Jimmy Carter wrote this essay to persuade his audience that industry should not develop Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for its resources . Carter used evidence, such as facts and examples to support his claim. In Carter’s writing, he clearly shows the reader how the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge remains America’s last truly great wilderness. Many animals live there, for example, the polar bears, caribou, Dall sheep, and wolves.
Carter stresses that this is a truly amazing piece of land with many aspects that make it worthwhile to leave it undisturbed. Starting off strong, Carter begins: “The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge stands alone as America’s last truly great wilderness.” Right away, Carter establishes rapport with the audience by describing the refuge as an alluring and unique wilderness. By using such powerful wording, Carter is able to provoke inside the reader a feeling of awe, as if they had experienced the magnificence of the refuge for themselves. Carter then goes on to describe the refuge with phrases such as “a once-in-a-lifetime wildlife spectacle” and “magnificent area as vast as it is wild”.
William Tholstrup Ms. Casseta Accelerated Lit and Comp B Set April 10, 2024 Personal Journeys Throughout Across a Hundred Mountains Loss of loved ones and grief are felt by many protagonists in the novel Across a Hundred Mountains by Reyna Grande. However, the female characters are often the ones who feel the largest impact. As a result, they are often left to pick up the pieces themselves while managing their emotions, requiring them to undertake unique journeys of self discovery to find closure and come to terms with reality. As they embark on these personal journeys, they must make difficult choices to cope with their grief in a non-detrimental way that shapes them and the future of the novel.
During the fall instead of green foliage turns to mixes of reds,purples, golds, and browns. All of the animals are protected in the preserve. There are eighteen different magnificent trails, each of them measuring two to six miles long! The woods are green and radiant during the spring, and colors of purple, gold, red, and brown during the
There was a slight cool breeze at the top of Mt. Cardigan during mid Fall, the landscape was a beautiful painting made by the earth and sky. I could see blue ponds reflecting the clear sky like a giant mirror, some trees had begun to turn orange, yellow, or red, while other trees still held on to their green. It was a very popular day to hike and we had a spectacle of thirty plus people watching to see what our daring plan was. Three of my friends and I were out of place on this mountain because we did not come up with a dog or even hiking boots on.
One Man’s Wilderness: an Alaskan odyssey, by Richard Proenneke is a true story of the authors trip into the Twin Lakes region of the deep Alaskan wilderness. Richard was sick for a long time and after he got better, he then decides to live to the extreme because his time was valuable. One Man’s Wilderness: an Alaskan odyssey and Into the Wild are similar because both authors were adventurous people who kept documents of their journey. Richard hiked many miles throughout the Alaskan territory and he was sure to never rush his hikes and he took in all of the breath taking views that he so much admired. Chris McCandless in Into the Wild is similar to the author because they both test their limits in the outdoors.
It has been over a year since I have been out into the wilderness in Southern Illinois. The last time I was there I can remember seeing the endless amount of trees swaying in the wind with the ice and snow from a recent snowfall. My father and I huddled in a deer blind for hours with a space heater and still felt the chill of the sub-zero temperatures running down our spines. After sitting for hours, we still saw no deer because it was even too cold for the deer to move. Despite the immense cold and boredom from sitting silently for the deer that never came, I was at peace, and the time to myself helped give me another perspective on life.
One warm Friday afternoon two summers ago, I was invited to go on a trip to Carowinds. I always wanted to go, so this was the perfect opportunity for me. To experience something, I have wanted since I was a little girl. I remember sitting on the sofa at my boyfriend’s house in their den watching tv and his mother came in talking to us about how she wants to plan a little trip to Carowinds. To get away for the weekend and have a good time and relax.
Pikes Peak This past summer I went on vacation with my aunt’s family to Colorado, and being from iowa, the land of corn and flat ground, we wanted to do all the mountain things you can do in Colorado. one very memorable mountain we visited was Pikes Peak, one of the tallest mountains in Colorado 14,114 thousand feet above sea level. There are two ways you can get to the top of Pikes Peak, you can drive up the side of the mountain, or you can ride the train up the other side, if you ride the train then you can only be on the top for 20 to 30 minutes, but if you drive you can do whatever you want, so we chose to drive up. The drive up was beautiful, even though the road was really windy and made me car sick it was still really cool to see.
After years of waiting and preparing we started on the journey to the west. We made our way to Independence, Missouri to go on the Oregon Trail which was laid by traders and trapers. While there I became familiar with George Wilson who was also a working family man. A lot of families left together making the trail busy and causing jams..
Growing up in the Bitterroot Valley I have been surrounded by farms and I have been friends with many people who live on farms. I love being outside and growing things and I think NMH would be foster that. Another of my criteria was a strong volleyball program and after watching a few games I can see that the team is very skilled. I was able to be part of a very successful team this year and I want to experience that again and again.
Cabo Wabo and Captiva Around five years, ago my extended family and I decided to go to Captiva Island together as a family trip during Thanksgiving. We stayed in a house called Cabo Wabo. Cabo Wabo is a big, bright yellow house.
Two weeks before going to a Boy Scout camp, Camp Emerald Bay, in July of 2016 I had to complete the PADI prerequisites to be able to acquire my PADI scuba diver certificate. After flying down to California with my troop and my longtime friend, Brendan, we got to Camp Emerald Bay on Catalina Island. I have never really been that big into boy scouts I’ve only stayed with it for so long to obtain my Eagle Scout but I’ve always loved going to the summer camps every year. This year I was especially excited because it would be first time going scuba diving, also this wasn’t a normal boy scout camp for me as I didn’t have to stay in the same cabin as my troop which was really a blessing for me.
As I raced toward the bottom of the mountain I suddenly realized there was a cliff not far from the base. My family and I were skiing in Colorado for a vacation. My parents were down in the lodge on the other side of the mountain, and only my brother and I were skiing. I was on the opposite side of the mountain as my brother because I wanted to prove that I was a better skier than him. I had to make a hasty decision to avoid tumbling off the cliff
My trip to the amazon jungle It was 5 a.m. at the airport in Cali, Colombia. We were all waiting for the plane to start our trip to the Amazon jungle. We got on the plane and the flight lasted an hour and a half, and when we were arriving, we looked through the window, and the only thing we could see was endless green. In addition, the Amazon River that we could see from the plane looked like a gigantic anaconda. When we arrived at the airport in Leticia, the capital of the Colombian amazon, the first sensation I had was the suffocating heat and humidity, a kind of humidity that made my clothes stick to my body.
