Louis Mountbatten

“A lot of people don't believe in curses. A lot of people don't believe in yellow-spotted lizards either, but if one bites you, it doesn't make a difference whether you believe in it or not” (Sachar 41). Holes is a humorous take on the classic ‘adventure’ genre in children’s literature. It seamlessly blends several different themes and moods into one riveting story. It carries heavy ideas and scenarios, but with a whimsical and goofy air that entrances readers of any age. The symbolism the…

Louis Riel is a hero to the Métis, but a traitor to the Canadian government. He is the most controversial person in history and many debate whether he was good or bad. Through his life, he had made some good accomplishments, but it had costed him to make some bad mistakes. Although he wasn’t perfect, he helped find the identity for the Métis people and had fought for what he thought was the right thing to do. Louis Riel may have went up against the First Nations, but he only did it because he…

Have you ever had to carry your friend up a mountain? Stanley yelnats had to in the story Holes by Louis Sachar Stanley Yelnats “steals” a pair of famous pair shoes and gets sent to prison camp and he's forced into digging holes. Zero (Stanley's friend) runs away and stanley has to go find zero in a desert wasteland, will stanley find zero, read the book to find out. The theme of holes is growing up because stanley is innocent because he didn't steal the shoes, he…

Louis Armstrong, one of the most famous figures in the history of jazz history, was a genius performer and original and motivational musician. He was also huge impact in the Harlem renaissance. The Harlem Renaissance was a huge explosion during post- world war I of new creativity, where African Americans attempted to be recognized, and New York was the most popular place where music and theatre was well known. Louis Armstrong or "Satchmo" was one of the most popular musicians of the 1920’s. He…

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…

Napoleon Bonaparte was a great historical figure who made many great reforms in the history of France and Europe. On August 15, 1769, Napoleon Bonaparte was born in the Corsican city of Ajaccio to Carlo and Marie-Letizia Bounaparte. He had eleven siblings. He started his education at all boy’s school in Ajaccio. Since he belonged to a fairly wealthy family, he entered French military school and joined the college of Autun in Burgundy, France. In 1785, Napoleon became a second lieutenant in 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…

Who was Charles de Gaulle? How did he end up as the leader of Free France? What other key Frenchmen competed with De Gaulle for leadership and why did the Allies support De Gaulle? General Charles de Gaulle was one of the innovators of armored warfare as practiced in World War II. De Gaulle’s writings, although first ignored, eventually led to his obtaining command of the French 4th Mechanized Division in May, 1940, just as the German invasion began. The counterattack he made did not save his…

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…