The book Holes is about Stanley Yelnats. Stanley’s family has a curse brought by his grandfather Elya Yelnats. Elya made a deal with a gypsy named Madame Zeroni. He wanted the fattest pig so he could get a girl to marry him. So he went to Madame Zeroni and she told him to take the pig up the mountain every day and make him drink water from the river‚ and when the pig gets fat he has to take her to the top of the mountain and let her drink from the river. He forgot to repay her and she
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his characters in the story. I will be composing a character sketch on Stanley‚ one of the main actors in the play. I will focus on evaluating Stanley’s ever changing character traits in the role he plays. They consist of different moods that he demonstrates during the play: his aggressiveness‚ his love for Stella and also his rudeness and cruelty towards Blanche. Let’s begin by talking about the way Stanley’s aggressiveness affects the climax of the play. During scene three
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not for a man named Henry Morton Stanley. Stanley was the first European explorer to lead a successful journey into Congo‚ overcoming the unbelievable probability of failure to open up the heart of tropical Africa to European imperialism. However‚ his journey was neither smooth nor pleasant. In fact‚ the tactics that Stanley used to achieve this astounding feat were not only unorthodox albeit extremely effective‚ but also inhumane and cruel. Henry Morton Stanley greatly furthered imperialistic development
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Sachar‚ Stanley Yelnats is convicted of stealing a pair of sneakers that were supposed to be auctioned to supply a orphanage with money. He didn’t deliberately steal the sneakers they hit him in the head after Hector Zeroni stole them and saw the police so he threw them over the bridge. Later in the novel Stanley meets Hector and tells him why he is there and Hector describes what they look like. Stanley was convicted due to lack of evidence and Hector later admits to stealing them. Stanley was a
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ESSAY – ‘HOLES’ BY LOUIS SACHAR Louis Sachar‚ the author of ‘Holes‚’ uses the protagonist‚ Stanley‚ to explore the themes and main concerns of the novel. He does this by unfolding the plot into three different stories. He also uses Stanley to investigate the characters and their traits‚ for example‚ we found out that Zero could not read but could add and multiply number very quickly. In the book‚ Stanley is described as a friendless‚ self-conscious‚ overweight fifteen-year-old boy. Throughout the
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staying with Stella and Stanley from Laurel‚ finds herself lost after loosing a life of luxury on a ranch. Stanley‚ Stella’s husband‚ has irreconcilable differences with Blanch on most views. The great difference between Stanley and Blanche causes Stella to be a middleman: caught in-between the ongoing dispute. This position Stella holds attracts guilt and abuse from Stanley and Blanche. An outsider’s view of sympathy towards Stella is based upon the actions from Blanche and Stanley towards her‚ as a victim
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A Streetcar Named Desire January 28‚ 2008 The relationships in A Streetcar Named Desire are interesting. We have the relationship between Stella and Blanche‚ the relationship between Stella and Stanley‚ the relationship between Blanche and Stanley‚ and the aspiring relationship between Mitch and Blanche. I think that it is from these relationships‚ and the dialogues between these people that we get to know what kind of people they are‚ and how they are alike or different. From Stella
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see exactly when the deviance begins and how it evolves. The book dives deep into the mind of a particular case of a boy named Stanley in Chicago during the 1920’s. From the beginning of the book Stanley is abused by his stepmother often being set aside so she could tend to here actual children. I believe this book is most accurately depicts the social learning theory. Stanley has been exposed to a multitude of positive outlooks of crime from his family and friends at an extremely young age. I support
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behavior and old fashioned courtships. Stanley represents the New South’s ruthless pursuit of success and economic pragmatism. He is the symbol of the ‘American Dream’. In scene two‚ there is a confrontation between Stanley and Blanche about her “perpetrating a swindle on Stella”. Stella thinks that Stanley that is being absolutely ridiculous when he searches Blanche’s bag and she feels she is ashamed by his low class status and asks him to behave. Stanley is a very blunt and straight forward
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The moment that Blanche and Stanley meet‚ a fire has begun. In the novel‚ A Streetcar Named Desire‚ the main character‚ Stella’s‚ husband and sister do not get along. Blanche comes to New Orleans‚ Louisiana to visit her sister Stella. Blanche is in for a surprise when she meets Stella’s husband Stanley. From the moment the two meet‚ there is a bad feeling. A Streetcar Named Desire’s author is Tennessee Williams‚ who is from Columbia‚ Mississippi. Blanche and Stanley’s relationship is like an untamed
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