Character Analysis Of Stanley YelnatsHoles By Louis Sachar

In the novel Holes, Louis Sachar establishes Stanley’s improvement from the beginning of the novel to the end, including the changes in his confidence and character. Being bullied is tough and even though Derrick Dunne is bullying Stanley at the beginning, Stanley finds himself happier at camp green lake with his fellow campers. Renamed Caveman, he finally feels as though he finally fits in somewhere because they acknowledge him as one of them by giving him a nickname like the ones the others have. Eventually the peace between all the campers come to an end, and Zero takes off, leaving his canteen behind leaving Stanley to contemplate where his loyalties stand. So in the end, Stanley makes a brave, but possibly stupid choice, of stealing the

When Stanley first got to Camp Green Lake he was timid, apprehensive, and hesitant, but now he’s dauntless, sympathetic, and worthy.

In his short-story “Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street,” Herman Melville presents an elderly Wall Street lawyer who has trouble dealing with the behavior of his employee Bartleby. The Lawyer, who is a major character in the story, serves as the first-person narrator, which helps readers understand his thoughts and feelings regarding the plot and its characters. This technique allows one to infer that the Lawyer is not a round character; there is no complexity in identifying with the Lawyer’s response to Bartleby’s odd behavior.

The 1998 movie, Bulworth, dives into the realm of the scandalous American political system. From income inequality, to corporate greed, Bulworth manages to put a comedic twist on a very serious set of topics that politicians and the American public face daily. The main character, Jay Billington Bulworth is a liberal democratic Senator from California who is running for reelection (Bulworth: 1998). He has recently accepted millions of dollars in financial campaign donations from large corporations in order to combat his younger, populist opponent. At the beginning of the movie, Bulworth is sitting in his office, re-watching an old commercial from a prior election campaign. He hasn't slept or eaten for days and is considering ending his life.

Melinda is a first year recruit in secondary school, who is experiencing a great deal of changes managing pre-adulthood and troublesome circumstances. She experiences difficulty fitting in with different associates, she is appalled by her own particular appearance; for instance "I search for shapes in my face, certainly not a dried face", Melinda conveys what needs to be in a frightful route as a result of the way Andy assaulted her and caused a colossal effect on her life . Luckily, she has an instructor who gives exhortation as lessons to enable them to have the capacity to stand up to each other. Mr. Freeman," the coolest craftsmanship educator", is a skilled craftsman, carefully affected. That makes discretionary school less asking for

Arthur Bauer was hanging out with his friend Erik Fisher. He knew that he would be unpopular if he did not obey Erik. Recently, Arthur even killed a man named Luiz Cruz. He always hated to carry out these evil plans, but he felt forced to do it to protect his status. The first thing that Erik got Arthur to do was to make fun of the death of his old friend, Mike Costello. “Ha! Do you remember the picture of his face! Priceless!” Erik laughed. “Pretty soon we’ll get to see the close up!”

In Herman Melville’s “Bartleby the Scrivener”, a story of “the strangest” law-copyist the narrator, a lawyer, has ever employed is told. The narrator experiences conflict with Bartleby when he “prefers not to” examine some law papers. Once Bartleby “prefers not to” once, he continues to repeat the statement on all request asked of him. This statement sends Bartleby into a state of tranquility, staying isolated in the cubical and refusing all assistance by any means. This state results in him going to jail, and eventually dying. This passive resistance Bartleby exhibits traps him physically and psychologically by surrounding him with “walls” the narrator symbolically describes numerous times. The idea of transcendentalism arises from

In Robert Nye’s book, Unferth is portrayed as an antagonist, a character in a story that is an enemy to the protagonist, because he gets excited about Grendel’s massacres and tries to ruin Beowulf’s reputation and status by lying about him. According to Robert Nye’s book, Unferth says “Aloud, he praised King Hrothgar’s courage. Silently, he drank a toast to the demon Grendel.(pg.13)” This shows that Unferth celebrates Grendel and his killing. Unferth also says “You tried to drown your friend because he was a better swimmer than you!(pg30)”. This shows Unferth is supporting the demon Grendel instead of the hero Beowulf.

I don’t know what’s going on with me and other people. It’s utterly ridiculous how people dislike me so much. Some don’t even recognize the name “Richard” anymore. Nobody is rarely ever there for me since my master died. There’s one person I’ve always wished to have by my side which is, Samuel Collier. He’s always brave, his master, John Smith always seems to rely on him. People always know him and he never seems to look at the negative side. But of course, being me I wasn’t very nice to him and we’re not on good terms. Ever since I was separated from my family I had changed. I feel bad for what I said to Samuel. I mentioned that his master was in crime and he defended him and was sure that he was innocent. The day they killed my master I

The most important trait all heroes must have is that their actions are for others, not for themselves, and they act selflessly. A hero recovers from their struggles determined to inspire others around them to be their best. Heroes can come in all different ages, races, genders, and personality types. There are many heroes around, even in everyday life. It could be a friend, a relative, even a coworker. In my case, it was my classmate Nick Kimble. Nicholas Kimble, also known as “No-Knees Nick,” was born at home in a kiddie pool. From a young age he was interested in Latin and would draw detailed pictures of famous Greek scenes, not unlike the renaissance artists. Naturally, he pursued Latin in his high school career, which is where I met

In ‘Holes’ it is said that “if you take a bad boy and make him dig a hole every day in the hot sun, it will turn him into a good boy”. In what ways does Stanley Yelnats change and develop as a character during the course of the novel? Do you think the punishment the boys receive at Camp Green Lake is an effective way of preventing crime?

Have you ever been blamed for something you didn’t do? That’s exactly the situation Stanley Yelnats found himself in, in Louis Sachar’s Holes. In Holes, Stanley is sent to Camp Green Lake, a correctional facility for troubled youth. Camp Green Lake is in the middle of nowhere, dry, and desolated. Throughout the book, Stanley is faced with many challenges, that he must overcome to survive, and escape Camp Green Lake. Holes has a strong theme of courage, it shows Stanley surviving, escaping, and overcoming the camp’s conditions, and his family’s curse.

Natalie Sterling, a seventeen year old senior at Ross Academy had just won class president and beat her opponent Mike Domski. Mike was the kind of guy that Natalie and her best friend Autumn tried to stay away from. The girls at Ross Academy were known as demeaning and “boy crazy.” One day, during the pep rally a bunch of freshman dressed in trampy clothing and started to dance inappropriately. The leader’s name was Spencer a girl Natalie used to babysit for. The flirty freshman called themselves “Prostitutes” or Ross Academy prostitutes. Not only was Natalie embarrassed and angry by Spencers action but, she was disappointed. When the principal and Ms. Bee the student council head were talking to the girls punishments Natalie barged in. Natalie explained how she wanted to have a lock-in for all the girls in trouble and any others from school who wanted to come, about feminism and women's rights. Ms. Bee and Natalie agreed that it would be a good idea for

'''Gordon Samuels''' is a criminal [[defense attorney]] who orchestrated the murders of two undercover cops.

The story of Bartleby by Herman Melville is circled around a boss and his workers. This short story is an exert from a larger collection of short stories within a book called, Great American Short Stories by Jane Smiley. The narrator in Bartleby is this Lawyer who holds much interest and worries over one specific scrivener who works under him. He pays close attention to this employee because of the attitude and behavior he distributes. This character is quite particular, his name is Bartleby, a unique individual in the eye of the Lawyer. Throughout this short story one may witness a change in Bartleby, it happens so gradually that they may not realize it or possibly skim over it. Bartleby was a very sequestered being; his development occurred over time with him losing motivation entirely. In the beginning, Bartleby is a silent but good worker, however, he eventually refuses his responsibilities as a scribe, then he suddenly stops everything except for staring at a wall in a courtyard.