Scavenger

Dog perfume, microwaveable pillows, and pet rocks; these seemingly pointless products all have generated millions from their inventors. These hard-to-believe success stories hold the same average acknowledgment as those who seek benefits from a dumpster. People may only hear of dumpster diving while surfing the internet or eavesdropping a coffee shop conversation. However the curiosity will die too quickly, reality kicks in, and most will refuse to seek any further information on such a shameful…

The term, Gothic literature, was a movement in the 18th century that focused on ruin, terror, horror, death, and the darkness of human nature. This writing also combines elements of the supernatural and events that can’t be explained in the natural world. Gothic writing originated with British writers using science, religion, and industry combined with the question of the unknown by using the symbolism of a darker world in caves, castles, nightmares, and fear. With the movement to the new world…

1. An aura is typically a short period of sensory disturbance (e.g. a bright light) which signals that ___________ will soon occur. a. Migraine episode b. Seizure episode c. Hallucination episode d. All of the above e. A and B only 2. ____________ is the human form of mad cow disease which is caused by the consumption of contaminated beef from cattle. a. Familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease b. Iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease c. Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease d. Sporadic…

kites fly o'er our heads and downward look on us" (V, i,81,85,86) Here Cassius realizes what the sign is telling him. He sees an eagle which is a sign of rulership leaving and smaller birds such as ravens, crows, and kites appearing. These birds are scavenger birds that eat corpses. Cassius understood that this meant that he and other people will…

Homeless people are the cavemen of the modern era. Scavengers shaped by nature, yet they only find the scraps of what they truly need. They still have to rely on a more evolved creature to ensure their survival. In the new age, the more evolved creatures would be the productive members of society. This working class has a moral obligation to help these modernized cavemen. The working class needs to give the homeless what they need like food, water and clothing, then the homeless can be moved to…

The literary works by Katherine Boo and Evan Osnos are essential in understanding the Indian and Chinese societies and the challenges facing people in the two societies. Behind the Beautiful Forever: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Slum Life and Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth and Faith in the New China, are written after deep examination of the two societies, which reveals the aspirations of the local people. Through living with the societies, the writers managed to document the daily…

War and business seem to be inextricably linked so much so that war, in some ways, becomes a mere vehicle to gain profit. In 1939, amidst the imminent threat of another world war, Bertolt Brecht expressed his deep concerns about war through the publication of his play Mother Courage and Her Children: A Chronicle of the Thirty Years War, which depicts a canteen-woman’s journey through Europe during the destructive war (1618-48), portraying her business endeavour and the ultimate loss of her three…

On February 9, 1950, Joseph McCarthy delivered an impassioned speech before the Ohio County Women's Republican Club in Wheeling, West Virginia. In the speech, chock-full of unfounded claims and comprising anti-communist sentiment, McCarthy claimed to have a list of Russian spies working within the United States government. McCarthy’s speech would have a significant impact on the state of affairs in the United States in the following years and would lead to a quick rise in prominence for the…

Since the early 1900s’, cartoons have played a pivotal role in raising children within a society. They teach young people how their world functions, what is looked down upon and what actions are rewarded. Although children never notice these subtle behavioral hints, they are affected by them nonetheless. In her book Good Girls and Wicked Witches, Amy M. Davis says, “film [is] a cultural mirror” (17). Of all the different categories of film, animation is the best when it comes to reflecting a…

diving and later wrote about his experiences in his essay “On Dumpster Diving.” During his time scavenging the dumpsters he saw how people mindlessly consumed and threw things out. He describes how he learned two very important lessons from being a scavenger, “the first is to take what I can use and let the rest go by” and “the second…of the transience of material being (386). These are important lessons, reminiscent to the teachings of Buddha which encourage the practice of material detachment.…