... people are typically expected to live life for personal satisfaction and happiness, keeping in mind that he has the rest of his life to look forward to working. The story notes that he rings peoples groceries up in the exact same manner every single time saying "Hello (bing) there, you (gung) happ-py pee-pup (splat)," thus indicating an extreme displeasure ... instant ready to swim, lie in the sun, or to get some attention from boys with minimal effort. She is specifically not dressing for a professional image or wasting too much free time in the store as she enters and exits within a s...

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... the winter is an extremely appropriate method of conveying the death imagery she employs since winter, traditionally, is the season when life ebbs from the earth. For example, the narrator notes that when winter began in Starkfield, and "the village lay under a sheet of show perpetually renewed [he] began to see what life "or rather its negation "must have ... how like death Ethan's life is by correlating death imagery directly with Zeena, Mattie and Ethan himself. Because Ethan feels such a strong moral and financial responsibility towards Zeena he cannot free himself from her death-li...

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... . Instead, Eighner's point is to demonstrate that the average homeless individual can live, and live well, off of what many Americans see as simply refuse. To elucidate these points, Eighner notes that he has come to two conclusions after ten years of dumpster diving. The first is that there is no value in the abstract. Material things that most individuals collect ... from the world around him. He does not have the shared experiences of the masses and is unable to relate on many levels. Thus, while Eighner's campaign to live a life free of materialism has its virtues, there is something...

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