1. Eighner used the first five paragraphs of his essay to establish credibility and to build trust between him and the reader. He shows that he is educated and that he is not homeless because he is incompetent. By showing great attention to detail he lets the reader know that he has gained his intelligence through experience and he did not start dumpster diving yesterday.
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4. The irony is that the kids in college who are throwing the food away because they believe it has gone bad or spoiled, are in fact spoiled themselves. This is highly evident in the phrase “Daddy’s money” which is why they throw away the perfectly good food because the expenses are not coming from their pocket.
What is also ironic is the fact that it almost seems like
