The universe is full of vast objects‚ and quite possibly not all have been discovered. Black holes are among one of these that have been discovered and began to take a life of their own. Hollywood has depicted them as a space time traveling device. The truth of the matter is though if you were to be “sucked” into one you would never be able to escape and you would die. A black hole is caused when a red super giant star begins to run out of fuel. The star loses the force pushing itself outward
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Stanley begins a friendship with Zero. He teaches him how to read. Zero ran away from camp after being insulted by the camp leader and Mr. Sir. Stanley and Zero find a case‚ which is the lost treasure of Kate Barlow. Question 7 Setting -the book holes takes place in a juvenile detention center that is in a lake in Texas. Most of the story is in the end of the 1990’s. There are flashbacks of Green Lake‚ which existed hundreds of years earlier before the lake dried up. Question 10 Stanly is the
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A black hole is an object with such a strong gravitational field that even light cannot escape from its surface. A black hole may be formed when a massive object (very big object) undergoes uncontrolled contraction (a collapse) because of the inward pull of its own gravity. We shall now describe how the black holes are formed from neutron stars after the supernova explosions of big stars. When a supernova explosion of a very massive star takes place‚ then the gaseous matter present in the outer shell
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since i’m a college student ‚ holes is the first english novel i have read . it left deep emotions on me ‚ Holes‚ by Louis Sachar is not only an enjoyable read but a read that will leave you aching for more. It makes you laugh. It makes you sad. It leaves you on the edge of your seat. It helps us understand a bit more about ourselves and about other people. It teaches us that who we truly are lies deep within us and that friendship can bring it out in you. The book is set in the not completely
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HOLES In the beginning of the novel Holes‚ by Louis 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
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English 1 per 1 22 July‚ 2011 Holes 1. A. Zero admitted that he stole Clyde Livingston’s shoes. Zero got his nickname because everyone thinks he has nothing inside his head. B. Madame Zeroni is an old‚ Egyptian woman who was friends with Stanley’s great- great grandfather. She’s the woman who cursed Stanley’s family. C. Eyla Yelnats is Stanley’s great-great grandfather who caused his whole family to be cursed. D. Stanley goes to Camp Green Lake because he supposedly stole
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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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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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Holes by Louis Sachar Twist of fate play major roles in the lives of the main characters in Holes. In “Holes”‚ the whole story is based around Stanley’s situation in the present and it’s connection to the past. Stanley’s bad luck is the result of his “ No good rotten-pig- stealing-great-great-grandfather‚” who failed to fulfill his promise of carrying Madame Zeroni up the mountain where the stream runs uphill. His situation at Camp Green Lake was connected to the history of ‘Kissin’
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no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-grandfather. Louis Sachar has contributed to American literature by writing children’s books‚ in which his greatest strength as a writer is his creation of imagery that produces imagery in the reader’s head. In the novel Holes‚ by Louis Sachar one of Sachar’s themes of the novel is that obstructing promises can be a crucial characteristic depicting the way one will live the rest of his life‚ for example being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Sachar certifies this through his use of imagery
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