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    Eighner’s first paragraph starts off by talking about what he likes to dumpster dive for and he tells how to do it and what good could come from it. He shows how he is telling his personal experiences and how someone else could survive from what he tells them. He then talks about how he goes to certain dumpsters that usually have the best foods and how he uses different strategies to get what he wants. Later Eighner talks about how he has to pick out which things he wants to keep from dumpsters and what things aren’t necessary which teaches people who read this essay what are important. By giving people details on how to dig through dumpsters for useful things Eighner is pretty much giving a “how to” essay so that others could use his essay as a means of a manual of some sort. In the end of his essay he talks about how he learns a lot about a person through their trash but not to judge them based on their garbage. In a weird way he is teaching the readers to respect a person and not judge them on what they find in their trash. This last part shows how he can be benevolent and caring although he is someone who digs through people’s garbage for a living.

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One of my hobbies is to make paper origami cranes. To me this helps me relax and relieve stress. It is something that never changes no matter how many times you do it and the more you practice the cleaner your folds become and the better your overall crane is. Origami teaches you how to pay attention to close detail and really appreciate the small aspects of life. By just sitting down and taking the time to do something like this you get to have a breather from the fast paced world around you. At first making an origami crane is hard and you may want to give up. By trying and trying until you get it you learn persistence and how to not give up just because of a challenge. Every time I just sit down and make a crane I consistently get better. Although now I can make a paper crane like clock work I still have not lost the appreciation for each fold that it takes to make the full bird. By learning how to do this a person can learn patience and respect for small details. Through origami I have learned that one tiny little fold could make a difference.