Story about a Boy and a Dumpster

As the we danced, the flickering flames, that spurted out from underneath the greasy, rust encrusted pot, seemed to pace itself to Tituba’s bewitching melodies. Our flowing heads of hair connected into a untamed sea, as we twirled and leapt, slowly giving un any inhibition that we had; only Betty, who still timidly swayed with us, looked a little startled at the whole scene. Poor girl. If only she could understand how empowering the dance felt if she would give up the walls her greedy selfish father had put up to protect his own reputation. It felt as if we had breathed in tongues of flame from our campfire and it was giving us the permission to let go of every emotion Salem had told us to suppress, releasing it all at once in an inferno of hot, frantic

This quote shows that there was still a part of civilization that the boys were holding on-to, and that was their last good feeling- hope.

In Salem, the people found it necessary to use violence for getting rid of witches. The town’s people were highly suspicious of people; in order to find a suitable

Logan flicked on his flashlight and pointed it to the ground, “ It looks like there are footprints going towards the tunnel”.

The consumer culture of America has led to a generation that believes obtaining the latest Iphone or an expensive car is essential for happiness. Eighner, in “On Dumpster Diving,” declares they are wrong. In “On Dumpster Diving,” Eighner describes his unique personal experiences from living on the street, and reflects on the lessons he learned from his experiences. Through meaningful syntax and diction, and a non-critical tone, Eighner challenges the audience to question their futile hunt for meaningless objects and wastefulness, and consider living by the lessons Eighner learned on the streets.

In his essay, "On Dumpster Diving", Lars Eighner speaks of his time spent as a homeless man. Eighner states in detail the steps needed in order to successfully become a scavenger of dumpsters based on his own experiences. Though the essay could appear to just be a useful manual there is an underlying message. Lars Eighner effectively uses argumentation, process analysis, and tone to demonstrate that society is wasteful.

“On Dumpster Diving” by Lars Eighner he gives us an autobiographical account of his life and how he was homeless after he lost his job as an attendant in Austin, Texas’s state hospital. The story begins to focus on Eighner’s experiences of scavenging through dumpsters for food because people waste food and he does not have any to eat. He begins his argument and tells us how he was always fascinated by dumpsters and said: “long before I began Dumpster diving I was impressed with Dumpsters” (Eighner 2013). As I began to read this article I was disgusted that a man could eat out of the trash can.

Lars Eighner goes into great detail about his personal history with the lifestyle of scavenging, and recounts the essentials of how to survive while being homeless and solely relying on discarded goods in his essay, "On Dumpster Diving." Eighner endured this style of living for three years after dropping out of college and later losing his job at a mental hospital, being left with nothing but his dog Lizabeth. During this time, Eighner collected an abundance of knowledge regarding: what foods are safe to eat, what items can be found in a dumpster, how to effectively scavenge, and how to correctly comb through a dumpster.

Success is a word with multiple meanings, it’s different for everyone. In Lars Eighner’s personal narrative “On Dumpster Diving”, he details his success on dumpster diving, which for him is surviving. He utilized what he learned from scavenging to avoid being a wasteful consumer, and he paints society as wasteful. Eighner uses his personal experiences to explain certain causes and effects in his final conclusion. The structure of Eighner's narrative is used to appeal to guilt and can be seen throughout.

“Whoever they belong to,” she continues, walking around the evidence, “it looks like they were facing someone. These smaller footprints appear to be facing the larger ones. Someone knows what happened here.”

“On Dumpster Diving” is a short story based on the life of a homeless man as he explains the art of dumpster diving. The story is preceded by background information about Lars Eighner and facts about the situations of homelessness in the U.S. The story then goes on into a narrative written by Lars Eighner when he was still homeless. Lars Eighner begins his narrative by giving background information on the word “dumpster.” He then goes on to explain the meaning of the word dumpster, followed by a definition on the word scavenger and why he prefers to be called a scavenger. He then begins explaining how he began dumpster diving and the situation that caused him to begin. Then he begins to explain all that he learned from becoming a scavenger.

1. What does the First Witch tell the witches to do in Scene 1, lines 4-9?

“What’s over there?” She pointed to a small stone path near the side of the house.

The use of the oven in this tale was of interest. The oven, on this case, was not sued to annihilate someone but was used by Magda to save the children. Considering the use of ovens during the holocaust, this approach may have been a reminder that the very tools that were used to annihilate were also tools that might be used to save people. It is a reminder that the thought processes of individuals during that time sometimes stretched the limits of possibility.

It was too late when the parents came to cheek on there suddenly quiet child. Flurry was gone. They rushed out of there castle in the Crystal kingdom as fast as they could. They were in a craze of anxiety. They lost their daughter, and no one knew where she was. However, one pony saw a strange pony with a flinching basket leave the kingdom that evening. The parents sent out guards to find there missing child and the strange pony.