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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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    "My Daily Dives in the Dumpster" Lars Eighner is a very resourceful and intelligent man who recounts his 5-year experience as a homeless man drifting between Austin and Hollywood in "My Daily Dives in the Dumpster". He decides the American consumer life is more comfortable than the life of a scavenger. "Although‚ if I could I would naturally prefer to live the comfortable consumer life‚ perhaps-- and only perhaps-- as a slightly less wasteful consumer owing to what I have learned as a scavenger

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    In the essay on Dumpster Diving we read about Lars Eighner Who is a scavenger in the sense that he searches dumpsters for leftover items that can be of aid to him to enable him to eat or to have clothing to wear. In this essay we see numerous rhetorical approaches to grab the reader’s attention in as he conveys a story and a lifestyle that sheds light to an unknown profession. We immediately read about how knowledgeable and passionate the author is about this subject as he comes out almost challenging

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    Dumpster Diver Throughout life‚ everyone faces hardships. Whether you are faced with illness or disease‚ poverty‚ or anything that can cause a problem within your everyday life‚ no one gets out without going through something rough. Examples of a hardship are shown in the reading “My Daily Dives in the Dumpster” by Lars Eighner. The author tells us about his personal experience of being homeless and the constant struggle to search for things like food and other necessities just to stay alive. The

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    “On Dumpster Diving” by Lars Eighner is an essay about the author’s personal struggles of homelessness and the art of getting his daily necessities from local Dumpsters. Even before he was homeless‚ he had started to “Dumpster dive‚” or “scavenge‚” as he calls it‚ due to the depletion of his savings (Eighner 161). Despite the fact that the essay is about the author’s homeless experiences‚ he manages to remove most of the emotion from the essay and takes more of an approach that seems like he’s writing

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    Reading the “Dumpster Diving” essay put me in the perspective that we throw away a lot of different things that may seem like junk or trash to us. However‚ “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure‚” and what may be trash to us is the way of life for someone else . Lars Eighner describes his experience in dumpster diving‚ and while doing so‚ he makes a comment in the essay to say he would prefer to call dumpster diver “scavenging.” Eighner writes this essay to tell everyone about his years he

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    "On Dumpster Diving" is about a man‚ Lars Eighner‚ and his dog‚ Lizbeth‚ informing us of how they went from living in a house with everything they needed to having to suddenly live on the street getting everything they need to survive out of dumpsters. He explained the difference between foraging‚ which is to look for something like berries and nuts‚ and scavenging‚ what dumpster diving really is‚ as opposed to foraging. He explains to us‚ "What is safe to eat‚" the different stages of a scavenger

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    name Date On Dumpster Diving Quite by accident‚ I found the essay On Dumpster Diving by Lars Eighner on the pages of Seagull magazine. The first lines of it captured my interest considerably‚ for as I had never read about dumpster diving or scavenging before. On Dumpster Diving is a piece of large Eighner’s work called Travels with Lizbeth (1993)‚ which was based on his own experience of homelessness. The author engages me by telling the origin and meaning of the term Dumpster Diver‚ presenting

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    Dumpster Diving Lars Eighner is an experienced dumpster diver or as he prefers to call it “scavenging.” He writes “On Dumpster Diving” an essay about the three years he spent on the streets accompanied by his lone companion‚ dog Lizabeth. Born in Texas in 1948‚ Eighner began dumpster diving one year before he ended up homeless after being unable to pay for his rent. Diving through dumpsters to obtain life’s main necessities‚ Eighner becomes a veteran at realizing what foods are safe and what items

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    On On Dumpster Diving Eng121. In the many subcultures of the Twenty First century dumpster diving is a casual activity. Dumpster diving being the act 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

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