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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Camp Green Lake. The first value of fitting in with everyone else is very true for Stanley. As a heavyweight boy in middle school he was bullied around‚ made fun of and even his teachers make fun of him in class. “On his last day of school‚ his math teacher‚ Mrs. Bell‚ taught ratios. As an example‚ she chose the heaviest kid in the class and the lightest kid in the class‚ and had them weigh themselves. Stanley weighed three times as much as the other boy. Mrs. Bell wrote the ratio on the board
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not for a man named Henry Morton Stanley. Stanley was the first European explorer to lead a successful journey into Congo‚ overcoming the unbelievable probability of failure to open up the heart of tropical Africa to European imperialism. However‚ his journey was neither smooth nor pleasant. In fact‚ the tactics that Stanley used to achieve this astounding feat were not only unorthodox albeit extremely effective‚ but also inhumane and cruel. Henry Morton Stanley greatly furthered imperialistic development
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family plantation Belle-Reve because of money problems. She then meets her brother-in-law Stanley Kowalski‚ a World War II veteran. As soon as they meet each other‚ a mistrustful rivalry starts between them. A Streetcar Named Desire depicts the conflict between two opposing views as a poker game between Blanche and Stanley for control. From the beginning of the play‚ Williams starts distinguishing Stanley and Blanche by their mentalities. In fact‚ Blanche has the Old South mentality. She grew up
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ESSAY – ‘HOLES’ BY LOUIS SACHAR Louis Sachar‚ the author of ‘Holes‚’ uses the protagonist‚ Stanley‚ to explore the themes and main concerns of the novel. He does this by unfolding the plot into three different stories. He also uses Stanley to investigate the characters and their traits‚ for example‚ we found out that Zero could not read but could add and multiply number very quickly. In the book‚ Stanley is described as a friendless‚ self-conscious‚ overweight fifteen-year-old boy. Throughout the
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staying with Stella and Stanley from Laurel‚ finds herself lost after loosing a life of luxury on a ranch. Stanley‚ Stella’s husband‚ has irreconcilable differences with Blanch on most views. The great difference between Stanley and Blanche causes Stella to be a middleman: caught in-between the ongoing dispute. This position Stella holds attracts guilt and abuse from Stanley and Blanche. An outsider’s view of sympathy towards Stella is based upon the actions from Blanche and Stanley towards her‚ as a victim
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A Streetcar Named Desire January 28‚ 2008 The relationships in A Streetcar Named Desire are interesting. We have the relationship between Stella and Blanche‚ the relationship between Stella and Stanley‚ the relationship between Blanche and Stanley‚ and the aspiring relationship between Mitch and Blanche. I think that it is from these relationships‚ and the dialogues between these people that we get to know what kind of people they are‚ and how they are alike or different. From Stella
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machines.” They way she treats Crooks is also extremely disrespectful‚ the quotation “ ‘Listen nigger‚ you know what I can do to you if you open your trap?’” and “Well‚ you keep your place then‚ Nigger. I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain’t even funny.” She treats them as her minions or even toys. When Curley’s wife doesn’t have words to argue back‚ she always shout --- “ ‘Tell an’ be damned‚’ she cried‚ ‘ Nobody
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his characters in the story. I will be composing a character sketch on Stanley‚ one of the main actors in the play. I will focus on evaluating Stanley’s ever changing character traits in the role he plays. They consist of different moods that he demonstrates during the play: his aggressiveness‚ his love for Stella and also his rudeness and cruelty towards Blanche. Let’s begin by talking about the way Stanley’s aggressiveness affects the climax of the play. During scene three
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Sachar‚ Stanley Yelnats is convicted of stealing a pair of sneakers that were supposed to be auctioned to supply a orphanage with money. He didn’t deliberately steal the sneakers they hit him in the head after Hector Zeroni stole them and saw the police so he threw them over the bridge. Later in the novel Stanley meets Hector and tells him why he is there and Hector describes what they look like. Stanley was convicted due to lack of evidence and Hector later admits to stealing them. Stanley was a
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