Dumpster diving

about poverty in their essays, “On Compassion” and “On Dumpster Diving.” Barbara Lazear Ascher focuses on the difference in interactions with certain people and Lars Eighner focuses on opportunities and convenience. With the help of relating to social classes and life lessons, the authors reveal messages about misfortune. Both authors express similar perspectives on homeless people and society,…

At the ends of each semester college kids are packing up to return for the holidays. They’ll pack their clothes, throw out old assignments they never turned in, and look through their food to see what needs to go. In ‘Dumpster Diving’ by Lars Eighner he talked about how college kids are throwing out food, giving it an unfair characterization. Only a few percent of college kids are the party-going, drug addicted, drinker types but there are determined college kids who stay away from all of that…

Shelly is probably the highest quality deer head that has ever been found in a high school industrial technology department dumpster. This summer, a head of a buck was thrown out by the board office secretaries of Buckeye High School in Medina county. When asked why they would throw out such a high-quality deer head, they responded that it creeped them out and made them uncomfortable; although, it is evident that many feel otherwise. Benjamin Lutman, Buckeye Industrial Arts teacher talks about…

Wordsworth. Wordsworth has a strong belief that humans are too caught up in buying and acquiring, that they do not appreciate the beauty of, specifically, nature. Similarly, in Lars Eighner's poem, "On Dumpster Diving," we see the detriment of materialism. Amidst Eighner's life of living from a dumpster, he voices his opinion about society as a whole. He believes…

There are roughly 2,013,444,321,000 germs on just the lid of a city dumpster, with diseases such as the common cold, Listeria, Salmonella, and E. Coli. Knowing this there are still many people who go through what other people throw away. Some people collect cans to redeem them for nickels, others use it to get everything they need to survive. Lars Eighner started dumpster diving right before he became homeless. Ethos should be part of every form of writing. Ethos is how the author establishes…

the world as gainful individuals from society. The government needs to take a strong stance against homelessness and take measures to end homelessness. To start my essay I will inform you concerning what eighner expounded on in his paper "Dumpster Diving". There is a considerable measure of food over what can be eaten, he likewise recognizes a portion of the risks of eating awful or spoiled nourishment. A few impacts can incorporate passing and infection. Eighner needs to play it safe to…

finer things in life.To approach to main topic of this story, Eighner uses a to positive attitude so that the reader focuses more on the underlying message of the story instead of feeling sympathetic as he describes how he scavenges for food in dumpsters. It seems as if Eighner would compare himself to the wealthy because he knows there will always be more of something. This comes to show us that even those who are less fortunate in America would be considered bountiful in other countries. We…

The reading I have selected to read for the reflection essay is Working at Wendy's, and On Dumpster Diving. Reading the essay Working at Wendy's I had no challenges reading the essay it was straight forward. With the essay on Dumpster Diving I had a little challenge with some of the vocabulary. I had to stop reading, and look up some words that I did not understand. For the story Working at Wendy's, he had to find a job to take care of his wife that was going to college. He was determined to…

“On dumpster diving” by lars Eighner and “Working at Wendy’s by Joe Franklin relates with the pride that Eighner found while living a life as a dumpster; the shame and humiliation that Franklin felt while working at Wendy’s. Eighner, who along with his dog Lizbeth went out for dumpster diving found himself in a emotionally stable state while Franklin wasn't in that state because according to his study he did, working at a food court wasn't his area of work but he has no choice as he wanted some…

In a short story written by Lars Eighner, “On Dumpster Diving,” Eighner describes the period in his life when he had to scavenge dumpsters for his daily necessities. He stated, “Students throw out many good things, including food” (718). He visited college dumpsters during students’ breaks because few students or people in general, who have homes, clothes, and food, think that others living on the Earth…