Black Elk Speaks

seconds, another American is sexually assaulted.” (RAINN). Sadly, the statistic holds true for Melinda Sordino, a pessimistic ninth grader from the novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. Through Melinda’s battle with depression and acceptance, the author of Speak demonstrates a universal truth that breaking free from emotional bondage requires one to speak up. Melinda’s journey, from depression to self-confidence, allows her to reconnect emotionally to her old lifestyle. Melinda begins the…

No one knows. No one listens. No one cares. Melinda Sordino is an “outcast”. In the novel, Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, Melinda is unfortunately a young victim of rape who silently possesses a hidden, screaming message. Ever since the incident occurred at the summer party, Melinda has certainly discovered a few positive, defining characteristics of herself. She has definitely grown from being temporarily defined as timorous and fearful of speaking up into a courageous, passionate teenager.…

Hunting is often portrayed purely as a form of sport or the quest for a big trophy. But what most people do not acknowledge is that it does much more for the human population in general. Hunting provides us with the resources that allow us to live comfortably. Not only does it do this, but it provides health to our environment as well as our economy. Hunting large game plays a vital role in the protection of our people, our resources, and the animals themselves. To begin, the killing of large…

Wolf Reintroduction in Colorado The reintroduction of the wolf in the early nineties was a highly debated enterprise. Many felt it was only right to return the wolf to it former hunting grounds, especially since mankind was directly responsible for them being eliminated in the first place. There were many though, primarily the cattle ranchers and sheepherders of Wyoming, that feared the return of the wolf and its potential impact on their livelihoods. Yellowstone National Park seemed like…

are to come back, hunting alone is not necessarily a terrible idea. Hunting with others, though, is usually far safer. But we had no choice. Elk season was in full swing and our grocery bills were hard to pay. We needed meat and the meat of an elk rivals good beef in flavor and texture. I left our cabin and headed out into the east towards elk country. Elk were pretty common but we had made a decision not to ever hunt within a few miles of our…

mountains sound you while you are traveling through the trees, with the smell of bitterness and two-stroke fumes fills the air around you. With the ground having a thick blanket of snow, that looks hard but when moved turns to powder. The sight of Elk herds running up ahead, if you are lucky you will catch a glimpse of a mountain lion. We usually go up there for 5 days it takes us just two of those days to get there and back, the car ride usually takes around 10 hours to get to our cabin up…

Deer hunting is a great sport I love the excitement and the rush that you get from an animal. I am always looking to improve on techniques for being quiet when the deer are approaching my stand I like to stand when a deer is coming than sitting down because it gives me more room and I can pull my bow a lot easier than sitting down. But some hunters like to sit down so they don’t scare the deer away, but I think it’s more of a challenge to do. As a deer hunter there is a right time and a wrong…

Once my community decided to go to a place called “Piedra canteada ” to hunt, this place was famous because it has the best deer’s in the zone , is a mountain into de woods, I was with the other puppies of the herd and we want to go into the mountain alone the but we were not allowed to so we decided to go with Buckhart one big enough wolf that can protect us from the other herds, we were ready but our parents made us have a meal before we start to climb up because they would go hunting till…

only going to be as good as the food that it consumes. Therefore, meat from wild animal that eat natural foods is healthier than agricultural raised meat, it eats a diet that is mostly grass contains a greater variety of vitamins ,meat from deer and elk meat both are low in fat. Game birds, such as partridge and pheasants and game such as rabbit all are lean meats, meaning they have less fat too. To the surprise of many, hunting is a primarily mental sports. Experienced marksmen think sport…

Walker Wilson 2/26/16 English 6th White-tailed deer white-tailed deer are beautiful creatures that live and inhabit North America. The white-tailed deer is one of the most common species of deer found in North America. Their distinct white tail that is raised and flagged when danger is present tells them apart from any other specimen. The white-tailed deer Is unique,graceful and a clever creature that roams the bug infested swamps of Florida to the cedar forests in the North West to the…