...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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...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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...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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...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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...these are things that can be 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...
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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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...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 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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...nley yelnats, Stanley yelnats is a boy who goes to camp Green lake, a bad kids correctional phacillity. Along the journey at camp Green lake, stanley makes friends, and his friendships change him. In the story we see that sanley changes physically, and externally, these changes are all important. Stanley changes durassically and so does his appearance. Stanley isn't the only character who changes , there are alot of characters who change. Stanley's friendship with zero changes him because throughout the story because Stanley goes from selfish to selfless. In the beginning of the story, Stanley was really mean to zero, and didn't really want anything to do with him, as an example Zero asked stanley how to read but stanley says “oh I'm not...
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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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...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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...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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...Stanley, a chubby kid must survive Camp Green Lake, a camp in which juveniles must face terrible living conditions; and possibly their death. Camp Green Lake used to be a lively, thriving town. But when Sam, the onion man is shot, his lover Kate Barlow starts on her journey as a bandit, killing men and looting them. Now Camp Green Lake is a desolate, and dry land full of deadly yellow spotted lizards, and rattlesnakes. One day, Stanley Yelnats walked outside and a shoe landed in his hands, they belonged to the best baseball player in the world; Clyde Livingston. After many trials, Stanley chose to go to Camp Green Lake instead of jail. Stanley was treated terribly, the kids hated him, and he had to go behind Zero, a mysterious kid that was...
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...Our Stars by John Green and, Holes by Louis Sachar. Seeing each other complexly seems impenetrable because it is hard to see behind the story of the people that are confused by emotions or reactions they cannot explain. More of the complexly...
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