Issue 8 Should the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge be opened to Oil Drilling? Taking Sides: Environmental Issues by Thomas A. Easton Pgs. 134-151 Summary Yes: In his piece‚ Dwight R. Lee explains that with oil drilling the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge‚ there would be many benefits as compared to the cost. He doesn’t deny that there would be risks associated with the drilling. However‚ he feels that they do not begin to compare to the benefits. He explains that the main reason that
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Niki Hultquist John Green’s Looking for Alaska Green‚ John. Looking for Alaska. Penguin Print Inc.‚ 2005. Print Miles “Pudge” Halter’s life is nothing out of the ordinary. Although Pudge is comfortable with “ordinary” he is willing spice up his life by leaving his current life behind. In search of a “Great Perhaps”‚ Pudge decides to attend Culver Creek Boarding School where his life is turned upside down. Pudge allows himself to try new things and put himself in danger to find a Great Perhaps
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Into the Wild Chris McCandless was a young man who lived a strange‚ adventurous life. I disagree with Krakauer‚ McCandless seems to be a crazy person. Chris’s craziness is clearly shown throughout the book. He managed to survive one-hundred and thirteen days in the wild‚ but in the end he did die. Chris McCandless went into the wild to escape corrupt society. He also did it because he fell in love with nature through his readings of books by authors such as Charles Dickens and Jack
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Winterdance‚ a non-fiction narrative by Gary Paulsen‚ is a firsthand account of Paulsen’s journey in the Iditarod‚ where the main character‚ Paulsen‚ exemplifies bildunsroman throughout the book by altering his perspective of animals. Paulsen’s attitude toward nature changes dramatically as well throughout Winterdance due to his companionship with the sled dogs‚ experience with other animals along the race‚ and adjustment to trail life. Not only did the dogs guide him physically through
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He should be criticized for the pain he caused his family‚ and the selfishness he showed towards them. His parents loved him and had worked hard for years to give him all the opportunities he was afforded‚ but he shrugged them off without even a "thank you‚ but this is something I need to do." He wasn’t a hero‚ he was brave. He was smart but not wise. He went on a personal journey‚ and miscalculated the power of nature. If he had lived‚ we wouldn’t be discussing this‚ and death does not make someone
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Christopher Johnson McCandless (February 12‚ 1968 – August 1992) was an American hiker who adopted the alias Alexander Supertramp and ventured into the Alaskan wilderness in April 1992 with little food and equipment‚ hoping to live simply for a time in solitude. Almost four months later‚ McCandless’s remains were found‚ weighing only 67 pounds (30 kg). It has recently been speculated that Chris had developed lathyrism‚ caused by his consumption of seeds from a flowering plant in the legume family
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Study Questions for Into the Wild Chapter 1 1. What date does Jim Gallien pick up the hitchhiker? 2. By the time he drops off the hitchhiker what does Jim Gallien think of him? 3. By the end of the chapter what do you know about the hitchhiker? Chapter Chapter 2 1. Describe the land where Alex disappears. 2. Who visits the bus and what do they find? What date is it? 3. Write down what you have found out about Alex. Chapter 3 1. What was Alex’ adopted home like? When did he first arrive there?
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“Identity cannot be found or fabricated‚ but emerges from within when one has the courage...‚” Doug Cooper. A major theme in Jack London’s classic book‚ The Call of the Wild‚ is a quest to find one’s identity/journey‚ which is what Buck is doing throughout the whole story. Buck cannot just find his identity‚ he has to have the courage and strength to get through his journey to find it. At the beginning‚ Buck has to quickly adapt to his changing environments and stay safe on this quest
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dating for exactly a year‚ so yay!) loaned me - Looking For Alaska by John Green. A fantastic read‚ it is about a junior in high school named Miles Halter‚ who’s obsession with famous last words has led him on a search for “The Great Perhaps”‚ a changing‚ defining moment in his life. In hopes of finding this‚ he attends a boarding school in Alabama‚ where he makes his first friends and becomes completely enraptured in a girl named Alaska Young. The novel has been compared many‚ many times to The
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Big Foot: Our Greatest Mystery Cryptids and mythical creatures have peaked human interest since the beginning of recorded time‚ big foot is our greatest‚ most relevant mystery. People have begun to see big foot before the media had brought it to life. Most sightings occur in isolated woodland areas‚ which is perfect big foot habitat. Sightings have occurred in places such as Canada‚ Hawaii‚ Colorado‚ New Mexico‚ and even Russia. As for what big foot is; science and tradition have two different theories
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