Louis Sachar Holes

Hollandsworth engages inside the minds of readers by establishing a base of knowledge of the unjust criminal sentencing Edwin was given. throughout the article “The Prisoner”, Edwin is portrayed as a cold-blooded killer who deserves to be locked up with no way of receiving a second chance at life. Hollandsworth concluded that Edwin is not the only twelve-year-old to be sentenced to a state prison as a juvenile, “According to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, of the 140,000 inmates now housed in its prisons, approximately 2,000 are there for crimes that they committed as juveniles, which state law defines as anyone under the age of seventeen. Nearly a hundred of those inmates committed their crimes when they were only eleven, twelve, or thirteen years old” (Para 2). Edwin is also one of the youngest inmates to be sentenced to such a long and unimaginable verdict, “Of that group, only two have served more time than Edwin. “I’m considered the bad seed, the worst of the worst, all because of one stupid, terrible thing I did when I was twelve,” (Para 2). Edwin shows remorse and regret for his actions but still cannot seem to find a way to change the minds of his peers, “Why can’t people understand I’m not that twelve-year-old boy anymore? Why can’t I be given a second chance?” (Para 2). Edwin and his

Karen Russel’s “The Star-Gazer’s Log of Summer-Time Crime” accounts the story of a boy named Ollie as he attempts to fit in with a boy that leads the group to commit “Summer-time crimes”. Russel is successful in creating a memorable story through symbolism, unique characters, and a poignant ending.

The judge of his trial had been at his job for over 31 years and carried great weight over the town. As a result, he had a hand-picked, all white jury that would agree with anything he said or did. In James’s defense he had John S. Robinson, a 30 year old white lawyer, who believed that Richardson’s case was being handled unfairly as the judge constantly claimed James as guilty without a second thought and all the jurors were handpicked by the judge. Despite John Robinson’s best effort, he was unable to secure James an equitable trial. Against Richardson were three of his cellmates that he had met in the De Soto county jail.

Jack Walton Taylor, a 64 year old convict in 1989, was short, bald, had a wrinkled forehead and wore glasses. Gravity had set in, and the old man walked with a stoop. Taylor was friendly and yet; hauntingly implausible.

Jumping back into the past, Gregory Orr tells the incident when he and a group of five hundred of men, women, teenagers, and old folks assemble in Jackson, Mississippi. In Jackson for a peaceful demonstration, Gregory Orr and the rest of the group were arrested and taken away “to the county fairgrounds” (128, 1). Where they was beaten by officers of the law, Orr stated, “I emerged into the outdoors and the bright sunlight and saw them-two lines of about fifteen highway patrolmen on either side. I was ordered to walk, not run, between them. Again I was beaten with nightsticks, but this time more thoroughly, as I was the only target” (129, 2). Once freed from his captors, Gregory Orr gets in his car to head back north, but on his way back he was pulled over by flashing lights. Thinking it was the police; Gregory Orr pulled over and was approached by two white men. One of the white men said, “Get out, you son of a bitch, or I’ll blow your head off” (133, 3). The two white men takes Gregory Orr’s wallet and tell him to follow them, Scared for his life, Gregory Orr did exactly what the two men told him to do. After following the two men, Gregory Orr is back in jail in Hayneville. “Already depressed and disoriented by the ten days in jail in Jackson, I was even more frightened in Hayneville,” (136, 1) stated by Gregory Orr.

As the many families camp together, proximity combined with necessity breaks down barriers of relation, and miniature societies form with there own unwritten rules and expectations. It is in one of these "Hoovervilles" that the Joads have a wicked confrontation with a vigilant police officer. A woman is shot, Tom and Floyd Knowles nearly become fugitives, and Jim Casey is arrested and thus removed from both the family and society. This sacrificing of self for the good of the group strengthens the bonds between the migrants in the Hooverville, and Casey's experience with fellow inmates in prison gives him an important realization about the power of organized protest. Incidentally, these terrible losses at the Hooverville drive the Joads in fear to what will turn out to be a far better place, and the knowledge that there are others in the same situation who will help lends unifying strength to the family and other migrants.

When the news that a prisoner of war escaped prison, the people of Jenkinsville, Oklahoma become apprehensive. The FBI goes to question Harry at the store and they show him a picture of Anton, Sharon quickly remembers that Patty had been talking to him

In this essay I intend to look at why the book ‘Holes’, is a good

The film revolves around a man named Lucas Jackson, portrayed by the legendary actor Paul Newman, who is sentenced to two years in a small suburban jail. He is convicted for destroying public

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?

Geisel is thought to be one of the best children’s book authors. “For most people the thought of growing up in a world without Green Eggs and Ham, Grinches, and Cats in Hats is barely conceivable” (Levine 10). Children throughout the world have grown up with the wonderful books created by “Dr. Seuss”. “These odd creations occupy a special place in the earliest memories of children around the world” (Levine 10). He has been able to not only capture their minds but their hearts as well. Geisel’s colorful imagination, upbeat rhymes, and unique illustrations seem to have no limits. He has written books that range from simply humorous to impressively insightful. This has contributed greatly in him selling more than 200 million copies. To many “Dr. Seuss is by far the best-selling children’s author to date, and perhaps the most beloved” (Levine

From the novel Holes by Louis Sachar, there are two different characters who mainly lead the story line. First person is Stanley, the main character of this novel. He is not a small boy compare to his own age, but he was not strong either. Therefore, he usually got bullied at school. He was born and raised in poor family, but his parents were nice and kind to him. Stanley's father is an inventor, but he didn't invent anything successful yet. Stanley went to Camp Green Lake because of the false charge of stealing expensive sneakers. He is not courageous at the beginning of the story, but he slowly become braver.

This story begins at court where Stanley Yelnats is put in a situation where he has to choose , Camp Green Lake or Jail. Like anyone would, he chose Camp Green

After many trials, Stanley is proven guilty and chose to go to Camp Green Lake instead of jail. The poor kid was treated terribly, the kids hated him, and he was ridiculed. Stanley soon became friends with Zero, a mysterious kid that was hated among some of the campers. Can things at Camp Green Lake get any

This portion of the essay will provide a quick background of why Stanley was unjustly convicted of the crime, sending him to camp green lake and how the flashback that was incorporated later in Sahar’s novel is relevant to the Yelnats family bad luck curse. Although sent to