Conserve, Reuse, Recycle

1. The most important quote to Semrau's article is,  "Quite simply, use what you have until it can no longer function."

2. Semrau keeping information from the reader helps the intent of the story in the sense that it keeps the reader interested in the story and also keeps him guessing about what the story is about. By the story being more interesting the reader will think about donating their body. The way how he reveals his point is effective to the essay. This is because he writes the importance of going "green" and the reader at first would assume he is going "green" right at the moment with materials such as plastic, paper, and cans. Near the end of the essay, he mentions he is going to medical school in the cheapest way possible. What he means by this statement is that when he dies he is going to donate his body to Harvard Medical School. He said that is too late in his late age of 75 years to conserve because he was already born and using resources. Recycling, according to Semrau, would not apply to him. So he is down to one way to go "green" and that is reuse. After he is no longer useful for work when he dies, he feels that the only way he can be useful is to donate his cadavar to science.