Jimmy Carter Research Paper

Jimmy Carter a former president of the United States of America believes that the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge should be preserved and left in its untrammeled state. The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife sanctuary for all the animals which are adopted to the tundra climate. The sanctuary was first opened by Dwight D. Eisenhower. As years went by the sanctuary was grew bigger in size, and after 20 years it is being threatened by companies that want to turn the magnificent sanctuary into an industrial area for oil drilling. But, these ideas are being rejected by indigenous people and many Americans. Jimmy Carter also opposes to these ideas through the usage of strong diction, evidence of the sanctuaries beauty, and lastly through his in depth persuasive reasoning.

The powerful word choice of Carter shows his opposition to the idea of an oil drilling industry in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. As an illustration, Carter uses phrases like, “... windswept coastal plain where polar bears and caribou give birth …”, “... the migrations of tens of thousands of caribou with their newborn calves”,

For example, Carter explains how the flora of wildlife is brilliant and how all the wildflowers, mosses are mosaic and beautiful. Even further Carter also explains how fantastic fauna is of the that park by saying “... Dall sheep cling to cliffs and wolves howl in the midnight sun.” Cater describes how the park has one of the most magnificent landscapes with “... never-setting sun circled above the horizon …”. Carter shows how some people call the park as “America’s Serengeti”, because it is the birthplace of some of the most beautiful creatures on the Earth. Carter provides evidence of how many indigenous people believe that their culture will be gone along with the caribou if the park turns into an oil drilling