Eighner Rhetorical Analysis

The effect of Eighner’s attention to language in the first five paragraphs shows the audience how knowledgeable he is. Most people have the common idea that homeless people have a high illiteracy or a lack of education, but Eighner is different from most homeless people. Eighner states that he, “wrote the Merriam-Webster research service to discover what [he] could about the word “Dumpster.” [He] learned from then that “Dumpster is a proprietary word belonging to the Dempster Dumpster company” (Eighner 107). His familiarity with this information establishes ethos. Throughout these five paragraphs it is revealing Eighner’s character as someone who is drawn well to his intellect and it stabilizes his credibility as a character.
In paragraph 7, it states, “I have learned 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” (Eighner 108). The author's identification on the rhetorical direction he plans to follow helps the audience envision the course and order Eighner will be doing the essay. From this paragraph, the reader can predict this essay will be technical or informational. Eighner will continue to explain his experiences of Dumper Diving throughout the essay.
The effect of Eighner’s technical and
For example, “A true scavenger hates to see good stuff go to waste and what he cannot use he leaves in good condition in plain sight. Can scroungers lay waste to everything in their path” (Eighner 115). Scavengers search through dumpsters to find good items so they won’t go to waste, but scroungers on the other hand look through dumpsters to find cans to gain some money and exchange that for their desires of drugs or