Taking over

,Throughout history, there have been harsh and cruel leaders, and because of them, people have always tried to rise up to these leaders. But there are two rebellions that are the most interesting. One, a fairy tale of a farm of animals that takes over there ruthless master. The other, an invasion of Cuban exiles trying to over throw they’re old government. The book, Animal Farm, and the historical event, the Bay of Pigs invasion, are very similar.

Both were rebellions on their inconsiderate and harsh leaders. In Animal Farm, the over-worked farm animals of Manor Farm over-throw their master, Jones, turning it into Animal Farm. In the Bay of Pigs invasion on April 17, 1961, 1500 exiles of Cuba rebel against their cruel government, but got stopped by Castro’s fierce army (Bay of Pigs Invasion).

Along with this, both rebellions had someone who planned them. The Bay of Pigs invasion was planned by Dwight Eisenhower in 1960 (Sierra). In Animal Farm, Major the pig planned the rebellion against man shortly before his death.

But don’t forget, there were also two people embarrassed because of these rebellions. From the failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion, President John F. Kennedy was embarrassed in front of the whole world (Sierra). Believe it or not, someone in Animal Farm got embarrassed too. When Jones was thrown out of Manor Farm, well, now Animal Farm, he was embarrassed. You would too if you were beaten up by farm animals. But Jones moved away, to a different part of the country, as it says a few times in the book.

But each of these rebellions had some devastated deaths along with them. In the Bays of Pigs invasion, over 100 out of 1500 exiles died while fighting against Castro’s ruthless army (Bay of Pigs Invasion). In the book Animal Farm, only a few animals died in the fight against the humans.

Both the Bays of Pigs invasion and the book Animal Farm rebellion are very similar. Both had the score to settle with their leaders and both wanted to fight for what was right. They were both fighting for a rebellion, a change, a chance to take over.

Bibliography

"Bay of Pigs Invasion." 1997. Oracle ThinkQuest. 12 March 2012 <http://library.thinkquest.org/11046/days/bay_of_pigs.html>.

Minster, Christopher. "Cuba: Bay of Pigs invasion." 2012. About.com. 14 March 2012 <http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/od/historyofthecaribbean/a/09bayofpigs.htm>.

Sierra, J.A. "Bays of Pigs-The basics." History of Cuba. 19 March 2012 <http://www.historyofcuba.com/history/funfacts/giron.htm>.

 

ANWR Drilling Essay

Don't Drill

            Destroying plants and animals homes, ruining “our last real wilderness” in this country. That what we are doing by drilling for oil in ANWR. The ANWR was made so that animals could be protect and be safe, but we are going to do the opposite. I think that drilling for oil in ANWR is a bad idea.

            The government is saying that by drilling here, we save a lot of money on importing. But the truth is that if there is oil in ANWR, it is only expect to last for six months. Then where will they drill? They can find more oil, but they can never fix the environment that they have destroyed. Sure saving money would help us, but if they could find an alternative for oil that’s cleaner and cheaper, the government can save way more money. Plus, they won’t be destroying our wilderness.

            What if they do drill? What about the wilderness there? The ANWR is a safe place for many animals such as caribou, polar bears, grizzly bears, muskox, dall sheep, wolves, wolverines, snow geese, and many more. If 1.5 million arces of this wilderness is destroyed, what will these poor animals do? So what if they are animals, they are important too! Some of them are even endangered. Does the government really want to wipe some species of animals off the planet so that American can ruin the environment even more with cars, boats, and planes run on oil?

What about the people of Alaska? They will pay taxes if drilling is allowed. But will they like people drilling and destroying on their land WHILE paying taxes. I wouldn’t. Sure jobs will be created, but will people really want to drill for oil. It’s a messy and dangerous job that people will probably not want? And besides, who said that it paid good money.

Drilling in the ANWR is a bad idea in cost, environment, and people. Drilling is costly and will ruin a true wilderness forever. There is no good reason to drill here, besides that our country needs oil. So, should we drill in Alaska? No!

Cause and Effect Piece (Revised)

           One cause was Melinda was assaulted by the beast, Andy Evans. He treats her like dirt and “attacks” her because he knows she’s drunk on the 3 bottles of beer that she has had. Andy was just a plain jerk. I said it, he really was though. Why did this happen? One reason was the beer. Along with the private place and because Andy had a reputation for that kind of thing. Melinda was helpless at that moment, but because of this, the effect is that she calls the cops and her friends turn on her and now she starts high school with no friends.  Melinda’s all alone. No one is there for her.

          Another cause is she tries finding a friend because she doesn’t want to look like a loner. She reminds me of me in my gym and science class. None of my friends are in these classes. I feel like if I sit alone, I’ll look like that lonely person, that loser, that loner. But like me, Melinda finds someone to sit by, in her case, it’s Heather. This happened not just because Melinda didn't want to look like a loner, but also because she didn't want her ex-best friends to look better than her. Because of this, the effect is Melinda finds that choosing this diva was a bad idea. Heather appears as that little peppy “always-happy” girl, but the more you read the book, Heather turns into the stuck-up girl. Heather uses Melinda too, to not look like a loner.