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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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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Gina Mansour English 111 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
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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
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Whereas Lars Eighner‚ author of “On Dumpster Diving”‚ discusses being homeless and explaining the strategies and guidelines of surviving from dumpsters while explaining the etiquette involved in the process. Both Eighner and Ehrenreich have a similar theme of human struggles for survival and utilize style elements‚ language and characters. Eighner’s writing style is clear-cut and informative. He starts by giving his reasons for why he originally started Dumpster diving. “While Lizbeth [Eighner’s dog]
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In the recent discussion of the article “Dumpster Diving” there were a lot of options on whether or not dumpster diving was the best practice for individuals to take to get their food. Also whether or not it’s ethical. Due to the excess food thrown out due to how long the shelf date is or sell date‚ good food doesn’t get donated and is out to waste. If an individual is homeless or can’t afford food dumpster diving may be a good alternative since most of the food thrown out is still edible and healthy
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Speech to Entertain: A Guide Joann Babin Rationale and Definition If your instructor assigned you to do a speech to entertain‚ you are lucky. Since so many public speaking text book authors declare entertainment as one of the three major goals of a public speech‚ it is a great skill to practice. It is hard to deny the value of entertainment. Humor has been used to soothe many difficult situations. At a board meeting in San Francisco where there was a heated debate about closing Golden Gate
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Swimming in Waste: An Analysis of the Documentary film The Dive Jeremy Seifert’s informative documentary The Dive looks deeper into the American enigma of how and why we have 96 billion pounds of food waste a year in our country when 1 billion people a day are starving worldwide. Seifert tells his viewers’ information that can prove there in lay a serious problem. For example there is 96 billion pounds of food wasted every year in America which is enough to feed the nation of Haiti for 5 years
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Dan and Linda are partners and are day-to-day scavengers set in Parkdale‚ in search of antiques throughout various platforms; stretching from dumpsters to yard sales‚ anything for a profit. The two are in need of money in hopes of paying off their rent every month‚ and funding their desire for marijuana‚ but come into trouble as Dan’s usual supplier ends up being forced out of business. The dismissal of Dan’s supplier means that he’ll need to be needing a new supplier‚ her being Susan. Susan is among
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look at things that can determine your character. Are you one to complain all the time or try to be optimistic? Do you think one is better than the other? Author Lars Eighner‚ explains his experience in scavenging through dumpsters to supplement his necessities in “On Dumpster Diving”. He started when his savings diminished and continued on as he found himself homeless. Through his journey Eighner clarifies on what is important to him and compares his life to someone of wealth. However‚ the story “Serving
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