...In the novel Holes, by Louis Sachar ,Stanley is lonely , overweight, and a middle school student. In the text, the author states, “ The Stanley was getting bullied a lot by middle school kid at school. (Satcher 7) The evidence shows that Stanley was lonely, overweight, and a middle school student because he was getting teased by a kid smaller than him. Stanley had no friends because of his size. Also because he never did anything to make the bullies stop. Throughout his time at Camp Green Lake Stanley’s was helpful, wise, and kind. In the text, the author states, “ Stanley was worried about Zero .” (Satcher 236) The evidence proves that Stanley was helpful, wise, and kind because Stanley was worried about Zero and where he had...
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...The book ‘Holes’ by Louis Sachar is about a group of “bad boys” who were sent to Camp Green Lake for committing crimes such as stealing and vandalism. At Camp Green Lake they have to dig holes every day in the middle of the heat to “build character”. Little did they know they were actually digging to find treasure that was buried many years ago. The main characters that are followed in the book are Stanley and Zero. Stanley was sent to Camp Green Lake for stealing a pair of famous baseballer’s shoes, which he didn’t actually steal. Zero was also sent to camp for stealing and abandoned as a child. He was always called stupid by the other boys and counsellors because he did not know how to read or write. There were many unfair acts evident throughout the novel such as: unsanitary living conditions, racist themes, and the bullying of Zero....
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...I am currently reading the book Holes, by Louis sachar. I am really liking this book. I am especially liking the book because there is a movie of the book and I can compare the book to the movie. The main character, Stanley was given a choice, go to jail, or go to camp green lake. (Sachar6) It surprised me that they mentioned this right away in the book, I thought they would have an introduction and tell us who the characters were and other information we would need to know to understand the story. The book mentioned, “Stanley was not a bad kid, he was innocent of a crime in which he was convicted of.” (Sachar7) I wonder what the crime he was convicted of doing was and why they thought it was him, if he wasn’t the one who committed the crime....
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...Holes is a novel which was created by Louis Sachar. The novel won awards for the 1998 U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature and the 1999 Newbery Medal for the year's "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children". It is a great novel that my class read and hear are the top 3 reasons why it is a great novel. The three things that make it a great novel are the link ups, the backtracking and the character descriptions that Louis Sachar wrote. My opinion on why Holes is a great novel is because of all the link ups in the story. The link ups in the story bring the story together and it is genius of Louis Sachar to do this because it make the audience want to read more. In the book Elya Yelnats gets cursed by Madam Zeroni until the 4th generation when Stanley Yelnats carries Hector Zeroni up the mountain and sings the song. After, the curse is broken. Trout Walker looks for the treasure that kissing Kate Barlow stole from Stanley Yelnats the first but when he has a baby girl she digs as well. Then she becomes the warden of Camp Green Lake and makes the other boys dig for the treasure. Then when Stanley and Hector find the treasure, they find Stanley’s name on it so they get to keep it....
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...Holes This novel’s author is Louis Sachar and their also is a movie out that is also called holes. The part of the story I was reading was at the time Zero or Hector Zeroni. Zero whacks one of the guards with his shovel. Then the next day Zero runs away from the camp called camp Green Lake which used to have a lake a few hundreds of years ago. After a week Stanley Yelnats, a fat and long kid who is not really that strong runs away too because he wants to find Zero. After walked about five miles he found Zero sitting in an upside down boat. Then he found him eating something that smelled like peaches and then Zero said,” I call it sploosh”(Sachar 166). He gave Stanley the last jar of sploosh and then they both got up and went to something that looked like a thumb. About 30 minutes later, they got to the mountain and started climbing it hoping to find water. About half way up th mountain they start seeing bushes and as higher they go the healthier the bushes look like. Then An hour later of climbing they reach the top of the mountain. By the time they reached the top it was midnight. Ney reach the top Stanley says, “It was a good thing we found this mountain that looked like a thumb”(170). The next day they bothe start to pull out the flowers and find that they are onions. And they start to notice some water coming out of a hole so Stanley gets the shovel and digs a hole and finds water. 3 days later tanley says, “I think we should go back ton...
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...The Literacy of Empathy Holes by Louis Sachar is in my opinion is one of the best books ever written and one of the few books that a teacher has assigned that I really loved. I loved it because it was interesting, relatable and it has complex characters. It’s one of those books that can be read multiple times, but every time it’s read something new is found. It makes you laugh out loud and it makes you feel like you’ve known the characters for years. When you read it the descriptions are so vivid that you feel like you’re actually there. Of all the characters in the book, one of them really stuck out and resonated with me, personally. I remember where I was, how I felt and what I thought when I finally had my epiphany. I decided to go to the park to finish my summer reading because there were just too many distractions in my house. I was sitting on a park bench when I finally finished reading and then it all hit me. It felt like the world was moving in slow motion. I just knew that everyone around me could hear how loud my thoughts were but when I looked up everyone was carrying about in their normal routines. Women were bustling by me pushing strollers and trying to figure out their chores for the day and men were jogging by me in hopes of being healthy after forty. I knew that the realization I had just come to was so amazing and profound that the world just had to have stopped right in front of me. I felt that I had discovered something so valuable that people just had to...
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...The novel “Holes” is a fictitious tale, with mystery, comedy, and adventure. “Holes” was written in 1998 in Texas by multi-award winning author Louis Sachar. Sachar was born March 20, 1954 in New York. He developed a love for reading in high school. He entered college and studied law. He needed to pick up a course, so he signed on to be a teacher’s aide. It became his favorite class (his first book mirrored his life as a teacher’s aide – “Louis the Yard”). Sachar practiced law until 1981 and decided to devote his time to writing. “Holes” is his most popular novel to date selling over 8 million copies worldwide and it had been made into a major motion picture by Disney. Sachar currently resides in Austin, Texas with his wife Carla and daughter Sherre. He continues to write daily focusing on stories for children and young adults. The main character is Stanley Yelnats IV (his last name spelled in reverse is his first name). There were many male Yelnats named Stanley for this reason. Stanley is overweight, bullied, has low self-esteem and no friends. He was cursed with bad luck (as all Yelnats have been for 125 years) because of his “no-good dirty rotten-pig-stealing” great-great grandfather who failed to follow instructions by Madame Zeroni. He never did steal a pig but was “cursed” with bad luck along with future Yelnat generations for disobeying Madame Zeroni. Stanley misses the school bus (a school mate put his books in the toilet), so he had to walk home...
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...Tears of a Tiger By Sharon Draper The conflict I can make a prediction about is that Andrew Jackson will probably do something bad to himself. Because when Robert Washington dies, Andrew feels awful. He wishes he was the one who burned to death. Andrew might even kill himself, because he feels so bad. Or he might hurt someone else or try to blame it on B.J., Tyrone, or maybe even on Robert One event that has surprised me in the story is that Keisha has stayed with Andy through thick and thin. She let him cry on her shoulder. And he said she’s the only one he feels comfortable around. Also that she is trying to stop thinking that he should’ve died. She also encourages Andy to think on the brighter side of his life. She even went everywhere with him to Rob’s funeral, the hospital and also the trial. Keisha’s also his best friend. I’ve read another book like this called “Unbroken.” It’s about this girl that lived a long time ago. Her mother dies, and she had a hard time getting over it. Andy is just like the girl. He’s trying to get over Rob dying, but he just can’t. He got mad at Keisha for no apparent reason, at talent show. The girl in “Unbroken” gets over her mother dying, little by little, but she’s still sad sometimes. But instead of doing what the girl did, Andy got worse and worse. Andy is still in his journey with trying to get over Rob dying. The symbolism of the title is that as strong and brave tigers are, they still cry sometimes. A new...
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...Have you read the book Holes? Have you noticed that Stanley changes throughout the book? Before Stanley went to Camp Green Lake, he was selfish and did not have a great childhood because he would get made fun of in school. Stanley Changes throughout the book because of his friendship with Zero. Before his time at Camp Green Lake and at the beginning of his time there Stanley was looked down upon by others. “Be cool” said X-Ray he put his hand on Stanley’s shoulder.”You don’t want to mess with the Caveman,” he warned.”The Caveman is cool” said Armpit. (Sarchar 44) The text evidence proves that they look down on Stanley by saying that Caveman is cool and looking after him.” Then he returned to Zero, who had been quietly digging in his hole since...
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... Heroes of Baseball (96 pages) Robert Lipsyte, born and raised in New York, was just a teen when he discovered his love for sports. Lipsyte grew up in Rego Park, Queens and was never an athlete growing up (Robertlipsyte.com). His father, Sidney I. Lipsyte, was a school principal and director. On the other hand, his mother, Fanny Finston Lipsyte, was a public school teacher and guidance counselor. He started writing only fictional stories, his first being The Contender. Lipsyte begun his journalism career when he applied for a local editorial assistant job for the New York Times (Robertlipsyte.com). His big break came at the age of twenty-one when he was sent to cover the fight between Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) and Sonny Liston. Since then, he has been seen as a top tier reporter and was once the ombudsman of ESPN (Thenation.com). He has written many works, but one story in particular caught many people's attention. Heroes of Baseball: The Men Who Made It America’s Favorite Game is the story of baseball and how it has been developed due to the marks left by the athletes over the years. Lipsyte has had the chance to write about many sports topics, but this story is one that most fans of baseball would enjoy. Baseball all began in the 1850’s, when a man by the name of Albert G. Spalding, better known as “Big Al”, proved his skill and knowledge of the game. Spalding was the best pitcher in Rockford, Illinois and played for Forest City under the National League of Baseball Players...
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...How would you feel if you were cursed? Well, in the book Holes Stanley Yelnats was cursed. It all started when he was sent to Camp Green Lake. Before Stanley went to Camp Green Lake he was wimpy and relied on his parents, but after he went he was independant and had learned to take risks. Stanley has been cursed his entire life for something his ancestor Elya Yelnats did. Elya made a deal he did not follow through with. Elya was in love with a girl named Myra ( Sachar 28) and wanted her hand in marriage, so Elya went to his good friend Madam Zeroni ( Sachar 28). Madame Zeroni told Elya that he take one of her piglets and carry it up the mountain everyday and let the piglet drink water whilst he sing a song. and on the last day Elya must carry...
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...very scary in this book. Being with friends can help. Stanley Yelnats did not always have friends. At the beginning of Holes, Stanley was scared, but because of Zero he was brave by the end. Stanley was scared in the beginning because he did not know anybody. He was the new guy at Camp Green Lake. He had to go to the camp because they thought he has stole shoes, but he did not steal them. He thought he was going to get hurt. When he was in his cot, he thought it would break. Stanley was afraid of what would happen because of the curse. The curse was from his “no good, dirty rotten, pig stealing, great-great grandfather”. The curse would effect Stanley’s life immensely. Stanley was very scared because of all the things at Camp Green Lake and he did not have any friends to talk to in the beginning. At the end of the book, Stanley was brave because of Zero. Zero helped him have confidence. Everyone at the camp trusted Stanley. One of the campers named Squid asked Stanley to call his mom and apologize for him. Stanley taught Zero how to read and write even though other campers made fun of him. Stanley found his way back to camp with the help of Zero. They did not have any water, only had onions to eat, had to walk really far and they were alone. Zero and Stanley help each other even in the worst times possible. At the beginning of Holes Stanley was scared, but because of Zero he was brave by the end. This impacts Stanley’s future because he doesn’t have to...
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...Holes “There is no lake at Camp Green lake”. (The ather is Louis Sttancher on page 3). The theme of Holes is growing up because Stanly luring ,he shows youth ,and respasblitte. Instead of a lake it is a dry wasteland that is covered in holes. There was a lake, but it dry up with the town. “There is no lake at Camp Green Lake”(stancher pg3) One way that Stanley is growing up by learning that Camp Green Lake is not a lake it is dry and hot. Stanley thought that Camp Green Lake was a fun place, but it is not it is an awful place to be. He thought that the first hole was hard, but it is not it gets harder and eraser. “There was no time to think, he climbed in the truck and started it”(stretch pg 147) Tise shows yout because a person they...
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...Stanley Yelnats, a main character in Holes, is under a curse. The curse began with Stanley’s great-great-grandfather. It all started when Stanley was accused of stealing shoes from an athlete, and he was sent to a detention for boys called Camp Green Lake. The boys sent to Camp Green Lake become”better” men by digging holes five feet wide and five feet deep. Stanley met a boy named Zero who never talked, although Stanley worked with Zero and they talked about why they were both there. Stanley helps Zero read and write and Zero helped Stanley dig his holes, but others started calling Zero Stanley’s slave. The next day, Zig Zag started a fight with Stanley and Dr. Pendanski then told Stanley to teach him a lesson, and when the second fight started,...
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...Stanley Yelnats is a wimp, but throughout his journey at Camp Green Lake, he learns to be strong and fearless. He was a wimp because he was afraid of his group mates and he was acting too nice to them.although he was a wimp at first he becomes brave and strong after saving Zero and finding the treasure chest. “Stanley stared at him terrified” (Sachar 20). Stanley accidently called Armpit by his real name,Theodore.This caused Armpit to push Stanley to the ground but Stanley didn't fight back. “Back at school a bully named Derrick Dunne used to torment Stanley” (Sachar 23). Before coming to Camp Green Lake, Stanley was bullied by a kid that was like 3 times smaller than him. This shows Stanley’s weakness. “If anybody gets a day off it should...
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