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    Holes Speech Good morning year 8. Today I am going to talk to you about the novel holes. When people hear of a book called “Holes"‚ they may think of some boring story of digging a hole. However this book is anything but a boring story. In the novel Holes‚ by Louis Sachar‚ it tells the story of a young teenage aged boy named Stanley Yelnats who is wrongly accused of stealing Clyde Livingston’s shoes and sent to a juvenile correctional camp. The camp is called Camp Green Lake. He is sent to camp

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    One common theme within Education of Little Tree‚ Of Mice and Men‚ Night‚ and Willow would be the theme of pain. Within all four books the characters all feel pain or guilt about something they have done in the course of the storyline. For example in Education of Little Tree‚ Little Tree‚ feels guilty when the snake bites his grandpa and grandpa has to suck the venom out but still gets sick. Little Tree also feels guilty after getting in trouble in class and being sent into the little room all

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    personal growth. I agree with the interpretation because in all good books people change and mature. One work of literature that I have read which relates to the quote is the book Holes by Louis Sachar. Another book that supports the quote is the book‚ Monster‚ by Walter Dean Myers. The first example is from the story‚ Holes. The main character‚ Stanley III‚ steals a water truck to help his friend‚ Zero‚ but fails. Stanley Yelnats the third has a family who is cursed because of the original Stanley

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    finally agreed to teaching Zero ow to read and write and they even made a deal that Zero would dig half of his hole and Stanley would teach Zero after the hole s are done digging. The warden found out that Stanley and Zero made a deal and that Stanley was teaching Zero how to read and write and Stanley did a big thing that day that he stood up to the warden saying why can’t I dig my hole and still teach Zero how to read and write and all the campers were shocked to hear that Staney talked back to

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    3 introduction: the novel ’Holes’ by Louis Sachar‚ communicates the strong character of stanley yelnats by using the language technique of dialogue to show how hes changes from being low self estemed and degraded‚ to a hero who is recognised in society. when stanley yelnats is framed for a crime he did not commit and is sent to camp green lake‚ a camp where boys dig holes all day as punishment‚ he discovers something hed never none about before‚ something hed actualli been waiting for but

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    literary devices/elements of fiction in order to create and support a central theme. In order to succeed in this task‚ you must narrow down a theme statement. Theme Statements vs. Concepts Death is a concept‚ NOT a theme statement. Belief is a concept‚ not a theme statement. Be careful you don’t use a one or two word concept as a theme. “People will go to incredibly lengths to try to defeat death‚” is a specific theme statement. It talks about a tendency that humans have‚ and incorporates the idea

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    Poking Holes in “Holy War” Motivations in Religious Conflict Ask an individual what their religious faith means to them‚ and you may get a thousand different answers from a thousand different people. While for many around the world their religious faith is viewed as an important part of how they define themselves and build and participate in their communities. There are also often great disagreements about what kind of actions represent a faithful practice of a given religion‚ even within religious

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    I am not throwing away my shot! I am not throwing away my shot! Hey yo‚ I’m just like my country I’m young‚ scrappy and hungry And I’m not throwing away my shot! I’mma get a scholarship to King’s College I prob’ly shouldn’t brag‚ but dang‚ I amaze and astonish The problem is I got a lot of brains but no polish I gotta holler just to be heard With every word‚ I drop knowledge! I’m a diamond in the rough‚ a shiny piece of coal Tryin’ to reach my goal. My power of speech: unimpeachable Only nineteen

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    Stanley’s journey at Camp Green Lake from being looked down upon to a true‚respected friend. Imagine yourself in a new camp‚ where everybody looks down upon you. That is how Stanley felt in Camp Green Lake‚ where other campers disrespected him. At the beginning of the novel‚ Stanley was not accepted by his peers in the camp‚ but because of his loyalty to his friends‚ he is part of X-Ray’s group by the end of the novel. The start of a journey for Stanley‚ wasn’t amazing because he felt like‚ he

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    time periods‚ then ultimately emerges at the end. The author of Holes‚ Sachar used a non-linear text with three different narrative threads occurring through different generations and eras. She doesn’t complete the thread as she leaves each chapter on a cliff hanger‚ which leaves the reader with suspense. The three narrative thread captivates the reader and allows the reader to picture three different stories. 2. The majority of Holes is written in third person. A novel written in omniscient third

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