of taking‚ used goods out of a dumpster for personal use. I personally adorn many dumpstered clothing items. In the essay On Dumpster Diving by Lars Eighner‚ he talks about dumpster diving through his experiences being homeless‚ living with his dog‚ and dumpster diving to sustain his life. He postulates how much of what we consume is wasted. Eighner maintains this through dumpster diving in various places. His solution to this waste concern isn’t just to dumpster dive‚ but too concern your own consumption
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Inequality On any given night in America‚ there are 750‚000 United States citizens who are considered homeless with one in five of them are being considered chronically so (Stanford Center). Throughout the course of his essay “Dumpster Diving”‚ Lars Eighner discusses the numerous lessons he learned while living his days on the streets. Today‚ there is also a record-breaking wage gap that exists between the wealthy and the poor and it slowly widening as the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting
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In the essay “On Dumpster Diving” Lars Eighner describes the wastefulness of Americans‚ how they view the poor‚ and how to stay safe while living the life of a scavenger. As he travels the streets with his companion Lizbeth he scavenges through dumpsters in search of the necessities of life. There are many people that are homeless in need of these essentials. In America the hardships is being described the same way in the essay. The higher class donates to the poor‚ but they do not realize what they
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Rachel Smith 1-14-13 On Dumpster Diving Lars Eighner Although people have different backgrounds‚ human nature runs in patterns. Dumpster divers were afraid at the beginning to be seen scrounging around dumpsters. They were disgusted at the thought of getting dirty by jumping to the bottom of a dumpster. People are always trying to cover up their imperfections. They don’t want people to see that they don’t have it all together all the time. The dumpster divers were ashamed of being who they were
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optimal health‚ it is imperative to have a well-balanced lifestyle‚ which would include a nutritious diet as well as mental and social tranquility. Tom Haines‚ author of “Facing Famine”‚ David Bodanis‚ author of “What’s in your Toothpaste”‚ and Lars Eighner‚ author of “ On Dumpster Diving”‚ discuss various topics of health while challenging the notions commonly perceived to be true. Together‚ the authors provide harsh insight regarding health conditions in relation to famine and disease in third world
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the readers on how many will have the opportunity to help out a charity and donate money‚ but people will not take the chance or time to do it. In the other text “On Dumpster Diving” Lars Eighner informs the readers when he was a homeless person and he had to go looking for food in different dumpsters. Eighner explains the ways that a homeless person is able to distinguish
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Lars Eighner holds unique‚ nearly universally applicable beliefs on the materialistic side of humanity and it’s constant obsession with wealth. Eighner’s opinions may be quickly dismissed as some feel as though someone in his position cannot make a valid argument about topics often associated with the upper class‚ such as wealth and materialism‚ however his points about these topics take a sort of “outsider” perspective to the situation‚ qualifying them even more. Often the most valuable commentary
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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 to
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Lars Eighner has always been fascinated with dumpsters. He states in his essay that he even reached out to the Merriam-Webster service to learn what he could about the word “Dumpster” (139). A year before his unfortunate homelessness‚ Eighner started a hobby‚ and to some a lifestyle‚ called “Dumpster diving” (139). Throughout his story‚ Eighner teaches his audience the do’s and do not’s of dumpster diving‚ how to eat dumpster food safely and ultimately the wastefulness that lies within our society
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personal past experiences. From these things‚ Eighner claims to have learned two lessons: one being that you should only take what you need and nothing else. In other words‚ if it is not useful‚ it has no value. The second lesson is the idea of materialism and how he finds that memories and sentiments last longer than objects. This lesson is differs greatly compared to "The Town Dump" because Stegner treasures the items found in the dump‚ while Eighner would have left the junk and remembered their
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