"On Dumpster Diving" by Lars Eighner Flashcards
1
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step 1
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Eighner, homeless, comfortable with his position
2
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step 2
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explaining why dumpster diving is acceptable
3
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step 3
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people who think Dumpster diving is disgusting
4
Q
step 4
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argue that Dumpster diving has value
5
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step 5
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instruction sequences, elevated/academic diction
6
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step 6
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instruction, moralizing
7
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determine occasion
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“wile my dog Lizbeth and I were still living in the house on Avenue B in Austin”
8
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style
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- colloquial language “wino or hobo”
- contrast “invests material objects” “no longer have.. but have sentiments”
- paradox “I am a scavenger” & “I think it a sound and honorable profession”
- paradox “almost everything I have now has already been cast out at least once, proving…”
9
Q
“the second lesson is the transience of…”
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purpose
10
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tone
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- words like “de-emulsified” and “pathogenic” create a clinical tone
- feelings inspired by “rat-race” “gaudy bauble” “valueless” “sorry for them”
11
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speaker
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narrator; “i was once the sort of person who invests”
12
Q
audience
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speaking to the judgmental reader “for they know not what” “sorry for them”
13
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“much dumpster diving is a matter of experience…”
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purpose
