Lars Eighner, although living a life of poverty, seemed to have lived a pleasant life not of anything we would expect. In the reading, Lars Eighner discusses in great details what he discovers while dumpster diving. He speaks about the mental stages of dumpster diving, and explains how most of the food he finds is either thrown away, past the expiration date, or is still edible. Aside from food, he also describes the emotional impact that living out of a dumpster can have on a person. When reading this story, It teaches me that from all of the pleasant things in life I take for granted, alongside the other things, I am now taught to cherish what I have because others don't often get to enjoy the nice things in life. Through his experiences, he teaches us how he lived his life through scavenging, how people of today live their lives and informs society of what people take for granted.
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I mean to put some of what I have learned down , beginning with the practical art of dumpster diving and proceeding to the abstract”(140, Eighner). Eighner begins saying throughout the reading that dumpster diving is something that he doesn't look down upon or people who are placed in a similar situation. In the reading, he provides us with particular strategies on dumpster diving such as what is good and what is not, where, and when to go scavenging. For example, “Eating safely from the dumpsters involves three principles: using the senses and common sense to evaluate the condition of the found materials, knowing the dumpsters of a given area and checking them regularly, and seeking always to answer the question “Why was this discarded?”(140, Eighner) Through this, Eighner develops a lot of experience when establishing The importance of food, which foods are safe to consume,and how to save
I mean to put some of what I have learned down , beginning with the practical art of dumpster diving and proceeding to the abstract”(140, Eighner). Eighner begins saying throughout the reading that dumpster diving is something that he doesn't look down upon or people who are placed in a similar situation. In the reading, he provides us with particular strategies on dumpster diving such as what is good and what is not, where, and when to go scavenging. For example, “Eating safely from the dumpsters involves three principles: using the senses and common sense to evaluate the condition of the found materials, knowing the dumpsters of a given area and checking them regularly, and seeking always to answer the question “Why was this discarded?”(140, Eighner) Through this, Eighner develops a lot of experience when establishing The importance of food, which foods are safe to consume,and how to save