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    “Holes” shows the importance of friendship in times of trouble and danger. Discuss ‘Holes’ by Louis Sachar is a phenomenal and superlative narrative. Entwining three remarkable stories from diverse generations and genres‚ Holes demonstrates immensely proficient writing dexterity‚ explicitly depicting the significance of earnest and genuine friendship in times of life’s trials and tribulations. This is exemplified when an averse and apprehensive Stanley and a despondent and barely conversant Zero

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    Imagine sand in your eyes and glaring heat taking you down one second at a time‚ all while digging a 5 foot wide by 5 foot deep hole. That’s the life of Stanley Yelnats IV in the book “Holes” by Louis Sachar. The book “Holes” is a mystery comedy novel released on August 20th‚ 1989. The book “Holes” Starts off with a teenager named Stanley Yelnats IV. Stanley and his family have had bad luck ever since his no good dirty rotten pig-stealing great great grandfather Elya Yelnats made a promise he did

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    Have you ever thought about the power of destiny that determines the events in your life? "Holes" by Louis Sachar is a story of Stanley Yelnats‚ who happened to be under a curse that was caused by his great-great-grandfather. As the story unfolds‚ we learn that the curse leads to a series of events that are all predestined. Everything started with Elya Yelnats‚ who didn’t keep a promise with Madame Zeroni. Stanley was innocent of the crime for which he was convicted but because of the curse‚ he

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    Sacrificial Friendship In the book holes‚ written by Louis Sachar‚ Stanley Yelnats the main character is a poor‚ friendless‚ over weighted boy who is constantly bullied at school. He is arrest one day for a crime that did not commit. Stanley is therefore condemned to jail or to be sent to a place called Camp Green Lake for eighteen months as he is unable to prove his innocence. Stanley chooses Camp Green Lake. But upon arriving in the camp‚ Stanley discovers that it is actually a barren and desolate

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    settled into the routine of Camp Green Lake; “His body had adjusted somewhat to the heat and harsh conditions.” By this stage of the novel‚ Stanley had forgotten how many holes he had dug. * This scene helps to build the tension in the novel. Sachar keeps his readers guessing whether Stanley and Zero will be safe. * This scene in the novel highlights the point that the Warden is not there for the kids but for her own interest. * The reader is reminded that “vacancies don’t last long

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    Louis Sachar Louis Sachar A.K.A Louis The Yard Teacher is a very well known and award winning author who was born on March 20‚ 1954 in East Meadow‚ New York. Louis was born to his parents Ruth and Robert Sachar. Today Louis is happily married to his wife Carla and has a daughter named Sherre. He is 60 years old and currently lives in Austin‚ Texas. As a kid‚ Louis the Yard Teacher loved playing sports like baseball and tennis. He also enjoyed card games‚ but his favorite was bridge‚ which

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    The making of a murderer. How does one come to commit murder? Well‚ it is obvious that in Holes‚ by Louis Sachar‚ Kate Barlow´s experiences influenced her motives to become a killer outlaw. Step one to the making of a murderer: Destroying everything one loves and cares about. Kissin´n Kate Barlow was not always Kissin´n Kate. Believe or not she too was once a pleasing person‚ known as Katherine Barlow. In her normal life she was a teacher with a school house. Her school house was in dire

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    boy” (Sachar 5). By making a bad boy and making them be in the blazing sun is that now they will learn how to never come back nor get in trouble. In the novel holes from‚ Louis Sachar. Stanley changes from poor and overweight to rich and strong because of how Sachar describes him in the beginning ‚ the middle‚ and the end. At the beginning of the novel‚ Stanley is poor‚ and overweight. The author writes… “ Stanley was from a poor family. He had never been to a camp before” (Sachar 5). Stanleys

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    Louis sachar About himself: 1. Born in east meadow New York march 20‚ 1954 2. Moved to Austin‚ texas in 1985 Schooling: 3. Favorite authors: E B white‚ Richard Price‚ Kazuo Ishigaro and E.l Doctorow 4. Not interested in reading and writing till high school. 5. “Sachar attended Antioch College for a semester before transferring to University of California‚ Berkeley‚ | 6. I thought it over and decided it was a pretty good deal. College credits‚ no homework‚ no term papers

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    no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-grandfather. Louis Sachar has contributed to American literature by writing children’s books‚ in which his greatest strength as a writer is his creation of imagery that produces imagery in the reader’s head. In the novel Holes‚ by Louis Sachar one of Sachar’s themes of the novel is that obstructing promises can be a crucial characteristic depicting the way one will live the rest of his life‚ for example being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Sachar certifies this through his use

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