"The Arctic National Refuge stands alone as America's last truly great wilderness." These are the words of former President Jimmy Carter as mentioned in Subhankar Banerjee's book "Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Seasons of Life and Land, A Photographic Journey." Carter strongly believes that the Arctic National Refuge in America must be preserved. He argues that establishing industrial plants in the refuge will destroy the habitats of many different species, affecting the ecosystem around them. His claims are backed up using various different rhetorical strategies. President Carter begins with a tale of his trip to the refuge with his wife. By telling the readers of his voyage, he is clarifying that he has a background in this topic, and that he has seen it first hand. Because of this ethos, the readers will have the idea that he is experienced and knows what he is talking about. This way, they are likely to believe many of his following claims. However, since he is a former president, it is already implied that he would be a credible source to be trusted by the readers. …show more content…
It is almost nothing and 1 to 2% wouldn't make much of an impact. He points out the fact that many former presidents before him had acknowledged the value of such natural habitats, and already passed acts in favor of protecting it. However, by signing the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, which expands the land covered by the original act from 1960, he shows that he is serious about conserving this precious wildlife. By mentioning these various acts, he is trying to rally the readers to join him in the fight for
These two sides of the issue bring about a major controversy in America today. Should the Pacific Northwest’s old growth forests and the welfare of the Northern Spotted Owl be sacrificed for America’s economy, and the jobs of the people in the logging industry? Which should be placed at a higher value, the forests in the Pacific Northwest and the northern spotted owl, or the American economy and the jobs and welfare of thousands and thousands of people?
Good literary text can communicate messages more powerfully than good informative text. 2 different texts, Moon Bear Rescue by Kim Dale, and the brochure Southern Asian Moon Bears, are chosen to represent in the argument between literary and informative. Both books are similarly capable of delivering a message, but which is more powerful? Informative clearly states the facts and provide consecutive information; raises awareness for the objective, i.e. Moon Bears, whereas the literary tends to tell more of a story, perhaps information, adapted to entertain the reader, and sometimes, to educate. Because of this, I feel that the literary is much more capable of providing a powerful message, mostly informative text lacks the friendly and heart-warming story that the literary text provides.
In the foreword to "Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Seasons of Life and Land, A Photographic Journey," former US President Jimmy Carter voices strong opposition to proposals that aim to industrialize areas of natural tundra in Alaska. He urges readers to look beyond short term financial gain and to protect nature’s innate beauty. In order to persuade his audience that the Arctic Refuge should be preserved, Carter develops pathetic appeal through the use of personal anecdotes, precise word choice, and evocative imagery.
Wyatt compares his love to a deer in “Whoso list to hunt?” to portray young men pursuing an alluring woman at the king’s court. The speaker first asks if anyone would “list” or want to hunt because he knows where a “hind” or lovely lady is. The speaker sounded as though he knew had already lost the chase of the “hind” and is tired of trying in lines two and three, “But for me, alas, I may no more. / The vain travail hath wearied me so sore,” (649).The speaker doesn’t want to just give up because he explained in lines six and seven he says, “as she fleeth afore, / Fainting I follow,” which shows that even though he knows he can’t have her, whenever he stops pursuing her, he just starts chasing her again. He also compares trying to catch her
The entire letter was written on the premise that nature should be saved for the sake of the thought, not for what it could tactilely do for people. If you are going to have a clear-cut, concise idea about what nature is, enough of one for it to be a sobering idea, you would have to be out there in it at some point. You may have a thought but you don’t know and therefore it isn’t what is holding you together as a whole. The letter has some genuine concerns for the wildlife and forests and the wilderness itself, but it is just that, a letter voicing Wallace Stegner’s concerns.
In the excerpt from John Green’s Looking for Alaska, the adolescent speaker’s attitude toward his parent’s disappointment is best described as detached. Based on the diction of the passage, the reader could infer that the speaker feels separated emotionally from his parents. The author uses “imaginary” to convey the speaker’s parents’ cluelessness about their son having friends that would be willing to attend a party. The speaker feels as if his parents are only trying to shape him in their image, instead of taking the time to truly understand their son. The syntax of the passage gives off a negative connotation that allows a reader to infer the speaker’s disconnected tone towards his parents. The repetition of the word “pity” shows how the
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has been said to be the last natural and untouched wilderness in America. America’s former president, Jimmy Carter, took the time to witness this special reserve and he was utterly taken aback by how beautiful it is. However, when he learned that it may be at risk of destruction for oil exploration, he decided to build an argument on why we need to leave the Refuge alone. Carter uses loaded language, facts and information, and other alternatives to help persuade his audience that the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is better off without human exploration.
The Denali national park takes up six million acres of Alaskan wilderness. Yet the wildlife levels are slowly depleting. Animals such as wolves and brown bears are becoming harder to measure and track as the years go on. Do we continue to keep such a large portion of this national park open? Or do we shrink the borders to allow for better use of the lands natural resources? Tom Clynes discusses this in his 2016 edition of the National Geographic. In his article titled “Denali,” he effectively uses images and logos to argue both sides of the preservation versus the use of the Alaskan National parks.
Jimmy Carter in his foreword to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge argues why we should protect "America's last truly great wilderness" from industry. Therefore he uses powerful and emotional elements to describe the wilderness of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge such as when he uses his own experience visiting the refuge with his wife, presenting the reader of the environment and atmosphere, for instance "we walked along ancient caribou trails and studied the brilliant mosaic of wildflowers, mosses, and lichens that hugged the tundra. There was a timeless quality about this great land". This as a result makes the effect of a serene fantastical place that should be never taken for granted. Another example is when Jimmy Carter describes
In the chapter titled “Rationality and Rationalization in Canadian National Parks Predator Policy” by Alan MacEachern in Consuming Canada: Readings in Environmental History (1995), MacEachern writes “Law of nature; the destroyer is also the protector”. A short quote, which signifies the mentality of National Park warden’s during a time when their main role was to control and manage predator populations in the interior of National Parks. A role wherein they took satisfaction and pleasure fulfilling. Their days were spent trapping and hunting predators rather than conducting their duties that they were hired to do. Interestingly, the list of predators that were targeted because they were conceived as unwanted and useless are in fact seen as ecological
A tundra is a biome where trees and plants don't grow as much because of the cold freezing temperatures. The tundra has lots of warm animals that contain a lot of fur because of how cold the temperatures are there. There are mountain goats,sheep,marmots, and birds that live up there. The only way those animals survive is by eating the lying insects and eating the plants that rarely grow there. The shelter for these animals is going under a rock because the rocks protect them from the wind and it's warmer for them. Also other animals that live up in the tundra is Arctic foxes, polar bears, gray wolves, caribou, snow geese, and musk-oxen. The Tundra has harsh winters and hard summers. During the summer it last 50-60 days and it is sunny 24/7.
In this paper i will be talking about how tundra plants and other plants that live in the cold stay alive, the uses of them and how many different types of plants that are like this that there are.
Biomes, there are six different types of biomes on Earth. The tundra biome is one of these six on Earth and it has district, different characteristics than the other. There are two tundras so I picked the arctic tundra. The topics I will talk about in this essay are the characteristics, location,climate,some species and plants,and what I have learned.Have fun reading!
Twitchell researched the Northern Slope of the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) and found out that there is a large amount of untapped crude oil. Twitchell states (2001) that the government and environmentalists have fought over drilling rights in this area and the government wants money but the environmentalists do not want to abolish the habitat. After researching this topic, Twitchell realized that he was not going to be able to pick one side of the argument. He says that both parties made good points but they either contradicted one another or were very biased (Twitchell, 2001, p. 1).
I am surrounded by the splendor of the nature. On a moderately sunny morning, birds are peeping while sitting on the gigantic mature tree in the park. The stream of water rising from the fountain is crafting a magical melody. The mesmerizing winds have imprisoned everyone’s attention. The bright colorful flowers are depicting the charms of their juvenile. Different pleasant sounds in the environment are contributing to the concerto of nature. Leaves rustling in the cool breeze are an amazing part of the environment. A young couple sitting on the bench beside the fountain is relishing the pleasant sight.