On Dumpster Diving

Ryan Jeffers
Mrs. Parkinson's

English III

April 12, 2016

On Dumpster Diving Question 1

          The stigma that is prejudged onto the poor is that it's their fault that they are poor and that they are mindless people who eat random trash. Our author takes that stigma and shows us how there is an elegance to dumpster diving. He shows us how there are rules that should be followed while dumpster diving. Our author tells us ,”After all, the finding of objects is becoming somewhat of an urban art” (Eighner 713).This quote from the beginning of the article shows us that he sees dumpster diving as an art, meaning that there are different techniques to dumpster dive and also a set of rules that should be followed but can be ignored occasionally. 

          Our author also debunks the thought about how dumpster divers are ignorant people by telling us about the learning curve that occurs while dumpster diving. “I have no special knowledge and I have been wrong before”(Eighner 714). The quote is showing us how he had to figure this stuff out about dumpster diving. It shows that it isn't just an easy task that you can pick up quickly, you have to work at it to be able to safely dumpster dive. Our author throughout this article showed us time and time again that our stigma that is given to dumpster divers and homeless people is completely and utterly wrong.

Inquiry Activity

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Ryan Jeffers

Mrs Parkinson

English III

March 14, 2016

What makes a good friend stay?

Sometimes friends come and go. Sometimes friends are here to stay. So, what makes a good friend stay? In Of Mice and Men we see George stay alongside of and take care of Lennie. Why? George obviously thinks on page 13 that, “When I think of a swell time I can have without you, I go nuts. I never get no peace.”(Steinbeck 13). George obviously wants to be on his own and wants to have a swell time as he puts it. Yet he stays. He stay because he is a good friend. Well what is a good friend? We all have gotten at one point frustrated with our friends. It’s normal. But that is what makes good friends. Even when times get tough and hostile between you they still always have your back, because that’s what friends are for. They have your back. That is what a good friend is, and that is why a good friends stay. Because they have your back no matter what.

Harlem Renaissance

Ryan Jeffers

March 7, 2016

English III

Mrs. Parkinson

Everything has a dark and a light side. That’s at least what we know from Claude McKay’s poem America. The dark side is presented within our authors poem with this quote,"Her vigor flows like tides into my blood, Giving me Strength erect against her hate,"(McKay).The strong diction within this line of text shows us the elaborate and the intensity of the poem. The word choice of hate helps expand on the idea of having a dark side to America. Evidently, everything also has a light side as expressed in this next line from the poem,"And see her might and granite wonders there, Beneath the touch of Time's unerring hand, Like priceless treasures sinking in the sand,"(McKay).The word choice for these lines by using might, unerring, and priceless show the light side for America. It's cheesy but everything has a dark side and a light side to it.