Alaska Oil Drilling DBQ Essay

In Alaska, there is oil that the United States could use. Even though it only has enough oil for 6 months at our consummation rates, I think we should drill for it because of our current dependence on foreign oil. It would be much cheaper for us to drill there; however, the environment over in that area could be ruined if we drill there. Also, if we drill for those deposits, we could be ruining some people’s homeland.

If we were to drill for the oil in Alaska, it would be cheaper for the US because we wouldn’t need to buy as much oil from foreign countries, helping the US with its trillion dollar debt by bringing in 4.2 billion dollars after 5 years of drilling. It would also create many jobs for US citizens, but it would be hurting the environment.

Drilling in the ANWR would mean hurting the environment. I believe it should depend on what the people of America want to do. Drill for the oil and destroy the environment, or don’t drill for it until later years. It would depend on what the Alaskan people and the US citizens want to do.

I really don’t think that Alaska can stop the US government from drilling forever. I think that eventually the government will overrule Alaska's attempts to stop the drilling from occurring. The US and Alaskan citizens probably won’t agree on drilling, but the US has a remarkably larger population than Alaska does, and we will probably end up drilling in Alaska.

If/when we do drill for the oil in Alaska, I will not fight it because we will need that oil to get by further on in the future. That is why I think we should drill for the oil in Alaska. 

Speak Prediction

In Speak, what I think will happen is that she will have a flash back about what happened that made her call the police on that night. What I think happened to her is that Andy Evans did something bad to her that made her very... emotionally fragile. I think this because at first, instead of calling him Andy, she calls him "IT". What I think happened to her with Andy is that they engaged in coitus, or that he did something morally wrong to her. In the end, I think that she will end up standing up for herself, or telling someone what he did.

All for Twenty Dollars

It was loud. Really loud. All I could smell was the disgusting food headed my way.
"School lunches are really gross," I shouted to my friend Chris.
"Not always.Some of them are pretty good," He shouted back. Even though we were right next to each other, I barely heard what he said. As the lady walked up to me, I shook my head as if to say "I don't want any."

20 minutes later, after most of the kids were done eating the rubber in a can that they call macaroni and cheese, we were called out for recess. Finally, I thought. All I need to do now is kick a homerun in kickball, and Dominic would pay me my 20 bucks. The thing is, our schools didn't allow kickball balls because kids were "accidentally" breaking windows when they kicked the ball, so we usually played with either a tennis ball or a football.

It was finally my turn to kick, and the three people before me hit singles. Dominic was pitching, and could see the sweat on is brow from nervousness. If I got this homerun, I would be a hero because with the bases loaded, we would win by 1 seeing as we were down by 3. Also, I would have $20 from my best friend/worst nemesis, Dominic. I turned around and brought my hands up as if to have the spectators start cheering. So when they started, I turned around and that's when I realized that they weren't cheering, they were shouting "watch out!" I tried to duck under the football headed straight for my face.

Then there was nothing -- only a silence that filled my ears like honey. It dripped down, insulating me from the world outside my closed eyes. For several moments, I succumbed to this silence, welcomed it, and hoped that perhaps it would last an eternity.

It didn't. From a distance, I could hear voices calling. My name floated on the wave of voices as they crested and grew louder, disturbing my silence like the squeezing of a balloon.

When it popped, I finally opened my eyes and faced the world again.

Milkweed

          The book Milkweed takes place during the time of the Holocaust. The main character is a little boy named Misha that has lost his parents. Later, a boy named Uri takes little Misha under his wing and teaches him how to survive on food he steals, but tells him only to take what he needs. Uri is a mysterious character with a questionable past, but he has a good heart.

            Uri is the second character you meet in the book. He seems to be around 13 years old. He is a child that hates the Jackboots/Nazis. When he first meets Misha, he seems a little… odd. He seems like he doesn’t like the guys, but he hangs around with them anyways. He slowly leaves for longer and longer periods of time because he is doing work for the jackboots, but he still cares for Misha.

In this book, you learn that you are lucky to have what you do.

Big Henryk

"Yes," I said. I can't really say anything else. I don't know why. Its just, whenever I try to say something, all that ever comes out is "Yes." I can say other things too, but when the guys ask me questions, all I need to say is yes. If I ever need to say something else, all i really say is something simple like "Himler coming," instead of " Himler is coming to kill us all!" I know i have a disease, but I don't know what it is called. If it is fatal, it doesn't matter, we're all going to die of hunger, or get hung like Olek anyways.

"If..."

If the world was perfect, what would it be like? I think the world would be a terrible place. There would be no life lessons to learn, or anything that would be obtained through hard work. Without work, no one would have any life experience, or fun. Without life lessons, we would all make wrong choices and we would never choose the good path in life, I mean, nobody would really move at all because they would get whatever they wanted. I would hate that life because in my life, I am learning what is most important In life, and I wouldn't want it any other way.

Do I love my country?

I don't even know how you could ask me that. Of course I love my country. I am proud of my country, but I am not proud of some of our countries' leader's decisions. I would protect my country with my life if I had to. I don't care about what anyone says, I believe that this country Is the best country in the world, no doubt about it. Our economy is going down the drain, but I don't care.

The Giver

Release

What would you do if people in your city were getting killed just for being different? Well, when that happens in The Giver, it is called Release. I think that the idea of Release is just revolting.

I think that it is revolting because it is just killing someone for a really dumb reason. Release is when they eject a type of liquid into a person, and then the liquid kills them. I think that it is bad because just because someone is different or has problems, they still deserve to live, not to get killed. If people around me were getting killed just because they were different, I would probably take everyone I love and take some food and some other supplies and run away with them and never go back or look back.

I think that if there was a city like that, no one would want to live there. I know I wouldn’t.

Bruce

As Bruce breaks the window, he hears sirens.  "Oh no! The cops!" He shouts.  He starts running further into the hospital. He is so drunk, he doesn't even know where he is. He hears the cops running down the hall. He opens a supply closet and dives in and closes the door. They run by. He slowly opens the door. They're gone. So he thinks. They start running back and see him. He starts running and there is a bed in front of him. He starts pushing it while he is running away. Then, he hops on for the ride.

Stars

As he slowly falls into a deep slumber, his eyes sees millions of little white dots.  Stars.

Stars always amazed this little boy. He knew, that some day, he would travel away from this world, and see what they were, what they looked like, where they were, and, most of all, see if he could become one himself.

After what seems like an eternity, he fell into a life of light and passes away, as another white dot is formed in the sky.