well in 25 years as it does now. Overweight‚ unpopular Stanley Yelnats (notice the palindrome) finds a cool pair of sneakers that literally fall from the sky and hit him on the head. Unfortunately‚ this weird bit of luck lands him in court where he is charged with stealing the famous‚ smelly pair of sneakers that happens to belong to famous baseball player Clyde Livingston who had just donated them for a charity auction. In court‚ Stanley tells the truth about how he found the shoes‚ or rather
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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 was sent to Camp Green Lake for punishment. "He’s just been in the wrong place
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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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generations and histories together through "Stanley Yelnats IV"‚ the protagonist. Nevertheless‚ he doesn’t know about it! Nor does he know that his endeavors have actually reformed him into a better person. This essay will now explore and examine how Stanley‚ unaware of what he was actually doing‚ set things right and how this changed him from a mousy to a confident character. The reader will discover how Stanley gets rid of a curse…a curse put on the Yelnats which completely eliminates their chances
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Holes is about a boy named Stanley Yelnats. His whole family (except forhis mother) believes that the Yelnats family is under a curse. They always have bad luck. One day after Stanley is walking home from school‚ a pair of shoes fell from an overpassand hit him on the head. They were the shoes of a famous baseball player‚ ClydeLivingston. Stanley did not know‚ so he kept them and got arrested because hesupposedly stole them. He ends up going to a juvenile camp‚ Camp Green Lake. Hispunishment is that
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jam. In Stanley and Zero’s narrative‚ they found and ate kissing Kate’s peach jam ( sploosh ) In Stanley Yelnats III’s narrative‚ his invention smells like peaches. God’s thumb In Sam’s narrative‚ Sam had his onion fields on top of God’t thumb. In Stanley Yelnats I narrative‚ He was left stranded in the desert‚ found his way to God’s Thumb and the spring. When Stanley Yelnats VI escaped Camp Green Lake to find Zero‚ they made their way to God’s thumb also. Stanley and Zero ate
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that must be five feet deep and five feet across in every direction on the barren land under the scorching sun every day? Boys at detention center called Camp Green Lake have to do so. Holes is about boys digging holes as a kind of punishment. As the story progresses‚ friendship reveals its benefits with respect to survival. They are sent to Camp for some reasons to make up mistakes. Building character by various means is indispensible in one’s growth‚ which can be seen in Holes by Louis Sachar.
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around Stanley Yelnats. He is falsely accused of stealing a pair of trainers‚ which were donated by Clyde Livingston “Sweet Feet” to a homeless shelter. When Stanley goes to trial he is given a choice between prison or Camp Green Lake. In a hurried decision him and his family choose Camp Green Lake without knowing that this place is a living nightmare‚ where you are forced to dig a 5ft wide and 5ft deep hole every day. He was expected to do this with very little food and water. This camp was definitely
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to unwind. Stanley Yelnats (protagonist 1) gets sent to a camp called Camp Green lake‚ which is ironic because there is no green pasture‚ or a lake. He is a shy‚ unusual character‚ which adds to the comedy. He befriends another unlikely character by the name Hector “zero” Zeroni (protagonist 2). Things get off to a rough start when the two don’t like each other‚ but later form a strong bond of friendship and loyalty. This is shown when the two stick together throughout the camp. Stanley teaches Zero
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story is that of Stanley Yelnats IV. Stanley‚ a well-mannered young man‚ has been wrongfully arrested and sentenced to time at Camp Green Lake. Detainees at Green Lake must dig one hole a day; they are told it is to “build character” but they are really searching for items that belonged to some infamous people. The camp’s location was previously a popular village and home to ill-famed “Kissing Kate” Barlow. Throughout the picture‚ the story of the preceding village and the current camp flash back and
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