Holes
Louis Sachar
Isaiah Twomey Have you ever had bad luck? Have you ever wondered why nothing goes the way you want it to go? Why is it happening to me? Well in the book Holes by Louis Sachar, Stanley asks those questions on a daily basis. Stanley was wrongly accused of stealing sneakers, he then has to go to court and is punished by going to a dried up lake digging holes for what he thinks digging for nothing and digging for the reason of “ building character” but what they don't is that they are actually digging to find treasure for the greedy staff of Green Lake. Stanley then finds a friend named Zero (Hector Zeroni). These two friends go through many situations together in this book showing perseverance a lot. Zero and Stanley show perseverance in many different ways but there are three main types of it shown throughout the book. The first would be
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So Stanley is showing overcoming failure by carrying Zero up the hill (God’s Thumb), which his great great grandfather failed to do. A long time ago Stanley’s grandfather wanted a pig from a woman to impress another woman to find love, but the deal was that Stanley's grandfather had to carry the pig up God’s thumb every day to feed it and let it have a drink, and after the pig got to big the man had to carry the woman he got the pig from up the hill so she could have a drink, and if he failed to do this, himself and all of his family would be cursed with bad luck for the rest of eternity, which he did, he failed to carry the woman up the hill. But Stanley broke this curse because the woman his grandfather got the pig from was a woman from the Zeroni family, and so was Zero, so when zero got sick Stanley carried Zero up the hill and broke the curse. I can prove that overcoming failure is part of this book with this quote, “C,mon Zero wake up, Fine i’ll carry you up the hill.” (Sachar, Chap
Paper #2 The book a Thousand Pieces of Gold is about perseverance. Perseverance is when one overcomes a hardship, endures through it, and accomplishes it in the end. Perseverance can help one through numerous types of situations and endure things they may not have thought possible while giving them the strength to achieve the next problem. Lalu persevered many obstacles in the book a Thousand Pieces of Gold, which allowed her to conquer the next difficult situation.
As Albert Einstein once remarked, “The only source of knowledge is experience”. Many characters in works of literature change significantly through suffering and overcoming. In The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain and Judith Ortiz Cofer’s “Abuela Invents the Zero”, the protagonists learn valuable lessons as their life unfolds. They go through events that aid their journey to a positive transformation, and begin thinking in different ways. After confronting and enduring problems, Tom and Constancia improve as people, and realize the importance of certain personalities and actions.
Good morning Selection Panel of the Australian Film Board. Today I am going to convince you that The Sapphires, directed by Wayne Blair is the perfect movie to enter the competition to represent Australia. The movie was released in 2012 and is based on a true story of four Aboriginal girls that tour around Vietnam in 1968 singing for the soldiers. The main parts of the movie that stood out were; how it demonstrated the Australian value of perseverance, the difference between each individual character and the representation of the Aboriginal culture.
One example, is when Mattie wanted to give Nell away to the orphanage because it would be easier, she persevered and decided it would be better for Nell if Mattie kept her. This shows, that sometimes it might be harder to persevere, but its better in the long run. Another reason, is when Mattie was at the coffeehouse with Grandpa and they got robbed, she thought about just sitting there and letting them take all of their stuff, but she persevered and chases them away. This proves, that when you persevere you will get rewards, which in Mattie’s case was not getting robbed. As you can see, persevering is better, even though giving up is
The author portrays the message and theme of persistence, resilience, and grit throughout the entire story. We understand
This shows that even a terrible event like this, will eventually work out. Another example that shows hope, is when maddie and grandfather are abandoned on the side of the road. They had to have hope, or else they would not have been able to gather food or water. As you can see, through these experiences, you must always have hope, because without hope, you will not succeed.
When Zero dug Stanley’s hole, something changed he’d been sincere to others in his tent, even though they were being blunt to him. When he started teaching Zero.
Louie shows perseverance in the Olympic race. Hillenbrand writes, “In terrible pain, he took a staggering step off the track …he had no resistance to offer. Still he ran on” (Hillenbrand 26). This shows his perseverance because although Louie is in pain, he did not give up. Instead he kept running, enduring through his pain. Hillenbrand mentions, “But he had nothing to lose. He trained so hard that he rubbed the skin right off one of his toes, leaving his sock bloody” (Hillenbrand 23). Louie trained so hard that his skin had rubbed off. This shows Louie’s perseverance because even though he felt pain, he did not stop training because he was determined to win the Olympic race.
Maycomb County is a small, divided town where, in this story, danger is no stranger. Everyone in Maycomb is faced with personal and difficulties, but everyone perseveres and faces the difficulties with courage. In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout, a young girl grows up in Maycomb County, Alabama during the Great Depression; this town is very divided in many ways and Scout is always finding ways to slip between the dividers. Throughout the story we hear rumors, court trials, and we see children maturing. By the end, we have a deeper understanding of the people in Maycomb County and what they are capable of. In To Kill a Mockingbird, the theme that courage is perseverance can be seen when Scout walks away from a fight, Mrs. Dubose dies free from her morphine addiction, and when Atticus defends an African American man in court.
Have you ever been falsely accused of something you didn't do? Well, this happens in the realistic fiction book, Holes by Louis Sachar. I strongly believe that you should read this well developed book, for it has fascinating characters, the great message, and the astounding plot. The 14 year old and main protagonist of the story named Stanley Yelnats goes through a series of unfortunate events that leads him into an abusive camp. He is overweight, lonely in school, and gets bullied frequently. In the camp, the requirement every day is to dig a hole five feet deep, and five feet across in every direction. Because of the many kids in the camp, the landscape is full of holes, and looks dry and beat up. Stanley eventually finds out there is more
There comes a time in life when perseverance shows one’s true potential. The story“Unbroken” written by Laura Hillenbrand shows legendary runner Louie Zamperini and showed how he truly represented that. Throughout this story it displays what the true meaning of perseverance; whether, it’s something as little as staying committed to track or fighting in World War Two and trying to fight for life even if there seems like there’s nothing to fight for. If someone is commited no matter the time or the difficulty that doesn’t just show perseverance, but it shows one’s true ability to fight for and try for something they want to accomplish.
Initially, the beneficial effects of perseverance are elucidated by way of figurative language. For being in one of the most desolate places on earth, the Walls’ family thrived in the dessert. The Walls children were taught everything from how to drink and
Perseverance is something that everyone experiences in their life. The definition of perseverance is “steadfastness in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success.”. Perseverance is a big theme in the story “Into the Wild” by John Krakauer. Chris McCandless had to go through a lot of perseverance to get to Alaska. When Chris first started his adventure he needed to break free from the high life style that he was raised in, also the abuse and lies his father has caused on him and his family.
Eventually all the original monkeys were replaced, and no monkeys had received the cold shower, so none of them would climb the pole, but none of them knew why. These monkeys represented failure in the workplace, and how people are prone to get into ruts, or continue to make the same mistake over and over again. This chapter is about changing your response to failure by accepting responsibility. The monkeys, at the end had no reason not to climb the pole, so none of them were accepting responsibility.
“You don't understand the power of loss when it first hits you like a baseball coming fast from an out-of-control pitcher. You reel back stinging from the blow.” (Bauer,162). Throughout the novel Hope Was Here we see characters go through struggles and gain strength to overcome them. In our everyday lives we have struggles that we also have to overcome. In the novel Hope Was Here, one of the characters Braverman has to choose his family or education. The character Addie, faces the struggle of miscarrying three babies. In my life I have struggles and so do the people around me. For instance, my grandma went through the struggle of losing her husband. From this novel it is learned that if there's no struggle there's no strength.