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Mike McKinnon

Annotated Bibliography **CHECK-MINUS** Goode, Darren //. “House Ok’s ANWR Drilling, Again. [|**__National Journal__**]. [|__May 27, 2006__]; Vol. 38, Iss. 21; pg. 40, 2 pgs ||
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The House on May 25 voted 225-201 to once again approve legislation opening a portion of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling, marking roughly a dozen times in the past decade that lawmakers have voted on the controversial issue.

ANWR Drilling Needed to Cut Cost of Gas  Bachmann, Michele. “ANWR Drilling Needed to Cut Cost of Gas.” [|**__Human Events__**]. [|Jul 28, 2008]; Vol. 64, Iss. 26; pg. 1, 2 pgs Visiting the Barren ANWR Tundra Last weekend, I traveled to northern Alaska with 10 Republicans in a delegation led by House Minority Leader John Boehner to view firsthand the vast supply of natural resources America possesses.

// Mouawad, Jad //. Tension at the Edge of Alaska. [|**__New York Times__**]. [|Dec 4, 2007]; pg. C.1 ||
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It's a hell of a dilemma, said Edward S. Itta, the mayor of the North Slope Borough, who is opposed to Shell's drilling plans. ''Without a doubt, America's energy needs are way up, and something's going to happen up there. It's a way of life against an opposing value. This way of life has value; nobody can put it in dollars and cents.'' If you look at the Arctic, this is an incredibly important energy resource for the United States, said Marvin Odum, Shell's executive vice president for the Americas. Going in with paced development is the right way to go. They're coming to our lands and disturbing our ancestral way of life, he said. How would you feel if I drilled in the middle of the New York Harbor?

Mike McKinnon

My topic for the research paper is going to be the issue of drilling for oil in Alaska. I’m studding environmental science here at the college, and could one day end up involved in ANWR. I think I should know a thing or two about it before I am actually there, so one of my questions is: **What will drilling in ANWR achieve/what is the point? ** I want to know about the prices it will take to get the oil, and I want to know, will it be worth it. I also want to know about the damage it will cause on the environment, and if there is a cleaner way to get that oil. Another question I want to have answered by my research is: How much oil is there/how long can it sustain us? We are constantly using more and more oil, so I’m going to find out how long we have before the limited supply that is down there, runs out. And I have heard several different answers on how much is actually down there, and I want to get to the “bottom” of it.

**Mike, You have way too many questions here. You need to focus on one, maybe two. I have highlighted above the question(s) that I think are the best or will be the most successful.**

Mike McKinnon ENG 101.16 Leah Vetne 03-09-09

Into The Wild The movie “Into The Wild” was to me, a very inspirational movie. The way Chris, the main character, got sick of society and left his home of money and riches, for a life of nothing but everything--no money, just what he could fit into a backpack, his wits, and his happiness. He knew nothing about living in the wild, he learned as he went. The story was more about him being a tramp than I expected from a movie titled “Into The Wild.” He would bounce back and forth between civilization and ‘the wild.’ Chris found that he did like the wild much better than he liked life with any kind of people, or so he thought for two years. One of his wants, or life goals was to go live in Alaska, which he did end up doing for about ten weeks. Unfortunately, after 8 or 9 weeks, he ate some poisonous berry that paralyzes the digestive system, so he could not eat anything. Not too long after, he died of starvation. Two weeks after he died, he was found by a couple of hunters. A very sad ending to a very good movie I thought. One of the things that I did not like about the movie was the fact that he burned close to five hundred dollars when he first headed out on his own. I did not like it because he could have gave it to the first homeless guy he ran into, or he could have even given it to his little sister. But no, he had to burn it. It looked like he was trying to make the point that he did not need any money, but he could have given it to someone and said, “here, I do not need this anymore, you can have it” or something along those lines. I do not think that burning it was a bright idea, especially for a movie. To me, it was rather depressing, knowing that it could have gone to someone or some organization that really needed it. However, I did like his idea of how he gave the majority of his remaining money, which was twenty-four thousand dollars, to a feed the hungry type of organization. That was good. Another thing that I did not like was the part when he left the hippie couple, Rainy, and Jane so quickly. He had only met them the day before. Why I do not like his quickness in leaving them is because I think that they were made for each other. In the days before the couple met Chris, they were going through some tough times in their relationship. Then Chris came along. He noticed that they were somewhat upset with each other, and hung out with Rainy hoping to figure out what exactly he could do for his knew friends. Quickly, our bright young lad figured out what he needed to do, and within a few hours, the relationship that Rainy and Jane had, had gotten back to normal, if not strengthened. The three of them seemed to fit together like a puzzle. But the morning after Chris helped his knew found friends through their predicament, he was gone. He could have stayed at least another day or two. One of my favorite things about this movie is the background. There is almost always a scenic background of some kind. Whether it be some beautiful mountain with snow on the top, or some nice and smooth desert, or a raging river. Even when Chris goes into the city, the sky scrapers with all their lights in the windows are used as a great looking background. I personally like how the cameras captured the wilderness scenes when Chris was in the wild. Seeing all that, made me wish I was out there with him enjoy all that nature has to give. Something that captured my emotions the most was the emotions of Mr. McCandless, the father of Chris. In the beginning, he was this non caring stone-faced character who seemed to car little for his son. But towards the end, he ended up crying in the middle of a street because he missed his son so much. One last thing I want to mention is the last thing Chris wrote before he died. He wrote, “happiness only real when shared.” That really got me to think. He realized that he did care for some people, and wanted to be with them then, in his last moments of life.

Mike McKinnon Review Analysis 1 I liked most of the review that the __New York Times__ had to give about the movie tilted “Into The Wild.” What I liked about it is the fact that they mention how the main character, Chris McCandless sees the world as he is going through it. All the scenic things he sees as he stops to look around, like the perfect sun sets, the mountainous backgrounds, and the flowing wheat fields. I also liked how they mentioned the spunk McCandless had as he faced dangers. He was just a happy-go-luck guy, and it showed as he went through his life Now, what I did not like about this review, is how they compared “Into The Wild” to this other movie that no one has ever heard of. It was called “ Motorcycle Diaries .” From what the article said, it was very comparable, but it seemed pointless to read. It lost my attention when I got to that part. 2 This review by __Christianity Today__ seems much better to me than the one by the __ New York Times __ __.__ I like how the writer puts down the movie through out the review, but at the same time, you can tell that she liked the movie. You can tell she likes it in the way she compares it to Shirley Temple. Mrs. Temple always put a smile on anyone’s face. I also like how the writer warns the reader multiple times about the gruesome images that are shown through out the movie. I did not like how the writer mentioned the fact that Emile Hirsch dieted just for the last few scenes. I thought it was some trick of the camera. When I read about him actually doing it, it freaked me out. To think that someone would really starve oneself just for a few scenes in a movie. Ironically, had I read that before I saw the movie, it would have made me want to watch it even more, just to see that. 3 The review that __U.S.A.__ __Today__ gave focuses more on the character of Chris McCandless, and why he would do something like he did. It also mentioned that the movie has great length to it, which made me laugh, and caught my attention. I also liked the fact that the quotes from the book were mentioned. It is almost always, that the book is better than the movie. When I saw that in the review, it makes the movie sound better.

What I did not like however, was all the questions that were asked, that did not have answers to them. Right at the end of the review, there is a whole paragraph of unanswered questions. When I read a review, I want it to answer my questions, not ask more. I was like ‘what the heck?’