Lars Eighner’s rhetorical situation, or rhetorical context, is in the social context, as well as the biographical one. Eighner creates an autobiography essay in the hopes of raising awareness of the fact that humans, no matter their financial situation, tend to thirst for material possessions and no possession ever gained quenches the want. The biographical context-if not deduced from the genre title-comes from the text describing a real man’s life as a dumpster diver. The text gives many details about dumpster diving that Eighner had to learn through first-hand experience. The social context is revealed mainly through the two life lessons brought out in the end. The lessons that go hand in hand and shine a light on the importance of being