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Is Rooney merely making value judgements about himself, or does he have a broader purpose? How do you know?

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Explicate Rooney's statement about trash control. Describe whether Ronney is merely making value judgments or whether he has a broader purpose.

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It is clear that Rooney is making a serious statement about trash control--globally, perhaps, but definitely in Western society. He begins the essay with a personal anecdote, perhaps to lull the reader into thinking, "Oh, this is just going to be a story about him; it has nothing to do with me." If he had started out the essay by talking about the growing problem of massive and unnecessary packaging, which is creating a serious societal issue, many readers would become defensive about an oncoming "lecture" condeming their own lifestyles or preaching at them, and would have stopped reading. But by the third paragraph, ...

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