Preview

Tone Of The Story Hole By Louis Sachar

Good Essays
Open Document
Open Document
307 Words
Grammar
Grammar
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Writing
Writing
Score
Score
Tone Of The Story Hole By Louis Sachar
In the story hole by Louis Sachar Mr. pendanski one of the camp counselors at camp green lake sets a supportive tone in the story. He first sets the tone in the story when he says, “No,” said Mr. Pendanski. “That person is you, Stanley. You’re the reason you are here. You’re responsible for yourself. You messed up your life, and it’s up to you to fix it. No one else is going to do it for you - for any of you.” This quote helps to develop the tone of support. It shows that Mr. Pendanski is trying to get the boys to focus on their future lives, as holes will not be their lifelong journey. Another way that he sets a supportive tone is when he says, “Mr. Pendanski looked from one boy to another. “You’re all special in your own way,” he said.

You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Powerful Essays

    15 years, 14 weeks, 5 days and 44 minutes later, heretofore known as Now, Young Sigrid became ‘The Pie-Maker’, opening her own bakery, complete with a pie-crust roof and aptly named ‘The Pie Hole’. It was her sanctuary, a place where her gift of mysterious origin and dangerous consequence could do some good. No fruit ever went to waste in the Pie-Maker’s hand, but would retain its ripe flavour forever more, so long as she did not touch it again. When asked what it was that gave the fruit pies their fresh and flavoursome appeal, the Pie-Maker would shrug with a modest smile and simply said that it was her late mother’s recipes that made all the difference.…

    • 1091 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    The film chronicles the histories of three fathers, and manages to relates and link their events and situations. First is Mitchell Stephens and his relationship with his drug-addict daughter. Second is Sam, and the secret affair he is having with his young daughter Nicole. He is somewhat of a narcissistic character because of his preoccupation with himself and pleasing himself, and his lack of empathy throughout the film for the others in the town. Third is Billy, who loves his two children so much that he follows behind the school bus every day waving at them. Billy is also having an affair with a married woman who owns the town's only motel. On the exterior the town is an average place with good people just living their lives. But, beneath all the small town simplicity is a web of lies and secrets, some which must be dealt with in the face of this tragedy.…

    • 1144 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    The story beings with him speaking of the great love for his wife and daughter, a love so great that he cannot bring himself to show them the person he once was. A man who feels he is two people at once, fighting with himself is trying to continue his life but is constantly reminded of the years he spent at war and all of those terrible things he did. Dealing with as much as he did in Vietnam, he engaged in drugs, alcohol and sex to try and suppress the memories. Feeling angry deceived and confused he tries to continue his life as a plastic surgeon fixing the superficial needs of people like facelifts and tummy tucks. Wanting to do more with his life in order to try and forget, he begins working with a program that helps repair children born with cleft lips. The decision to help these children symbolizes the guilt he feels and his way of trying to heal the wound time alone cannot heal.…

    • 553 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Better Essays

    Death; a terror of fear Sanger Rainsford and Marshall Will Kane experienced as that got caught up into a bundle of panic. To start off with, in the film High Noon written by Carl Foreman we quickly find out that Frank Miller is coming back to town with his gang to get revenge on the Marshall Will Kane. Unfortunately Will Kane has trouble finding deputies and has to take on this challenge alone. As we read the novel, The Most Dangerous Game written by Richard Connell we observed that the protagonist Rainsford fell off his yacht to next wake up on the mysterious Ship Trap Island. With no one around to call for help he comes into contact with General Zaroff and is forced into playing a terrible "game". While analyzing both of the stories, High…

    • 1682 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    Symbols In The Glass Rose

    • 789 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Stephen is convinced that his father’s opinion is the correct opinion. That being that all foreigners are incompetent. Leka tells Stephen stories of his homeland and Stephen finds them fascinating. In the back of Stephen's mind, he knows that his father would disapprove because stories are for children. Therefore, Stephen tries to convince himself Leka is acting as a wall between who Stephen in now and his greatest potential. While Stephen works with the Polack, he identifies him as a respectful man. Thus, bringing Stephen to the point where he admits to Leka they are friends, but knowingly believes “he [has] been guilty of a babyish weakness”. Stephen's father does not appreciate how much time he is spending with the Polack. His father openly shares his opinion and believes Stephen is “gettin’ awfully chummy with [the] Polack”. He tells Stephen “some of the men’s laughin’ about him pattin’ and pokin’ you.” Under the impression that Leka is a homosexual due to all the physical contact Leka makes when in a conversation. Stephen replies admitting they are not friends, but is “not sure whether or not he is lying”. Stephen is at odds with himself and is not positive how to feel about Leka. In reality, he does enjoy Leka’s company, but does not wish to by cause of his father's…

    • 789 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Once the protagonists from Holes, Stanley and Zero, had been freed from the camp, the common 5th grader couldn’t wait for a follow up on what life would throw at them next. Unfortunately, Small Steps didn’t’ posses our desires, instead it follows the story of one of the minor character named Theodore (nicknamed Armpit).…

    • 708 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Sitting in the darkness of the prison Behavioral Adjustment Unit, catching up on lost time, Robby details to John the cruel and lonely circumstances of his incarceration. He wants to express to John how time in the “hole” has changed his perception of his own story. He tells John,…

    • 939 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Plato’s conception of the soul is that it is an open vessel. Each has the capacity and ability to learn and to receive knowledge but first the whole being must be open to new knowledge and to learning. However some people are very close minded and set on what is already in front of them and refuse to open their minds. In order for one to become enlightened they must want to learn and must work for their knowledge.…

    • 646 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    Good morning year 11, thank you for turning up to what will be an engaging analysis of the complexity of conflict in literature. If you ponder upon it, how many of us have experienced some form of conflict in our lives? No doubt all of you. But year 11, it is the way in which we handle this conflict that moulds us into the individuals we are today. My work in the novel ‘We all fall down’ has caused some controversy in schools simply because I paint the picture of characters who fail to metaphorically ‘get back up’. I’ve no doubt that if you look closely enough around this room you will associate someone with these problems and that’s what I’d like to explore today; the complex character that is Buddy Walker. The thing that really got the critics cranky was Buddy’s escapist tendencies. The reason being that Buddy drinks, he drinks a lot to assist him in sanding down the rough edges in his highly conflicted life, and that will be the focus of our discussion today. Year 11, I would now offer you some valuable advice in the hope that you will learn from Buddy’s mistakes, and that is that in life, it’s not about how you fall down… It’s how you get up.…

    • 1059 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    The boy said,” I’m not a man, I don’t want to be.” So after all the commotion, the boy decided he will never act like Paul and his daydream of him being like Paul died. Now Paul motivates the boy to never be like him. So again, the scene shows that he doesn’t act like the people around him because his mindset is different because he decides what the right thing to do is, not somebody else. Not only is he not going to be like Paul, but also he does not want to be like his other brothers and his father. His family’s idea of being “a man,” is being strong, emotionally and physically, and do things like hunting. They also wanted the boy to learn how to play golf, but after the situation about the kitten when it went to the Vet, the boy doesn’t want to be like his brothers and father. At the end of the story, Paul, the boy, their mother, and father were sitting at the table and eating dinner. Paul was talking about taking the boy to the driving range to teach the boy how to hit a golf ball. The boy was thinking,”I won’t go with him. I don’t want him teaching me anymore.” So he gets up from the table and goes into the living room without any hesitation. Their he thinks about how he will never work at the Vet, how he will never go…

    • 1451 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    In my opinion, I feel as though the boy is lonely, living in such a remote and desolate place, with only his father to spend his time with. For example Ondaatje says, “He was born into a region which did not appear on a map until 1910, though his family had worked there for twenty hears and the land had been homesteaded since 1816. In the school atlas the place is pale green and nameless. The river slips out of an unnamed lake…” (10-11). Patrick’s characteristics makes him seem sad or withdrawn from society, for he spends his time gazing out the window searching for bugs. Ondaatje exclaims, “He walks back into the bright kitchen and moves from window to window to search out the moths pinioned against the screens, clinging to the brightness… Bugs, plant hoppers, grasshoppers, rust-dark moths…throughout the summer he records their visits and sketches the repeaters “ (9). I feel bad for Patrick, that his only companions are the bugs flying around his house, in search for light. Although Patrick does have his father, his dad doesn’t pay him any attention, unless they are working together. Ondaatje says, “Hazen Lewis was an abashed man, withdrawn from the world around him, uninterested in the habits of civilization outside his own focus. He would step up to his horse and assume it, as if it were a train, as if flesh and blood did not exist” (15). It would be rough to grow up in that kind of unloving environment. It would be difficult to feel you had to earn your love. For Patrick’s father, only praises him when they are successful at work. For example, Ondaatje says, “They begin to run back home, looking behind them to see if the cow is following. The boy gasps, ‘If she goes into the ice again I’m not doing a thing’ ‘Neither am I’ yells his father, laughing” (16). The only part in the story when the boys Father demonstrates warmth and kindness towards his son, is when they save the cow from drowning. The fathers introverted attitude, makes me…

    • 455 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    In August 1914, Britain was ill-prepared to fight a prolonged war on the Continent. Nevertheless, changes were soon made to rectify this situation.…

    • 480 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Poor Fish Moravia

    • 561 Words
    • 3 Pages

    The young man in the story is constantly looking for reassurance. He asks his girlfriend quite frequently for compliments, and encouraging words to help boost his diminutive ego. The author shows the struggle taking place in the characters thoughts by his need for such words, making it obvious on how the character feels about himself. The author shows how the character is at a war with himself through not only the characters thoughts, but also with his words. However, the character is gifted enough to have such a loyal companion who sticks by him even when times are…

    • 561 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    the devil of prada

    • 315 Words
    • 1 Page

    The Devil Wears Prada is a 2006 comedy-drama film, a loose screen adaptation of Weinberger’s 2003novel of the same name. It stars Anne Hathaway as Andrea Sachs, a college graduate who goes to New York City and gets a job as a co-assistant to powerful fashion magazine editor Miranda Priestly, played by Meryl Strep. Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci co-star, as co-assistant Emily Charlton, and Art Director Nigel, respectively.…

    • 315 Words
    • 1 Page
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    A TERM PAPER OF MANAGEMENAT PRACTICES AND ORGANISATION ON LEADERSHIP STYLE AND MOTIVATION MORE FREE TERM PAPERS ON SITE: www.BesplatniSeminarskiRadovi.com INDEX |1 |ABSTRACT | | |2 |INTRODUCTION | | |3 |LEADERSHIP: DEFINATION, SKILL AND ROLL | | |4 |LEADERSHIP STYLE THEORIES | | |5 |DEVELOPING LEADERSHIP SKILLS | | |6 |OBJECTIVES OF DEVELOPING LEADERSHIP SKILLS | | |7 |MOTIVATION | | |8 |TYPE OF MOTIVATION | | |9 |MOTIVATION THEORIES…

    • 5376 Words
    • 22 Pages
    Powerful Essays

Related Topics