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    lake. The boys are forced to dig holes because of this and the person overseeing them is the Warden‚ who is the granddaughter of Mr. Charles Walker who was‚ in a way‚ responsible for Kate Barlow’s death. Stanley meeting Zero‚ Zero turning out to be Madame Zeroni’s great-great-great-grandson and Stanley helping to carry him up God’s thumb was not a coincidence‚ but it was fate that brought them together so they could complete the cycle and end Stanley’s curse. Fate has the power to alter lives and change

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    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 of fate or destiny. The Giver’s Jonas and Holes’ Stanley both had their own fate. Jonas’ community was passive. They had their fate decided by the “Elders” who practically runs the whole community. The children until the grow up can be designated as a Nurturer‚ Birthmother‚ a Laborer

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    Why Is Stanley Unlucky

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    In the novel‚ Stanley thought that his luck couldn’t get any worse‚ day by day his luck was getting better. Through the influence of Zeros friendship‚ Stanley changes from insecure and unlucky to confident and lucky. At the rise of the novel‚ Stanley is insecure‚ and unlucky. Stanley is insecure in the starting point of the book “ Stanley weighed three times as much as the other boy… She was unaware of how much embarrassment she had caused.” (Sachar 7) This evidence shows that Stanley is known for

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    Narrative Links in Holes

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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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    Morgan Stanley

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    Services 17 Conclusion 18 References¬ 19 MORGAN STANLEY: SERVICES MARKETING ”Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking‚ securities‚ investment management and wealth management services. The Firm’s employees serve clients worldwide including corporations‚ governments‚ institutions and individuals from more than 600 offices in 33 countries.” (Anonymous‚ 2007) Morgan Stanley is known world-wide and has been growing tremendously.

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    Holes Book Report

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    town of Green Lake was all but abandoned after the Civil War.) There are also flashbacks to a village in Latvia in the mid-1800s. LIST OF CHARACTERS Major Characters Stanley Yelnats He is the fifteen-year-old main character‚ the protagonist of the novel. His family has a history of bad luck‚ and accordingly‚ Stanley is wrongfully convicted of stealing‚ and is sent to the detention center‚ Camp Green Lake. He arrives there an overweight boy with low self-esteem‚ but after befriending Zero

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    Stanley Park

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    City of Kelsey – Stanley Park Project Rachelle Bittle Abstract The City of Kelsey is considering and requesting community input on the propanol of the Stanley Park Project. This project is a park that will cover 60 city acres that will serve community members of all ages. City of Kelsey – Stanley Park Project The City of Kelsey is a community of 600‚000 people. Geographically Kelsey covers over 200 square miles and is bordered by a river on one side and farmlands on another

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    but if one bites you it doesn’t make a difference whether you believe or not” (Sachar 41). The book I read was Holes by Louis Sachar. This book is about a boy‚ named Stanley Yelnats‚ who is ‘cursed’ with bad luck. The ‘curse’ started with Stanley’s no-good pig stealing great great grandfather. During the early parts of the story‚ Stanley is arrested and sent to Camp Green Lake where boys go to ‘build character’. While at Camp Green Lake‚ the boy had to dig five foot by five-foot holes. They said this

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    Holes Comparative Essay

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    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 by Louis Sachar

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    Stanley Kubrick

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    "I would not think of quarreling with your interpretation nor offering any other‚ as I have found it always the best policy to allow the film to speak for itself." (Stanley Kubrick) As one of the most widely acclaimed and influential directors of the postwar era‚ Stanley Kubrick enjoyed a reputation and a standing unique among the filmmakers of his day. He had a brilliant career with relatively few films. An outsider‚ he worked beyond the confines of Hollywood‚ which he disliked‚ maintaining

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