SC Dumpster diving Essay

Hello, I need help answering the 4 following questions. 1)https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tvS3SgtB9Q7M6B8k9UMsAPJLE5UDLrxb/view

After you’ve read the text, answer the following questions:

What’s dumpster diving based on Eighner’s essay? How would you define this term after reading the author’s experience? Make sure to use specific passages from the text.

How does reading Eighner make you feel about your own material values? How do you relate to Dumpster diving and to what he class “grab for the gaudy bauble”? 2) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E8pL74vEIeqVJeczp-y4JoPN1Tm3dPoY/view

Throughout the essay, we learn the precarious conditions in which the author and her friends live. The conditions, based on the evidence that is presented, may seem to indicate that they are not able to move up the ladder. What do you propose that could help minimum wage workers be able to afford rent, pay bills, and eventually save up to buy a new car or even a house.

3)https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZASxpFjIcHs282-CrqAzKFHdkHYIGlci/view

After you’ve read the text, do the following:

Find an advertisement on Youtube. Think about a specific product like airpods, a pair of Nikes, iPhone 12, a Tesla (that’s the car I want!)

Analyze the way the advertisement promotes the product. What makes it appealing to the consumer? What strategies are these ads using to make the audience think of it as a “cool” product they must have.

Answer the following questions

1. What is the ad selling? Add the link to the ad videoclip.
2. What makes it appealing to the consumer?
3. What strategies is the ad using to make the audience think of it as a “cool” product they must have? 4) LAST QUESTION PROMPT: After reading these texts and including your own responses, think about what the main issues are as we start this last block. What is one thing that resonates with you about dumpster diving, minimum wage, and consumerism?How do you position yourself in all of these situations? Do you find yourself struggling with paying rent, bills, handling school work and work schedule?