Summary Of On Dumpster Diving

Waste land is a very powerful documentary, where Vik Muniz takes us to a different world, but during the time he’s presenting this place one can relate with the humans living there. They live from others trash, some are ashamed of what they do, others are proud of what they do, but most of them if not all believe that is a dignifying job, their way of leaving.

In the story "On Dumper Diving" by Lars Eighner it's a retelling of his past exsperiences with dumpster diving, the best ways to do it, the things to do, the things not to do, and what its got him. A brief revealing passage from the story that has an important aspect of the entire essay can be seen on page ninty four when the author says "First lesson is to take what I can use and let the rest go by". This quote is very important because if you clutter your life up with things you do not need you could be blinded by those things. Eighner supports what I just said when he says "A thing I cannot use or make useful, perhaps by trading, has no value however fine or rare it may be" (Eighner 94). Another supporting quote for my revealing passage

Heather Roger's essay Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage offers a compelling outlook on society’s excessive and

Lars Eighner wrote the passage, Dumpster Diving. The essay describes his life as a dumpster diver. Eighner used rhetorical strategies to introduce his subject and description of these examples will be stated below. Throughout the essay he uses various rhetorical strategies to convey his subject, such as ethos, pathos, and logos.

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Throughout the essay, he uses his personal experiences to convey his thoughts on the practice of dumpster diving. Eighner uses this device to show the life lessons he has learned during this period in his life. He also uses it to explain to the general public that the mess which they associate with dumpster divers is not always the case. Eighner explains that there are two types of dumpster divers: polite rummagers who go through carefully, picking out what they want and leaving the rest for anyone else to use and can scroungers. Can scroungers, as Eighner explains, are usually drug addicts who dig recklessly, ruining the contents of dumpsters, and take only cans. By using his personal experiences, Eighner carefully explains that not all dumpster divers are bad, while also describing some of his personal hardships. This device was used successfully by Eighner to help get his point across to his

1．In Lars Eighner’s essay “On dumpster diving”, the author shows his unique personal experiences on the street and the interesting stories with dumpsters. After reading the article, I can describe the author’s attitude toward material possessions as: The prosperity of material and money is not the standard of his moral value. He cares more about the spiritual fulfillment, which is do some meaningful things he felt. And the difference of his attitude from other members of society is he really enjoyed his life, while other people, put into his situation, would rather die or fight for anything to get a better life. He used his knowledge and confidence to successfully survive in the hard environment and enjoy it a lot.

Dumpster Diving: Beneficial Yet Detrimental When people think about dumpsters, a disgusted image of wretched odors, tornadoes of flies, and spilled sour liquids comes to their minds. In addition, they stay away from dumpsters, fearing they would catch some type of illness. Yet, people don’t know that dumpsters has all types of treasures.

To begin, Eighner discusses dumpster diving food safety tips, and outlines the difference between a greenhorn treasure

In the story “On Dumpster Diving” written by Lars Eighner, he explains what he has to go through to get a meal. Dumpster diving does not mean standing on the edge and driving in like you would a pool. Dumpster diving is more like a scavenger hunt . . . hunting for food.

Crafting their voices towards their attitudes on the discussion, the authors interest the reader to accept the topic. "I began Dumpster diving… before I became homeless." (Eighner, Pg. 23, ¶ 2) Eighner introduces himself as a prior dumpster diver to show that he understands what

Through his experiences as a scavenger, Eighner educates and teaches others about dumpster diving and materialism. He states “I have learned much as a scavenger. I mean to put some of what I have learned down here, beginning with the practical art of Dumpster diving and proceeding to the abstract.” (560) Eighner begins by revealing the most

“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.

In one year, the United States exports almost 50 million tons of plastic, metal and other scraps that came from consumers. These scraps are sold for 40 billion dollars to various countries including China. Adam Minter’s Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade depicts the story of the scraps that American discard and where they are off to after they are out of our sight. His book is a both a plea to Americans for their attention towards factories the benefits and the consequences of our consumption but also a memoir of his personal experience traveling the “Junkyard Planet”.

The New York Times article also opens reader’s minds up to how unhealthy food waste can take a