Analysis Of The Box Man

In the esteemed collection 50 Essays, the editors recognize Lars Eighner’s On Dumpster Diving through his capability of heightening the degree and compelling concept of dumpster diving etiquette. Eighner redefines words such as “Dumpster,” by making it its own proper noun, which brings a sense of formality. He cajoles the reader’s perspective towards Dumpster diving in a positive outlook by referring it as an art and that it’s not anomalous for “respectable employed people...find something tempting sticking out of a dumpster” and “brag that they found this or that piece of trash” (108). Eighner exposes the audience the truth behind homelessness; however he also depicts that not all homeless people are winos causing trouble in the neighborhood,

We come alone in this world and one day we will be alone once again; therefore, we must formulate the choice to achieve things ourselves. That is why in the essay “The Box Man”, Barbara Lazear Ascher writes about the evening customs of diverse people that live alone and by observing these people, reflects on the nature of solitude. She demonstrates that solidity doesn’t necessarily mean being lonely, just alone and explains how lonely and alone are unlike. Ascher uses the rhetorical strategies compare and contrast and imagery and description to demonstrate her views on solidity.

Throughout this paper I will be discussing the issue of homelessness and how it is steadily becoming a more serious problem as time progresses. I will discuss issues that surround homelessness such as the NIMBY, not in my backyard, issue and how it is causing the homeless to not receive the help that they need. This is an issue that needs to change, but due to NIMBYism, it is very difficult create such change.

The author’s main idea and purposes are revealed by a series of anecdotes and allusions. The author gets very personal about the subject, as if she was going through the realization herself. You can see her opinion by the way she refers to certain things. For example, the author brings up an old memory from her childhood in paragraph nine. When she is describing the boxcar children, the words she uses are almost as if they were too

stink. We give abuse rather than compassion, beatings rather than sympathy and avoiding eye contacts rather than addressing an issue with more vigorous action. It is clear that change must come from within ourselves but the real question is, Are we willing to

Ascher implied she likes the Boxman’s way of living by saying what she did about the Boxcar Children. He is alone but he doesn't care, he's accepted it and lives the way he wants to. Ascher states “He is not to be confused with the lonely ones, you’ll find them everywhere”(Ascher 9). Ascher explains how the Box man feels by giving some Figurative Language to explain his emotions. Ascher states “Who is to say the Boxman does not feel as Thoreau did in his doorway”(Ascher 9). In this sentence she also used an Allusion by referring to Thoreau, a famous person in literature.

Quindlen assumes that her audience buys into the cliché of “home is where the heart is,” and believes that homeless people are different than people with homes. The author’s assumptions are reasonable because the idea of homeless that Quindlen is battling, is the version portrayed through the media. When Quindlen included the idea that home is a feeling, she specifically addressed an assumption that undermined her views.

Homelessness is a growing epidemic across the country. This terrible misfortune has led to many unsuspecting people leading impoverished lifestyles, and facing the horrific and heart-wrenching tragedy of abandonment. The purpose of this essay is to not only persuade the readers to get involved in ending homelessness on local and national efforts, but to embrace new and creative ways of helping to end this rapidly growing problem, by taking action to end this catastrophic situation. Also, I will demonstrate the causes and effects of the homeless resorting to violence, by using comparison and contrast to examine the views and standpoints on helping the forgotten, so that we might end this calamity once and for all. In an increasingly

Homelessness is a critical issue that requires everyone’s attention. Hundreds of thousands of homeless people live on the streets as their shelter. Historically, homelessness has always been a problem in society. Homeless people were known as “the wondering poor”, “sturdy beggars”, and as “vagrants,” but it was not until the late 18th century that homelessness because noticeable to society. Homeless person is anyone who lacks adequate shelter, resources, and community ties. People who are homeless can be categorized as chronic deinstitutionalized or temporary

Ascher believes observing the adversity of homelessness is a necessity in learning compassion because “Compassion is not a character trait. . .It must be learned, and it is learned by having adversity at our windows” (Cohen 42). Ascher believes we can learn and grow from others' adverse experiences without being a part of it. Although Ascher would have us believe we can learn compassion simply through observing adversity at our windows (homelessness), Eighner would likely disagree because he has struggled in adversity and learned the importance of true sentiment first hand, not through observation. Eighner writes of the importance of having an intimate connection with adversity in his own homelessness, “Once I was the sort of person who invests material objects with sentimental value. Now I no longer have those things, but I have the sentiments yet. . . .The things I find in dumpsters, the love letters and ragdolls of so many lives, remind me of this lesson” (Cohen 157, 158). Eighner has grown and holds sentiment in those lessons because he had those experiences, not because he has simply observed others. Ascher gives us a lesson in learning from adversity but does so from an outsiders' point of view while Eighner's personal experience contrasts to shows us that much can be learn from experiencing adversity more intimately.

For most being homeless isn’t there faut and we hate them because they dress poor and we believe they are evil, worthless and unimportant. However, I know for a fact upon personal experience that a lot of the homeless have bigger hearts than any of us despite being in their situation.This judgement upon appearance happens all throughout the novel, in the story even black person is made out to be, these bad people, worthless and unhuman like. Not just the black is community is treated like this .A man named boo radley is a white man which is portrayed as a monster but in actuality is kind hearted, courageous and willing to put his life on the line to protect others.

We encounter too many people everyday and it’s impossible to get to know them all. We observe and gauge them based on appearances, just like we do with “ Books based on their cover ” says Edwin Rolfe in “Murder in the Glass room”. In “Strangers” by Morrison, she meets a fisherwoman at her neighbor’s seawall. Morrison notices that the woman was “wearing men’s shoes, a man’s hat, a well-worn colorless sweater over a long black dress”(Morrison 199). It seems upon seeing disgracefully dressed fisherwoman Morrison feels sympathy for her since roughly dressed people are considered to be unsuccessful and defeated in today’s world. Whenever we see homeless people weather on streets or on television they are always shabbily dressed, but have we ever seen a successful person dressed like a homeless guy? We think and opinionate based on our past experiences and adapt to what we see and hear in the environment around us. ||||| In “Stranger in the village” Baldwin visits a little village in Switzerland to work. No black man had ever been to this village before and the Baldwin was told that he would be a

Homelessness was not an issue until the 1980s when incomes and housing choices began to dwindle. A person without a permanent home, therefore typically living on the streets, in logical terms, is homeless. The image that I selected for this visual analysis essay is a meme of a homeless man. The text on the photo reads, “Homeless people are lucky they never have to clean their house.” The photo arises various questions, which include, “Who would say such a thing?” “Why would someone make a joke of an issue so severe?” or “What makes this image comical?” The conclusion that I came to was that, some privileged people are miserable, so to compensate for their unhappiness, they knock down those that are beneath them. In order to reach this conclusion, the photo utilizes logos, pathos, and illusion.

To add to the organizational narrative that Raising the Roof has developed, the organization uses elements of shock and surprise through the development of character and time as means to reach their desired ending – to raise awareness and find long-time solutions to homelessness. Raising the roof is able to use the element of shock to their advantage by emphasizing the character behind the homelessness. Many people think of a particular stereotype when they think of homeless people, and by allowing the homeless people to become the narrator of Raising the Roofs story, many are shocked to see the reality behind who they are – everyday people. Raising the Roof give homeless people the opportunity to become round characters, and share the

I felt sympathy for the man as well as some other people in line, but also suspicion on what the man’s story was. I felt compelled to know why this man was dressed in this way, but also fearful of getting too close. Some other people in line looked at the man in disgust, yet no one volunteered to buy the guy a cupcake. The labeling theory helps to explain why the behavior of the man who appeared homeless is considered negatively deviant to some people, groups, and cultures but may be positively deviant to others.