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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White and the Seven Dwarves Hi Hoe‚ hi Hoe Snow White’s about to go Because of unprotected sex From her Seven Dwarves’ treks They gave her AIDS And now she fades This is worse than the poisoned Apple from her mom Which would have worked better as a bomb But the Witch couldn’t get it from Suddam And there goes her Happily Ever After Cinderella & Alice in Wonderland Have you ever wondered why Cinderella’s stepmom locked her high? She must be contained within her cell because
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Throughout the many renditions of “Cinderella”‚ there is a clear line between the Stepmother‚ Stepsisters‚ and Cinderella. Yet in Andy Tennant’s Ever After: A Cinderella Story the director takes that division another step further and separates the Stepsisters and Stepmother from each other. Tennant pits the Stepmother and one of her daughters against the Cinderella. The curveball‚ the second stepsister‚ is cast out to the side‚ a somewhat neutral party who favors Danielle but still longs for her
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cheating is ever passable. One definition of cheating is to act unfairly in order to gain an advantage. Another definition of cheating is to avoid something undesirable by luck or skill. I don’t believe that acting unfairly to gain an advantage is ever tolerable‚ but developing your abilities to evade something is typically acceptable. To initiate the conversation‚ I will start with a convenience we use every day‚ a computer. Personal computers are not just desktops anymore and can come in the form
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Best Christmas Ever! Every year I have a great Christmas spending valuable time with family and friends. This past Christmas was the best I’ve ever had. I received the best unexpected gift ever! It all started when everyone in my family came to my house early Christmas morning for breakfast. After breakfast we started passing out gifts. First‚ we would usually go in a huge circle and everyone would open one gift at a time. This time was different and very odd to me. My family would let everyone
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Will racism ever end? Every day‚ hundreds people around the world are killed‚ because them views or color of them skin are different than others. Civilization and education able to fill up the lack of tolerance and solve the problem known as racism‚ in fact it had been significant decreased compare to last 5-10 years. To solve problem‚ we have to glance on it roots‚ where it was born? Race gets roots in America with a long history. It was created as powerful idea invented by society. It’s an enduring
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to the truth of the matter‚ they are wary of taking advantage of him. When Jem returns to the collard patch to retrieve his lost pants‚ he does so because he doesn’t want Atticus to catch him in a lie. "I--it’s like this‚ Scout... Atticus ain’t ever whipped me since I can remember. I wanta keep it that way." (Chapter 6) Although the children often worry about Atticus giving them a "lickin’‚" Atticus doesn’t resort to corporal punishment with his children. When Scout decides not to fight Cecil
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anecdote assumptions beliefs that are taken for granted bias assumption or beliefs that keeps us from considering the evidence fairly argument by anecdote generalizing from a personal experience or from a few examples to everyone phrenology the now-discredited theory that different brain areas account for specific character and personality traits‚ which can be "read" from bumps on the skull structuralism an early pyschological approach that emphasized the analysis of immediate
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at the insistence of his parents‚ Bose appeared in the prestigious Indian Civil Service and secured the fourth place. During this period the civil disobedience movement called by Mahatma Gandhi was sweeping across the country and Bose resigned from the ICS in April 1921 to join his fellow countrymen in the freedom struggle. He joined the youth wing of the Congress Party and soon rose up the party hierarchy by virtue of his eloquence and leadership skills. At an early stage of his life Subhas
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Is lying ever ok? Lying is probably one of the most common wrong acts that we carry out. However‚ it is an unavoidable part of human nature. Most people would say that lying is always wrong‚ except when there’s a good reason for it - which means that it’s not always wrong! I disagree with this belief. From my understanding‚ it is not Okay to knowingly lie‚ no matter what. Always tell the truth. Most people make up excuses all the time because it’s easier than telling the truth which may be
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