The reason the author said everyone has a different side of the story is because the author wanted to make things more interesting for example‚ when Stanley “stole” the shoes‚ but when Zero explains that he stole the shoes‚ it actually is explains why there are certain points of view. Holes is similar to a book series called the 39 Clues because‚ both books show plot twists that literately
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1. Set after World War I‚ A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams reflects many of the social and cultural changes that occurred after the war. 2. Immediately the time of day (“first dark of an evening”) accentuates the background of socio-economic change as it symbolically represents the death of an old value system and the birth of a new set of social values. 3. The play takes place in the French Quarter of New Orleans which is immediately depicted as an impoverished yet cosmopolitan
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with Stella’s husband‚ Stanley because of their social and perceptional differences. In the ending part of the first scene‚ the first encounter of Blanche and Stanley beginning after the Stanley’s arrival to house after bowling and until the end of the scene‚ Williams aimed to present the characters‚ Stanley as brutal‚ wildish and Blanche’s sensitive and sore personality along with implying a depressed mood. The part of the scene begins with the Williams’ description of Stanley‚ which underscores the
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a response to her marriage with a cultured‚ sensitive man which ended in disaster. So although Blanche dislikes Stanley as a person‚ she is drawn to him as a type of man who is resoundingly heterosexual and who is strong enough to protect her from an increasingly harsh world. This seems to be the reason for her brief relationship with Mitch‚ but it becomes clear to Blanche that Stanley is the dominant male here and she begins to acknowledge that fact. When
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Main Characters Stanley‚ Stella and Blanche are constantly partaking in power plays where they experience dominant and submissive stances. Firstly I am going to discuss how Stella is depicted as both powerful and weak through her succumbing to balance and Stanley. Secondly I am going to explore how Blanche eludes strength in her manipulative skills but simultaneously is masking her ever present weakness. Finally I will take a look at the power play that exists between Blanche and Stanley and demonstrate
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After reading The Millionaire Next Door‚ Stanley‚ the author‚ made me see a different view on the word millionaire and what it actually takes to be one. The basic concept that the book proposes is that the general comprehension of what a millionaire is actually incorrect and not what majority of the people in the world believes it is. In fact‚ a millionaire’s lifestyle is quite the opposite of what we see on television and on the news. According to Stanley‚ an average millionaire actually lives a
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Stanley and Stella are married and live in Elysian Fields. Stella was born into a wealthy family from Belle Reve and married Stanley‚ who is from the middle class. Stella depends on Stanley for love and to make her feel better. In reality‚ Stanley is a powerful man and can get any woman he wants. Stella “couldn’t believe her story and [she continues] on living with Stanley” (133). Blanche tries to inform her sister how Stanley is not the man she thinks he is‚ and
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but if one bites you it doesn’t make a difference whether you believe or not” (Sachar 41). The book I read was Holes by Louis Sachar. This book is about a boy‚ named Stanley Yelnats‚ who is ‘cursed’ with bad luck. The ‘curse’ started with Stanley’s no-good pig stealing great great grandfather. During the early parts of the story‚ Stanley is arrested and sent to Camp Green Lake where boys go to ‘build character’. While at Camp Green Lake‚ the boy had to dig five foot by five-foot holes. They said this
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especially through Stanley and Stella’s relationship and Stanley and Blanche’s rape scene. Throughout the play the character of Blanche is flirtatious and she relies on the perception of herself as an object of male sexual desire as a way of operating in the world. Blanche’s interaction with any of the men in the play is always flirtatious‚ especially at the beginning when she meets them. Blanche’s language and actions in the play is always provocative. Blanche tells Stella that she and Stanley smoothed things
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strange notions that occurs. Stanley had slapped his wife‚ Stella‚ and she had left him for the apartment above to be with Eunice. But not too long after‚ Stanley is at the bottom of these steps bellowing “Stella! Stella!”. Then Stella comes from inside of the apartment to look down upon him. They stare at each other‚ and Stella seductively comes down the
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