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    Have you ever been in a difficult situation without the support of your family? In Holes by Louis Sachar, Stanley was struggling with difficult situations, but he had support from family and friends. Therefore, the theme in a hole is friends and family help you when you are struggling. I can see this in the beginning of the story, the middle, and the end of the story. In the beginning, Stanley was getting bullied a lot. In the middle Stanley, Stanley leaves camp to find Zero, due to Zero running…

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    Holes Book Report Essay

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    Stanley went to Camp Green Lake because he stole Priceless’s shoes and it was a punishment. When Stanley got to Camp Green Lake all they did was did holes. And some squid told him that the fifth hole is hard to dig. They fell asleep at nine-o’clock PM and they had to wake up at four-o’clock the next morning to finish their digging their holes. In the beginning of the story Stanley became friends with Zero when he got to Camp Green Lake. His peers at Camp Green Lake gave him the nickname of…

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    Stanley should no go to Camp Green Lake. I think sending Stanley to Camp Green Lake was a mistake because he was just at the wrong place at the wrong time. It's like saying he is a thief . Who Just walks with Clyde Livingston's shoes when everyone is panicking about where the shoes are. The first reason is that Camp Green Lake isn’t a Camp, the place is just a cruel punishment.My other reason that Stanley shouldn't go to Camp Green Lake is because most people say it’s a torture Camp.…

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    The novel ‘Holes’ is about a boy named Stanley Yelnats, who has a “curse”, which was placed on his great-great grandfather, which gives him bad luck. He then got sent to a detention camp named Camp Green Lake, for a crime he didn’t commit. Stanley and these other boys at the camp that have committed crimes, are told to dig deep and large holes every day. As the story goes on, the author intertwines the past with the present, which gives a definition on why the boys at the camp have to dig holes…

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    Holes, by Louis Sachar is a story chronicling the experiences of a young boy in the wrong place at the wrong time. Upon being unjustly sentenced, he decides to spend 18 months at “Camp Green Lake” instead of prison. Unfortunately, all does not go to plan for Stanley as it turns out he must dig a hole a day for 18 months in the desert. One question lingers in Stanley’s head. What are they looking for? In the search for a hundred year old treasure, the main character Stanley will make friendships,…

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    Holes Have you ever been accused of something that you didn’t do? Well, the book Holes by Louis Sachar is about a young boy named Stanley who ended up being in the wrong place at the wrong time and got accused of something that he didn’t do.The main idea of Holes is about growing up because Stanley shows that he can take responsibility, he has youth, and Zero starts his learning. “I stole it from your truck”(Sachar, page 86). That’s what Stanley said after he got caught with Mr.Sir’s bag of…

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    Camp Green Lake

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    Plot The book is about a boy named Stanley Yelnats IV, who is supposedly a very unlucky person because of a family curse. He was sent to Camp Green Lake, after being falsely accused of stealing a pair of sneakers that belonged to a famous baseball player, Clyde Livingstone, from a charity auction to benefit the homeless. At camp Green Lake, Stanley was assigned a bed and given two pairs of clothes and a shovel. Stanley and the other boys who stayed there had to dig one hole each day which was…

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    Stanley Loneliness Quotes

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    thief.” (Sachar 23). The text shows that Stanley gets distracted from the topic that he’s going to juvie. What Clyde Livingston thinks of him isn’t suppose to be the worst part. Stanley should’ve been more concerned about himself going to Camp Green Lake. For a while, Stanley has always wanted…

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    Sky High Technical Codes

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    In the film, Sky High, an action packed, family friendly film, it uses many film codes, such as Technical, Audio, and Symbolic codes. In this particular scene in this film, they used these codes effectively to create a feeling of fear and anticipation as the scene slowly progressed. Sky High is set in a superhero school on a floating island, and Will Stronghold is the main character who is soon to find his powers, while his parents are famous superheroes. There is a wide variety of Technical…

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    Jail or Camp Green Lake. He picks the camp, but little does he know that the camp is where he will meet his fate, a boy named Hector Zeroni, or Zero who was the actual thief of the shoes and great-great-grandson of Madame Zeroni. The author elaborates on the theme by connecting the history between these characters and using fate as a template to bring these two together. Sachar takes the bond between them and elaborates a clever story through the…

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