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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 Book Essay

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    We are introduced at the start of the story to the main character who is Stanley Yelnats who is at camp green lake because he is being charged for a crime and he had two options which was to go to camp green lake or jail so he chooses camp green lake because he has never been to a camp. The beginning of the story also describes how Stanley’s family has a deal with bad luck ever since his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather…

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    In the book holes, by Louis Sachar, Stanley Yelnats and his family are curse with bad because his great-great-grandfather and is sent to camp green lake for punishment, for a crime that he did not do. At this camp Stanley is forced to dig holes in the hot sun. Moving along in the story Stanley gets to know the other boys at the camp but he becomes great friends with one in particular. They become very close and they both run away from the camp. After they run away the set out to what they call…

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    Holes By Louis Sachar

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    Holes, written by the excellent author, Louis Sachar, is an adventure and mystery book with a humorous touch. The story takes place mainly at the hot and humid Camp Green Lake, a juvenile detention facility where there is no lake, and no happy campers. In place of what used to be "the largest lake in Texas" is now a dry, flat, sunburned wasteland. It hasn’t rained there for over a hundred years. The only living plants there were two large trees and a hammock stretched out between the trees. Of…

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    Holes Stanley Quotes

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    “There is no lake at Camp Green Lake. There once was a very large lake, the largest lake in Texas. That was over 100 years ago. Now it’s just a dry flat wasteland.” (Sachar 3) But Stanley didn’t know that. Little did Stanley this camp would change his life forever. In the novel “Holes” destiny forces Stanley to encounter situations, and he chooses which path to follow. Stanley changes from weak and shy to happy and self reliant because of how Sachar describes him showing weakness,…

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    “Deep-Holes” is a deeply intellectual short story; on the surface (of the hole), this slice of literature seems to be about a narcissistic father, a mediating mother, and their hipster, poseur-esque son, but is really trying to convey the cavernous symbolism that is represented by the deep-holes. The deep-holes in the story represent something much larger than a pit in a field; id est the complexity of family relationships and bonds, the gaping void of genuine love in the family that Alice Munro…

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    Holes Louis Sachar

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    Sachar, the author and illustrator of the book Holes, tells a story of adventure and mystery. The story takes place at Camp Green Lake, which is a juvenile detention and correction facility that is in the middle of the desert. The main character, Stanley Yelnats, is accused of stealing Clyde “Sweet Feet” Livingston’s baseball shoes. As a punishment he is sent to Camp Green Lake, where he is expected to dig holes that are five feet deep and five feet wide every day. The camp is run on the idea…

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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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