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This 6 page paper uses two articles to develop an essay on the subject of how to value things. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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of Welfare Families by Stephanie Coontz. This paper attempts to answer the questions of how we place values on things, and why. Discussion Perhaps the most surprising thing about Eighners
article is that he is homeless, despite the fact that he worked as a drug-crisis counselor, a position that implies he has some degree of education and training. Nevertheless, he
was homeless, along with his dog Lizbeth; but he still managed to get his stories published, along with a novel. One would hope hes not still scrounging through dumpsters to
get a meal, but it appears hes had a rough life and has been homeless more than once. Health problems also contribute to his difficulty in finding a well-paying job
(Gwynne, 1998). At first the article seems like a joke, mostly because its so well written. A readers reaction is likely to be something like this is too good to
be written by a homeless person. But it was, and what Eighner is concerned about in his narrative is sharing a lesson hes learned by his dumpster diving that goes
far beyond how to find safe food. But lets start there, since it is of major concern and begins the essay. He notes that unopened cans are safe, as are
things like crackers, pasta and other "dry foods" (Eighner, p. 122). He has learned how to judge whether or not fruit is edible (toss the obviously rotten stuff) and has
a finely-tuned response to cheese: if its slightly moldy, pare the mold off; if it seems pristine, leave it-someone threw it out for some unknown reason and its not worth
the risk (Eighner). This humorous lesson in how to eat from a dumpster must surely make any reasonable person think of the waste represented by these huge containers of uneaten
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