There are many different challenges that Stanley Yelnats (the main character) from the bestselling novel Holes written by Louis Sachar has to over come. Stanley was first seen in the movie when a tilted shot of shoes hit him in the head and he fell on the ground portraying he was weak and a bit stupid. Stanley’s personality was also displayed when his mum was so shocked when the police came around to their house telling them Stanley had stolens‚ this shows that Stanley had never commited a crime
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pyramids center. The purpose of the tunnel was to learn more about the techniques of the pyramid’s construction. Thirteen years after the first tunnel‚ another deep tunnel was cut into the pyramid‚ this time staring at the building’s west side. No treasures were found. It was built using a complex structure of stepped stone inner walls‚ most of the Pyramid of the Sun consists of compacted mud‚ reinforced with wooden poles and possibly built on an inward sloping firm base. Excavation at the Pyramid of
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* The last beast is slayed by Beowulf‚ but he dies too as he is mortally wounded by the dragon biting his neck. He is mourned for and buried on a huge funeral pyre with his treasures overlooking the sea. -Interesting facts about Beowulf * Beowulf is the oldest surviving epic poem in English literature. An epic poem is a long narrative poem depicting the story a hero and his deeds. * Beowulf is
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like a flood” (7). The stand that the speaker is taking against and for the country may not be going anywhere‚ but the can see a time in the future where “beneath the touch of Time’s unerring hand‚ like priceless treasures sinking in the sand” (13-14) America’s current culture would be buried. Although this can be interpreted as the downfall of the country‚ I see it as the downfall of the current culture of America. This is not an anti-America poem‚ but rather one dedicated to a better one‚ and towards
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who has more serious and realistic dreams‚ Tom has a somewhat boyish belief that he will become a pirate or a robber in the future‚ which fueled by his trip to Jackson’s island‚ or even his idea to make a robber gang‚ even after finding the buried treasure. Tom Sawyer is the type of character that likes to imagine himself playing the roles that are usually exciting or even romantic‚ starting with making colossal dreams; his list of silly aspirations are similar to those fantasies of boys who are
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HEINRICH SCHLIEMANN AND THE DISCOVERY OF TROY “So fight by the ships‚ all together. And that comrade Who meets his death and destiny‚ speared or stabbed‚ Let him die! He dies fighting for the fatherland- No dishonor there! He’ll leave behind him wife and sons unscathed‚ His house and estate unharmed- once these Argives Sail for home‚ the fatherland they love.” –The Iliad Book 15 lines 574-580‚ by Homer Today‚ on the plains of Western Anatolia lies the site of one of the most well
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shoe that later got to the ruler of another kingdom. He searched everywhere for the owner until he found Yehhsien. He took her and her bones back to his kingdom. He married her and prayed to the bones getting treasures without a limit. The next year the bones no longer worked so he buried the close to the shore. They were washed away and the step- mom and the step- sisters were killed by flying stones. African Cinderella Summary The African Cinderella Story was about a man who had two wives
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found in all‚ most of which were written on goat skin and sheep skin. A few were on papyrus‚ a plant used to make paper‚ but one scroll was engraved on copper sheeting telling of sixty buried treasure sites. Because the scrolls containing the directions to the treasures is unable to be fully unrolled‚ the treasures have not been found yet. In all‚ the texts of the scrolls were remarkable. They contained unknown psalms‚ Bible commentary‚ calendar text‚
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COMD 1) ------ are words used in place of noune phrases‚ typically referring to people and things already known a. Pronouns 2) We found buried treasure in the backyard- “We” is b. First person‚ plural 3) Presciprtive approach to defining grammar attempts to describe the regular structures of language as it was used c. False- Prescriptive is etiquette 4) [ the car ] [ was painted] [cherry pie red] d. Diagram represents the constituent
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Zheng He is a name of which many don’t hear a lot around‚ much less know who he is. Zheng He is‚ however‚ one of the greatest ocean explorers in the 15th century‚ and can be named side to side with Ferdinand Magellan and Christopher Columbus. Zheng He’s 7 voyages to the Indian Ocean strengthened trade between the Ming Dynasty and its neighbouring countries in the Middle East and India‚ and brought back exotic souvenirs and gifts to the Yongle Emperor‚ which were tributes from the neighbouring countries
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