On Dumpster Diving Questions

1. What is the difference between a "scavenger" and a "scrounger"?

-Scavenging is like a snail gathering on the wall of a fish tank, and
 scrounging is lifting your life off others. 

 2. What is the main reason Eighner doesn't scavenge individual garbage
 cans? 

-He finds individual garbage cans very personal to people, in that they have
 bank statements, drug bottles and things that give personal information.

 3. How is the organization of this essay similar to the main idea of
 paragraph 70 ("By far the best way...)? 

 -The beginning of the essay is filled with "rubbish" while the end ends with very good information.

 4. As a dumpster diver, how is Eighner similar to the "very wealthy"?

 -Their attitudes are the same in that, "there is plenty more where that came from."

 5. What is ironic about this essay?

-the author thinks of himself as better than the millions who sit at home watching tv at night, when most people would think of dumpster divers as the lowlife.