Plot:The story Holes is about a boy named Stanley Yelnats. His whole family (except forhis mother) believes that the Yelnats family is under a curse. They always have bad luck. One day after Stanley is walking home from school‚ a pair of shoes fell from an overpassand hit him on the head. They were the shoes of a famous baseball player‚ ClydeLivingston. Stanley did not know‚ so he kept them and got arrested because hesupposedly stole them. He ends up going to a juvenile camp‚ Camp Green Lake. Hispunishment
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There are many different challenges that Stanley Yelnats (the main character) from the bestselling novel Holes written by Louis Sachar has to over come. Stanley was first seen in the movie when a tilted shot of shoes hit him in the head and he fell on the ground portraying he was weak and a bit stupid. Stanley’s personality was also displayed when his mum was so shocked when the police came around to their house telling them Stanley had stolens‚ this shows that Stanley had never commited a crime
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parked car and hitting Stanley on the head‚ is so unpredictable and unlikely that it appears fate is the determining factor in these characters’ lives. The Benefits of Friendship The benefits of forming solid friendships are clearly shown in Holes. Stanley and Zero’s friendship lead to their mutual survival and wealth. Even though he is still facing adversity‚ once Stanley is secure in Zero’s friendship he feels happier than he has ever felt in his life. False friends who are only friendly when
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The making of a murderer. How does one come to commit murder? Well‚ it is obvious that in Holes‚ by Louis Sachar‚ Kate Barlow´s experiences influenced her motives to become a killer outlaw. Step one to the making of a murderer: Destroying everything one loves and cares about. Kissin´n Kate Barlow was not always Kissin´n Kate. Believe or not she too was once a pleasing person‚ known as Katherine Barlow. In her normal life she was a teacher with a school house. Her school house was in dire
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antagonistic counselor at Camp Green Lake. He is cruel and sarcastic‚ always reminding the boys that they are not at a “Girl Scout Camp.” Mr. Pendanski He seems the nicer of the counselors at first‚ but he turns out to be mean spirited. He regularly taunts and berates Zero‚ and jokes that the holes could be graves for Stanley and Zero. The Warden She is the embodiment of cruel authority. She runs Camp Green Lake with rewards and
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A character study of Kissing Kate Barlow In the book Holes‚ by Louis Sachar‚ I chose the character Miss Katherine Barlow also known as Kissing Kate Barlow. Miss Katherine was first a schoolteacher‚ but then was the most feared outlaw. In the book you find out the story of how she became an outlaw from a schoolteacher. Miss Katherine Barlow was a sweet schoolteacher from the nineteenth century at Green Lake. She is also known for her beauty and her spiced peaches: “...full of knowledge
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This quote comes from the first chapter of Genesis‚ which is the first book in the Bible. It is a very well-known quote from the bible that people around the world quote when discussing how the earth began. Genesis offered a very interesting perspective on the creation of the earth that was especially present in the first three chapters. The first three chapters of Genesis are thought-provoking‚ troublesome‚ and leave the reader with some questions. The first three chapters of Genesis are very thought-provoking
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nothing is more painful than staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong.” -Mandy Hale This quote is perfect for the novel because Stanley doesn’t know he’s changing‚ but when he finds out he is‚ he realizes that he belongs anywhere he wants to be. In Holes‚ Stanley has been impacted in many ways‚ from the other boys‚ Zero‚ and even a little bit of himself. Stanley wasn’t the same at the beginning. He was shy and didn’t want to talk‚ and he wasn’t always loyal to Zero. Text evidence to support that is
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Elements of Maggie (the first two chapters) Stephen Crane’s first novel Maggie (girl of the streets) is a tale of uncompromising realism. The story chronicles the titular Maggie‚ a girl who lives in the Bowery with her emotionally abusive parents and brothers Jimmie and Tommy. The novel revolves around the trials and tribulations of Maggie and her family in the Bowery. Highlights of the story include the death of Maggie’s father and brother Tommie which drive Pete to turn into a cold and hard
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Analyse F Scott Fitzgerald’s presentation of his first person narrator‚ Nick Carraway‚ in Chapter 1 of “The Great Gatsby” Fitzgerald casts Nick Carraway as our narrator and guide throughout the Novel‚ The Great Gatsby. Immediately we discover that he is from an affluent socio-economic background and makes attempts to prove that he is from “good stock”‚ boasting about his family being descendant from “The Dukes of Buccleuch” illustrating the American obsession with lineage‚ and how it was often
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