goes on we see that Crooks accepts things the way they overall are. Crooks doesn’t talk to the other men and they don’t talk to him. This causes the greatest amount of loneliness in Crooks out of all the characters. When Crooks states “I tell ya a guy get to lonely an he gets sick” ( Steinbeck; 73). This quote shows that rejection can cause most people to become crazy, as it did to Crooks.
He can also not swim, as he had never learned how. Ralph is also ignorant. When Piggy informs Ralph that he has asthma, Ralph responds with “Ass-mar! ?” (9) Ralph is a natural born leader, while Piggy is a follower and lazy. When everyone was doing work, Piggy would just stand around and get mad at them when they were not doing work.
This was an awful situation and job to have, the citizens played Mr. Smith and he never fully got what he went there for. The words “kidded” and “abused” leaves the reader with a negative opinion and feeling towards the people in this book at this point. Even through all this pain the customers caused him, Mr. Smith “smiled through it all” (Morrison 8). This shows the reader that Mr. Smith really did love them all, corresponding directly to his suicide note talking about how “[he] loved [them] all” (Morrison 3). After receiving this information, the reader is dazzled, how could he love these people who called him a “nutwagon”?