The story Black Holes and Basketball Shoes by Lori Aurelia Williams is based very closely on experiences from her child hood. The story revolves around a teenager named Malik‚ and his self perceived need for a new wardrobe. He just moved to Houston with his single mother and brothers and sisters‚ he has had a hard time fitting in even if he is a smart and nice kid. Things are different than where he came from‚ in Houston it’s all about nice clothing and shoes‚ which Malik lacked. He is bullied for
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The Giver and Holes The Giver of Lois Lowry and Holes by Louis Sachar are both based on certain societies and how the main characters on each book made decisions to solve the main problem. The two stories contain a lot of dillemas for the main characters to decide on. They both also contain great adventure and inspiring stories for the reader to enjoy. These two John Newberry Awarded books will definitely prove themselves why they deserved their award. THEME The two books gave the importance
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Holes‚ by Louis Sachar‚ was a book first published in the year 1998 as a mystery novel accompanied by humor. The book was also made into a movie in the year 2003. Later in the year 1999‚ Sachar’s Holes became a Newbery Medal winner. The book takes place at a detention camp for boys named Camp Green Lake. The main character‚ Stanley Yelnats‚ is there for a crime he supposedly did not commit. The boys are all forced to dig holes each and every day that are five feet wide five feet deep so it will help
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Movies vs. Books From our mouths‚ to writing and finally to film‚ the way we tell stories has evolved over time and I must say thank God for its advancements. Reading a book can be nice but thanks to movies all the work of deciphering the message of the story is done through the director of the motion picture. He is responsible for researching the story to find the intent of the writers and will often consult with the writer to bring you the true meaning of the story. The director brings the
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Peaches In kissing Kate’s narrative‚ she used to make delicious and sweet peach 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
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I am actually so in love with you. I just want the day to come where we can live together and own our own apartment. That way I wouldn’t have to wait a week to see you and be in your arms again. Instead‚ I would literally get to see your beautiful face every day. Even if we both spent our days doing our own thing‚ at the end of the day I would get to be with you. I would still get to see you‚ hold you‚ hug you‚ kiss you and talk about our day when we both get back home. Then every night‚ I would
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My favourite part of the story is the part when the story when back in time to Katherine Barlow and Sam the onion man. Sam the onion man was a generous man and he loved Katherine Barlow. But when Trout Walker killed Sam and Mary Lou‚ she was so angry so she started robbing people‚ killing them then kissing them. Everyone burnt down her school and called her name to kissing Kate Barlow she after she was done her old student who was a gold digger was married to Trout Walker. They threaten to kill her
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I read “The Celebration of Grandfathers” and also read “The Vital Importance of the Grandparent-Grandchild Bond”. The similar observations i found in both articles were that they respect and look up to their grandparents. Another observation I saw was that they learned their grandparents traditions and how they lived. They tried to keep it going after they passed away. My last observation was that the grandchildren keep their grandparents close to their heart even though they don’t see them on a
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Similarities between Flowers for Algernon and Holes In the books‚ Flowers for Algernon and Holes‚ the characters and events are similar. Flowers for Algernon‚ written by Daniel Keyes‚ had many events that are similar to Holes‚ written by Louis Sachar‚ like when Charlie ran away during the convention relates to Zero running away from Camp Green Lake. First‚ within the book Charlie did not have many friends or family members that were close to him. Stanley did not have many friends as well; he was
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