Debunking the homeless

Spencer Petrov

Mrs. Parkinson

English 3

8 April 2016

Debunking the Homeless

Throughout the article it seems that the author is trying to show the positives. He mentions the negatives but doesn’t go in depth as he does on when proving the good point of okay parts of dumpster diving. He shares with us emotion of how it can be good and how it can be bad. How you must learn from trial and error. As if it is an art form. An example of pathos he gives is when he is talking about the stages of learning to dumpster dive. In this excerpt he is talking about he first stage. Where the diver is shameful and saddened by their actions. It says,     "At first the new scavenger is filled with disgust and self-loathing. He is ashamed of being seen and may lurk around, trying to duck behind things, or he may try to dive at night. (In fact, most people instinctively look away from a scavenger. By skulking around, the novice calls attention to himself and arouses suspicion. Diving at night is ineffective and needlessly messy.) Every grain of rice seems to be a maggot. Everything seems to stink. He can wipe the egg yolk off the found can, but he cannot erase from his mind the stigma of eating garbage."

Here you can see the pain of someone who is just learning the ropes. Just like any activity, you won't be good at it in the beginning.

Harlem Renaissance

Spencer Petrov

Mrs. Parkinson

English III

3/5/16

Harlem Renaissance

            One off the most popular artists from the Harlem renaissance is the poet Countee Cullen. He was raised by an African American pastor so he was familiar with getting freedom and equality. But his education he got at mostly white establishments showed him that side of the culture. Thus leaving him very well balanced. The second stanza of his poem Tableau says: “From lowered blinds the dark folk stare/ And here the fair folk talk,/ Indignant that these two should dare/ In unison walk.”(quoted in Tableau, Cullen, Countee, Stanza 2). With his view of both sides he could see that not only would they be able to have equality but they could be together. It scared the people of the time but his vision was futuristic.