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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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    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, fulfill an age old prophecy, and see where fate will take him next. The timeline begins with what the family…

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    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 sunflower seeds in his hole. Someone…

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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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    curse? Stanley. From beginning to the end, the curse changes from valid to invalid. But that’s not all that changed. From unlucky to fortunate, desperate to accepting, and careless to considerate, Stanley changes internally with the help of Zero. In the beginning of the book, Stanley is careless, unlucky, and desperate. With the curse against Stanley, he is bound to have bad luck, but this time, “He’d just been at the wrong place at the wrong time.” (Sachar 7). This quote shows that…

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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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    Karisa Watson 4/21/16 Dram2366 Stanley Kubrick Stanley Kubrick was born in Manhattan, New York City, to Sadie Gertrude and Jacob Leonard Kubrick, a physician. His family were Jewish immigrants. Stanley was considered intelligent, despite poor grades at school. Hoping that a change of scenery would produce better academic performance, Kubrick's father sent him in 1940 to Pasadena, California, to stay with his uncle, Martin Perveler. Returning to the Bronx in 1941 for his last year of…

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    Dr. Strangelove Poster

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    rom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For other uses of "Strangelove", see Strangelove (disambiguation). Dr. Strangelove Dr. Strangelove poster.jpg Theatrical release poster by Tomi Ungerer Directed by Stanley Kubrick Produced by Stanley Kubrick Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick Terry Southern Peter George Based on Red Alert by Peter George Starring Peter Sellers George C. Scott Sterling Hayden Keenan Wynn Slim Pickens Tracy Reed Music by Laurie Johnson Cinematography Gilbert Taylor Edited by…

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    Coming out of the Cold War era, Joseph Heller's Catch-22 and Stanley Kubrick's Dr Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb make scathing satire of war and politicians. Heller and Kubrick explore their ideas about the futility of war and those who have authority in war using irony and black humour. While Heller uses these techniques to demonstrate the harmfulness of bureaucracy having absolute power, Kubrick uses them to satirise the fears of Americans during the Cold War…

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