1959 Congress annexes Alaska 1960 Arctic National Wildlife Range established by Fred Seaton of the DOI l969 Trans-Alaska Pipeline System formed by a group of oil and gas companies. They want to build a huge pipeline from south to north coast of Alaska! 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act buys out native Alaskans of their land for gas and oil exploration‚ basically they can claim any land they want except land for the pipeline 1972 EIS released stressing the need for oil resources to
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Virginia Black Introduction to Philosophy Jorge Secada‚ Peter Tan 17 October 2014 Personhood: One Factor Among Many What does it mean to be a ’human being ’? When does a human fetus become a ’human being ’? At what point does an individual physical being come into existence? Is there any morally relevant break along the biological process of development from the unicellular zygote to birth? The common foundation of abortion arguments will answer the initial question of what defines life‚ or more
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JUSTICE FOR INJUSTICE Have you ever encountered injustices? How did you faced it? In the short story‚ Truth About Sharks by Joan Bauer‚ Beth‚ faced injustice at a very young age. I believed that we all come across discrimination and unfairness‚ and we should stand and speak up for our it because we don’t want other people control our lives. In the story‚ Beth encountered injustice unexpectedly and pointlessly. She already experienced discrimination against his Uncle Al. Well‚ it does not
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Story telling about a person’s life can be a good way to illustrate a point‚ a technique which has been used throughout human history. Authors such as Judith Ortiz Cofer‚ in her essay The myth of the Latin woman: I just met a girl named Maria‚ and David Sedaris in his essay I Like Guys‚use narrative to argue their thesis‚ however this is not limited only to established authors. With the pair of essays written by Cofer and Sedaris (and a little story of my own) a reader can see how the use of narration
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Limits placed on the female role in society in the story "Not for Sale" have a clash between American and Puerto Rican cultures. Conflicts between a 16yr old daughter and her father occur multiple times due to limitations of the Puerto Rican culture. The daughter from the story wants to have the freedom of an American girl. With the restrictions enforced‚ she resorts to reading exotic stories to pass the time. The women’s role in the Puerto Rican culture is not expected to reach further than a homemaker
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The most important factor in why someone chooses to do something is how that action will affect their personal feelings because humans value their feelings more than others. Connie‚ from "Abuela Invents the Zero" by Judith Ortiz-Cofer‚ decided to put her feelings in front of Abuela’s when she chose not to help when Abuela could not find her way back to the pew in the church. When Connie noticed that Abuela was lost‚ she decided not to help her because‚ "I just know that on Monday my friends‚ and
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the dictionary a friend means one attached to another by affection; a favor; one who is propitious; a favorite. To woman friends are different types of people and relationships. In the essay Friends‚ Good Friends and such Good Friends the author Judith Viorst describe a couple of the many different types of friendship women have. We as women form a type of bond with other woman very different than men do with other men. Viorst tells us that at one point she would have said a friend is a friend
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"The Shark Net" written by Robert Drewe is a non-fiction Autobiographical text which is part-true crime and part autobiographical. Robert Drewe captivates the reader’s interest through the events‚ places‚ and people of early his childhood and adolescence‚ and the Eric Cooke serial killings. By using techniques such as symbolism‚ language and selection of detail‚ Drewe positions the reader to respond with intrigue to his experiences. At the age of six Drewe was required to move from Melbourne to
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language portrayed in their poetry. Judith write is a famous Australian poet who wrote many poems that portrayed Australia’s Cultural Identity. Her poems The Wonga Vine"‚ "Jet Flight Over Derby"‚ "A Country Town" and "Two Dreamtimes" strongly reflect the landscape‚ environment‚ history‚ beliefs and social issues that Australia‚ had during the times that Judith Wright lived through. Her poetry also reflects the modern cultural identity that Australia has now. Judith Wright was born in 1915 into a
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by the media and influenced by some other elements of our society: friends‚ place‚ and education. We reflect what we think it is correct in the opinions of others. This idea is expanded and explained in two essays: "The Story of My Body" written by Judith Ortiz Cofer‚ and "Never Just Pictures" by Susan Bordo. In the first essay‚ Cofer suggest that our body plays an essential role in our social life. The differences of race‚ color‚ and size can create many uncomfortable situations in our adolescence
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