Louis Bonaparte

Stanley Yelnats has changed quite a lot through his adventure in many ways, but several changes are one of the key parts. Stanley’s friendship with Zero has changed him throughout the story , he became overweight too strong. A the begining he acknowledge the fact he was overweighed. “He was overweight and the kids at his school often teased him about his size,”(sachar 7).Stanley gets teased for his weight.”Stanley weighed three times as much as the other boys”(sachar 7).Comparing him to other…

Dian Fossey was a zoologist known for researching endangered gorillas. She researched the gorillas in the Rwandan Mountain Forest. She was murdered and nobody knew it was going to happen. Dian Fossey was only 53 years old when she was killed. She did not go to College to be a zoologist, she went to school to become a occupational therapist. Occupational Therapy is to help with mental, physical, and cognitive disorder. She had a great and unique talent. Though she was never assaulted, the…

“Holes” by Louis Sachar was published in 1998 from Scholastic Publishing. It has received a Newbury Medal and the National Book Award. The book follows the story of Stanley Yelnats, a poor boy with bad luck due to his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great- grandfather. Stanley is accused of stealing a baseball players shoes that were up for auction at a homeless shelter, a crime he did not commit. He is sent to Camp Green Lake, a juvenile detention camp , for his punishment. The camp is…

LaCroix is the Beyonce of the beverage world, rising from a humble niche market to absolute domination and saturation in a short time. Starting in Wisconsin in the 1980’s, LaCroix appealed to the “health-conscious, budget-wise women in middle America” (Nelson, 2016). Now, LaCroix can be found in every college student's fridge, hip office, and beyond. So how did a product lay essentially dormant for decades, and then within a year or two burst into every store in America? A key appeal of…

Louis Sachar Louis Sachar is a very successful American author that has written multiple award-winning books. He was born in East Meadow, New York on March 20, 1954 and is now 64 years old. He writes children books as well as young adult books, one of his most popular being Holes, which has won the U.S. National Book Award as well as the Newbery Medal. Now located in Austin, Texas with his wife Carla and daughter named Sherre, Sachar continues to write as well as play cards. Sachar understands…

revolution was the through the creation of the middle class and nationalism in European society. Unlike other revolutions at the time, the French revolution was ignited due to the collapse of the French economy as a result of the large debt caused by King Louis XVI, and made many essential resources extremely scarce to most French citizens. Notably, the economic collapse was not at the expense of the French aristocrats, which only created the extreme conditions that lead to a revolution. This…

Napoleon Bonaparte was an exceptionally influential political and military leader, and became the first emperor of France. He was born in France in 1769, and started learning military tactics early on, first at a military college, then upgraded to a military academy. He graduated early from the academy, then soon rose to power where his real career began and where he made some good and bad choices. Many people today still have strong opinions on whether or not he was good for France or not. One…

La France sous Napoléon Bonaparte: Self-Promotion Over French Ideals Napoléon Bonaparte, although sometimes regarded as a magnificent leader, only managed to control his empire by defying essential concepts presented by the French Revolution. Napoléon acted egocentrically rather than promoting the ideals of the French Revolution, many of which he transgressed frequently. As a result of these actions, Napoléon succeeded in deceiving his people, also preventing a united French society. In short,…

“Napoleon Bonaparte, the most extraordinary character who has ever yet figured on the great theatre of the world,” is how he was viewed in the early 19th century, during his rise to power, after the French Revolution. However, today the character of Napoleon and his achievements sparks a great debate between historians. Was he a true revolutionary or a dictator? Was he a reformer or repressive authoritarian? It would be simple to conclude that Napoleon did not promote the values of the…

the end of the 18th century, in 1789. The oppressed peasantry and middle class revolted against the nobility and clergymen in an attempt to overthrow the emperor, Louis XVI. Though they succeeded in overthrowing the emperor and establishing their own government, their success was short. They nominated a political leader, Napoleon Bonaparte, to lead their new republic. He took charge and began to conquer parts of Europe; feeling that he gained enough strength, he crowned himself emperor. He…