...a number of materials, such as clothes, cars, and games, but they are still not content with what they have, always wanting more. We buy all these things to make us complete however, these things internally makes us I find it sad that someone’s wealth is determined by the value of everything the person owns that can be exchanged for money, goods or service; sometimes it’s even trash to start out with. Eighner states, “Some material things are white elephants that eat up the possessor’s substance”, in fact, there are two types of people who do not understand the concept of necessity. In the eyes of Eighner, they seem to be two extremes of wastefulness and possessiveness. He uses two groups of people as example one a “student” and second a “hoarder”. Eighner explains that a student use “Daddy’s money” to purchase unnecessary goods that inevitably find a home is a trash; a wasteful behavior. On the other hand Hoarders, “Invest in objects with sentimental value”, and cease the discard or recycle whereby exhibiting possessiveness. Through Eighner usage of several rhetorical devices, he gives us a deep meaning of what his take on wealth and materialism is, I would say that his form of wealth come from his years as a dumpster diver, where he took in an abundance of knowledge through experience. He feels that, besides him, only the very wealthy know that there is a lot more of everything for the taking. However, the wealthy think so because they can afford more of anything, not...
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