1/24/2013 The Norton Reader Answers from On Dumpster Diving (pg. 28) 1. Eighner organizes his essay by breaking down how and why scavengers do what they do to survive. He begins his essay with how he became a scavenger and follows that with how to scavenge the best‚ safest way possible. He communicates how to choose the right dumpsters to dive into‚ how to determine if food is edible‚ and whether items are worth holding onto. I believe Eighner chose this type of organization throughout his
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An individual can become fearful of something unusual that may come into mind. In the essay “Dumpster Diving‚” Lars Eighner states‚ “But my strongest reservation about going through individual garbage cans is that this seems to me a very personal kind of invasion to which I would be object if I were a householder” (723). Lars worried when the thought crossed his mind of what could possibly happen to him if he were to go through an individual garbage can. When
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November 2010 Value of America The purpose of this essay is to raise readers’ awareness‚ causing them to think differently about American values. Furthermore‚ the value one places on material wealth. Ehrenreich (Ehrenreich 156) and Eighner (Eighner 172) exposed problems with the equation of wealth equals happiness. They also excluded the idea that‚ in America‚ possessing a job means economic security‚ happiness‚ and a sense of achievement in life. In employment most of us realize obstacles
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pro-ductive member of society. Lars Eighner‚ a homeless man‚ wrote a book entitled "Travels with Lizbeth: Three Years on the Road and on the Streets" in which he describes in one chapter "the process of scavenging Dumsters for food and other necessities." Eighner states that even though he is homeless with not much money‚ he still eats and sometimes finds money from scavenging Dumpsters. This seems like a form of self-reliance for him. In his story‚ Eighner tells us what is safe to eat‚ how
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Process Analysis THE STRATEGIES The process-analysis essay is an elementary but essential writing strategy. Most teachers prefer to teach it as the first expository form because all students have had experience giving and following directions and because composition students can use the skills that they have already studied in narration and description to explain the stages in a process. Like the chronology of events and the pattern of details‚ the stages in a process provide a plan for the process-analysis
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normal thing. Wealthy college students may not think that their parents have been working hard‚ so they can offer them a good education. Eighner’s article “On Dumpster Diving” says that many wealthy students
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X. –Student Course Pack and under “Assignments” on Bb “Me Talk Pretty One Day” by David Sedaris –Student Course Pack The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. – a required text Idiocracy Dir. Mike Judge. 2006. DVD. – a film viewing “Dumpster Diving” by Lars Eighner – Student Course Pack‚ a required text “The Crummy First Draft” by Anne Lamott – On Blackboard Queens College: Its history and current resources Your own (documented) progress / course feedback report . ______________________
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Poverty is viewed as the underbelly of society‚ a topic continuously being pushed to the shadows. Unspoken‚ yet commonly seen‚ the homeless are pressured from the streets by the desire to give the impression of cleanliness that society so desperately tries to obtain and preserve. The homeless seem to be a necessity of society‚ someone needs to fall for others to grow. The eradication of poverty is a continuous goal of many individuals‚ yet it unceasingly persists even in the most developed of
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Cited: Eighner‚ Lars. Travels with Lizbeth. New York: St. Martin ’s Press‚ 1993. Print. Fothergill‚ Kate E.‚ et al. "A Prospective Study of Childhood and Adolescent Antecedents of Homelessness among a Community Population of African Americans." Journal of Urban Health
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write on literally anything we wanted‚ I felt like a housecat looking out the front door. Unsure of where to step‚ and without any of my own ideas‚ I asked my good friend Liz what I should write about. It was she who turned me on to the Davis “dumpster diving” culture and its protest of the food industry through gleaning. These gleaners‚ whose names I changed to protect their privacy‚ welcomed me into their homes and showed me the utmost generosity. And now‚ from my soapbox‚ I can see that religious
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