...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 Have you ever been in trouble for someone's actions? Or have you ever been in trouble and digging holes for something you did? In this book by Louis Sachar Stanley is sent to a camp called Camp Green Lake and this camp is not all fun and games it is about digging holes all day for your punishment. The theme of holes is growing up because in the story, Stanley proves he is innocent for not stealing the shoes shows his ambition. And learns how to be responsible and learns responsibility. In the story Stanley is accused of stealing a famous baseball player’s shoe’s at a homeless shelter, and Stanley is sent to Camp Green Lake for digging holes for his punishment. Stanley must find a way to prove his innocence and Stanley is digging holes for nothing because he didn't steal the shoes. ‘‘You thirsty?’’ asked Mr.Sir ‘‘Yes Mr.Sir’’, Stanley said gratefully ‘‘Well, You better get used to it. You’re going to be thirsty for the next eighteen months’’(Sachar,25). Stanley worked and digging 1 hole every day in the hot sun for the warden and if...
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...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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...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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...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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...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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...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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...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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...The Door Building Bible 1. Read work order. (Make door parts first) 2. Check angle for correct measurement and Plunger Holes 3. Make parts Lock Mount and Plungers and (dead bolts if needed) check for right hinge. 4. Weld parts to angle Guide pipe and Dead Bolts if needed 5. Put angle frame together check for length width, then square weld 6. 14 gauge back panel, lay on table, put frame on top flat side down guide pipe away from you. Check for(right hinge) top would be to your right. Otherwise to your left. Puyt in spreader rod. Line up edge and top and bottom. Inside swing will be flush with angle on side with guide pipe. 7. Drill Holes, 21/65 weld on nuts. Stamp Number top end of angle 8. Remove angle frame oversize holes except top hole 25/64 stamp number in panel above top hole remove panel 9. Outer door panel LVD 3/16”, VD. ¼” HVD. 3/8”, MVD. ½”, MVDE 1” Safe Doors check work order best side down on table check for right hinge top is right of you. Get your center line. Put angle frame on panel flat side up. Safe doors and out swing Vault Doors ¾”, top 13/16” guide pipeside mark top and bottom corners, set I beams on top and clamp down. Recheck alignment inside swing doors ¾”, top ½” guide pipe side Mark top and bottom corners. Put cross tensioner in place snug it up. Leave gap roller rod 2” and 2-2 ½” L3”6” L3” and 7” no weld. Make sure spreader rod remains in place, weld frame to panel. 10. Clean plungers, buff...
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...Slide 1 Kris Disc golf For our project we have chosen to select a local park and establish a 9-hole disk golf course that we will help promote to the local community in hopes to encourage and give an opportunity for people to get out and be more active. By offering activities such as disk golf course we believe that we will give an alternative activity for people of all ages to do that is both healthy and fun. Slide 2 Josh Vancouver City Hall Meeting Attend a City Hall Counsel meeting to make a proposal to the City Zoning Commission to allow the installation of a 9 hole disc golf course in an existing city park Slide 3 Josh New 9 Hole Course Proposal This is a map of our proposed disc golf course. We went out and set what we think would be the best layout to not disturb the already set in activities and structures already in use. Slide 4 Kris Goals and Objectives * Create a new 9 hole course in existing city park * Offer new alternatives for recreational activities * Get people outdoors and active * Introduce new players to disc golf * Increase Annual Visitors to the Park * Educate others on the benefits of disc golf Slide 5 Kris Plan of Action Once we have been approved by the city we will begin to execute a 6 Phase completion process that will be concluded by hosting a Grand Opening weekend where we will provide food and entertainment to promote the new park course Slide 6 Josh Projected Cost Items | | | | Units |...
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...Dear Jane, May 10th, 1937 Ah’m writin tuh yo wid uh sad, sad heart. Ma Tea Cake is gawn, an at ma own hand. Afta da flood in da Everglades, Tea Cake an’ah make fo da high ground. When we git der, he done come down wid dis awful sickness. Ah’m tellin ya he done turn’d stark ravin mad! Jane it was awful, de Tea Cake dat ah know an love just plain vanished. De sickness done ate away at him till der was nuttin left. Ah had to fire first to he’d a killed me, ah had no choice. Ah loved him so much, but ah had to set him free. Ah’m writin to yo now from back home, in Eatonville. Tea Cake don left a hole in dis heart a mine ah swear nothing can fill. Ah just dont know what to do wid me laf any’mo. But ah think ah’m gonna start livin laf fo me. Ah done spent foty years of ma laf listening to da wants of others. Ah still have plenty of money left from Jody’s passin. Ah think ah’l git ma self a bit’o land near Eatonville. Start fresh, maybe plant uh little baby orchard. Ah always did love dem fruit trees in spring... but who knows, maybe someday ah’l find dat perfect man fo me. Ah man ah can love wid ma whole heart, an one dat will love me da same. De kind of love were ah can be free. Kinda lak dem bee’s wid da flowers in spring, now dats perfect harmony. De bees comin and goin as dey please, but perfectly happy... Ah know dis probably sounds mighty silly of me, but ah cant help but hopin. Well dats jus’bout nough...
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...CAE Software of Twin-Tubes Shock Absorber Outer-Characteristic Changcheng Zhou, Jie Meng School of Traffic and Vehicle Engineering Shandong University of Technology Zibo 255049, China greatwall@sdut.edu.cn Abstract The pathway throttle and local throttle loss of oil flow in telescopic shock absorber were analyzed, and the pathway loss coefficient and equivalent length of piston holes were studied. According to the thickness and the pre-deformation of throttle slice, and the throttle holes area, the velocity points of valve opening were researched and the analytic formulas of shock absorber velocity when valve opening were given. With the velocity points of valve opening, the model of shock absorber outer characteristic was established by piecewise linear math function. Based on this, the CAE software for shock absorber outer characteristic was developed. A practical example of simulation of shock absorber outer characteristic was given with this CAE software, and the performance test was conducted to verify the CAE software. The results show that the CAE software is reliable, and the values simulated is close to that tested. 1. Introduction The shock absorber of automobile is one of the most important components of suspension system, and plays a vital role in the driving process of vehicles[1,2]. The characteristic of shock absorber influences driving smoothness and ride comfortableness of vehicles[3]. The shock absorber used most commonly on ...
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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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