Barbara Ascher takes a usually ignored subject and displays it in a way that most of us have probably never thought of. Her essay answers the “who,” “what,” “where,” and “when” about a homeless man, known to her as “The Box Man.” She uses the rest of the essay to attempt to explain the “why.” She first tells how he carries out a particular night, showing the reality of the whole thing. She proceeds to …showed first 75 words of 344 total…

…showed last 75 words of 344 total…a beggar or a nuisance to anyone, unlike those that you would run into at busy intersections usually near expressways. He just chose a different way of life that doesn’t bother him in the least bit. He finds a unique pleasure in living alone, on the street, and by his own means. He doesn’t struggle too much to live. Ascher displays in her own way how things aren’t always as they seem.