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    In two particular essays I have read‚ On Dumpster Diving by Lars Eighner and‚ A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift‚ I noticed that the authors write about the concern they have for the unfortunate people in their countries. They also provide abnormal means of resolving the issue of poverty. The essay by Lars Eighner describes his experiences with Dumpsters and Dumpster diving. He then specifically informs the readers about how to look for food that is acceptable to eat. The author also tells of the

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    In “on Dumpster Diving‚” Lars Eighner describes the experience of being homeless and explains some key knowledge to dumpster dive for a support. Eighner shows some important rule that any dumpster diver has to assume in order to survive while dumpster diving. The first rule is knowing a good place and time to look for food at certain places and other items that can be useful for living. For instance the author says‚ “Students throw out canned goods and all of their studying material at the end of

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    On Dumpster Diving Review

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    In the article “On Dumpster Diving”‚ Eighner states “After all‚ the finding of objects is becoming something of an urban art” (455). This shows Eighner is not embarrassed about this practice because it really is meaningful and helps him to survive. Although this art is view for so many people as disgusting‚ after reading this article and analyzing it‚ dumpster diving involve certain skills‚ knowledge and values that makes me think when using them‚ dumpster diving is a whole different thing

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    After reading “On Dumpster Diving” by Lars Eigner‚ I found out a lot of new things including how people on this earth manage to live. In the beginning of the essay‚ there has been some information provided to us about the writer which states that he lived in Austin and was a student of University of Texas. He described how life was on streets and showed us his interest towards dumpsters. He used description in the beginning and explains about term ‘Dumpster’. His tone is basically descriptive in

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    Compare Contrast Essay "The Town Dump"‚ by William Stegner‚ and "Dumpster Diving"‚ by Lars Eighner‚ are both essays dealing with town dumpsters. They are both similar in the sense that they both have positive feelings about the dumpsters‚ but "Dumpster Diving" deals more with how the dumpsters help him live‚ while "Town Dump" tells how the dumpster constitutes a large part of the town’s history. In "Dumpster Diving"‚ Eighner tells his story of living off of the food that he finds in the

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    Paying attention to what and how much they throw away is not in that time schedule. Although college students have a busy schedule‚ priorities of the student vary through each student. Some students pay for college themselves and some don’t. Lars Eighner made a general characterization that college students are wasteful. The issue with this characterization is that it doesn’t account

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    On Dumpster Diving Literary Analysis How much food do consumers waste? Not much‚ a lot‚ you don’t know‚ or you don’t care? It doesn’t seem that many consumers do care. In the article‚ “On Dumpster Diving” (1993)‚ Lars Eighner uses exposition‚ description‚ and narration to criticize consumer wastefulness. Exposition is the literary device that Eighner uses the most throughout this article. Exposition is when the author conveys his story through explanation. Eighner explains certain things rather

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    Section 1: Ridiculousness MTV Every Thursday 11 PM Ridiculousness re-run Martin Fantasy Factory‚ Cops Reloaded‚ American Dad Comedy Rob Drydek‚ Sterling Brim PG-13‚ TV-14 In the episode of Ridiculousness that I watched‚ they had a Santa Clause as a guest. The overall theme was about Christmas and the things people do around this time of the year. The first part of the show they showed various videos of kids opening presents and showing their reaction to what they got. Many of the kids

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    Who would have thought that people would resort to “dumpster diving” as a means of filling their bellies? It turns out freeganism‚ dumpster diving‚ is the result of years of protest against big business and is a logical way to help reduce consumer waste. Freegans are people who “use alternative ways of living based on limited participation in the conventional economy and minimal consumption of resources” (What Is A Freegan? 2008). Freeganism is the “summation of multiple ideologies and movements

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    Over time‚ the unethical act of dumpster-diving has certainly evolved‚ where dumpster-divers are often out to steal personal information or data via disposed credit cards‚ receipts‚ documents‚ and even computer components and parts. As a result‚ organizations and business must take extreme precautions when disposing of any important information or materials‚ especially computer parts and components. Based on the nature of the disposal‚ a computer hacker may acquire an array of details and information

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