1. Eighner’s attention to language in the first five paragraphs affects the tone of his essay. He is informative and explains to the reader that he prefers “the word scavenging and use the word scrounging,” rather than “foraging,” or “Dumpster diving” (713). This appeals to ethos because Eighner is trying to convince the audience by introducing himself as a scavenger during his dumpster diving life. He constantly reminds the audience that he is a scavenger because he considers himself as a person who looks for discarded material. By describing himself as a certain word, he wants to relay what he has learned as a scavenger about today’s society and the people.
2. In paragraph 7, Eighner states that he will begin “with the practical art of Dumpster …show more content…
The purpose of distinguishing the true scavenger and the can scrounger is the similar to the way people distinguish each other in the society. Eighner describes can scroungers as “drug addicts and winos,” who searches for money in order to buy some drugs (720). The reader can infer that the can scroungers are similar to those individuals who bring harm to the society. They “tend to tear up the Dumpsters” and all they are concerned is about themselves and money (720). There are some common manners people need in the society and among the scavengers, “there are precious few courtesies” they must keep also (720). However, can scroungers “lay waste to everything in their path” (720). This is comparable to today’s society because many individuals are very wasteful and shows disrespect to others and the society as a …show more content…
Eighner’s thoughts of Lizbeth in paragraph 63 appeals primarily to pathos because he creates an emotional situation about the end of Lizbeth’s life. He notices that the “Dumpster things are often sad” and sometimes he found “many pets lying in state in Dumpsters” (722). He wishes to escape the dumpster life with Lizbeth and he believes “this hope is not very realistic” (722). Eighner imagines the future for Lizbeth’s time to go and he feels sorry that “she too will go into a Dumpster” (722). He believes that there is no other place to bury her because Lizbeth has spent most of her life in a Dumpster along with Eighner. 8. In the beginning of his essay, Eighner states, “I am a scavenger,” appealing to his credibility as a dumpster diver (712). This is significant to the entire essay because Eighner was once a homeless and has experiences on dumpster diving, himself. He has gone through the whole situation and can realistically relay what he has “learned as a scavenger” (712). He shares strategies from “What is safe to eat?” all the way to the location of the best dumpsters and the worst (712). Eighner shares many details and proves to the audience that dumpster diving was really his life and assures his
2. In paragraph 7, Eighner states that he will begin “with the practical art of Dumpster …show more content…
The purpose of distinguishing the true scavenger and the can scrounger is the similar to the way people distinguish each other in the society. Eighner describes can scroungers as “drug addicts and winos,” who searches for money in order to buy some drugs (720). The reader can infer that the can scroungers are similar to those individuals who bring harm to the society. They “tend to tear up the Dumpsters” and all they are concerned is about themselves and money (720). There are some common manners people need in the society and among the scavengers, “there are precious few courtesies” they must keep also (720). However, can scroungers “lay waste to everything in their path” (720). This is comparable to today’s society because many individuals are very wasteful and shows disrespect to others and the society as a …show more content…
Eighner’s thoughts of Lizbeth in paragraph 63 appeals primarily to pathos because he creates an emotional situation about the end of Lizbeth’s life. He notices that the “Dumpster things are often sad” and sometimes he found “many pets lying in state in Dumpsters” (722). He wishes to escape the dumpster life with Lizbeth and he believes “this hope is not very realistic” (722). Eighner imagines the future for Lizbeth’s time to go and he feels sorry that “she too will go into a Dumpster” (722). He believes that there is no other place to bury her because Lizbeth has spent most of her life in a Dumpster along with Eighner. 8. In the beginning of his essay, Eighner states, “I am a scavenger,” appealing to his credibility as a dumpster diver (712). This is significant to the entire essay because Eighner was once a homeless and has experiences on dumpster diving, himself. He has gone through the whole situation and can realistically relay what he has “learned as a scavenger” (712). He shares strategies from “What is safe to eat?” all the way to the location of the best dumpsters and the worst (712). Eighner shares many details and proves to the audience that dumpster diving was really his life and assures his