Stanley Ho Hung Sun : the ‘King of Gambling’ ‚from his multiethnic identity to the contribution to society Introduction Macao is known to the world for its casino industry. Macao ’s richest man‚ Ho Hung Sun‚ is an entrepreneur in Asia. Ho is also known as "The King of Gambling"‚ showing the monopoly he held of the Macau gambling industry for over 40 years. Behind Stanley Ho ’s successful career is a story of ordeals and adventures that will inspire everyone. This essay focuses on the contribution
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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 before
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The book Holes is about Stanley Yelnats. Stanley’s family has a curse brought by his grandfather Elya Yelnats. Elya made a deal with a gypsy named Madame Zeroni. He wanted the fattest pig so he could get a girl to marry him. So he went to Madame Zeroni and she told him to take the pig up the mountain every day and make him drink water from the river‚ and when the pig gets fat he has to take her to the top of the mountain and let her drink from the river. He forgot to repay her and she
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are black holes and white holes? A black hole is a region of space from which nothing‚ including light‚ can escape. It is the result of the denting of spacetime caused by a very compact mass. Around a black hole there is an undetectable surface which marks the point of no return‚ called an event horizon. It is called "black" because it absorbs all the light that hits it‚ reflecting nothing‚ just like a perfect black body in thermodynamics. Under the theory of quantum mechanics black holes possess
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jam. In Stanley and Zero’s narrative‚ they found and ate kissing Kate’s peach jam ( sploosh ) In Stanley Yelnats III’s narrative‚ his invention smells like peaches. God’s thumb In Sam’s narrative‚ Sam had his onion fields on top of God’t thumb. In Stanley Yelnats I narrative‚ He was left stranded in the desert‚ found his way to God’s Thumb and the spring. When Stanley Yelnats VI escaped Camp Green Lake to find Zero‚ they made their way to God’s thumb also. Stanley and Zero ate
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Holes Essay Novels are extremely important part in people’s life. They teach us valuable lessons and provide an escape from the real world. Louis Sachar’s novel Holes‚ allows teenagers to feel for the characters and also allows them to relate to what character is going through. In the novel Holes‚ there are many characters that teenagers can relate to. One of these characters is Stanley. Stanley is the main character from the novel. When he first arrives at Camp Green Lake Stanley was bullied by
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Themes The Power of Fate to Determine Events Although Stanley always believes that he is unlucky and in the wrong place at the wrong time‚ the events in the book seem to be the result of fate’s reunification of members of the Yelnats and Zeroni families for the mutual benefit of both parties. Each coincidence in the book‚ including the shoes that Hector stole flying off the hood of a parked car and hitting Stanley on the head‚ is so unpredictable and unlikely that it appears fate is the determining
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They are searching for lost treasure that had been lost for over ten years. One day Stanley decides to run away with Zero from the whole camp environment because they aren’t being treated fairly and they also want to get to the bottom of this lost treasure deal. So they set of by themselves to try to put the pieces of the
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Holes essay‚ A good novel consists of exciting characters‚ an interesting setting‚ plot and story line‚ but most importantly a good novel conveys certain ideas about different messages the author is trying to get across‚ Louis Satcher in the novel holes does exactly this. Throughout the novel Satcher is constantly conveying the message of racial tolerance and intolerance‚ perseverance and has used clever techniques such as linking references from the past with the present to create an interesting
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novel "Holes" composed by the author Louis Sachar and the movie adaptation directed by Andrew Davis deal with many issues. Throughout the text‚ Sachar explores both the physical and inner journey of the protagonist‚ Stanley Yelnats as he grows and develops into a mature person. The texts also convey the idea of fate and destiny and the role that family and tradition play in our understanding of ourselves. Sachar and Davies use various techniques to convey their meaning. www.bookrags.com"Holes‚" composed
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