The Secret Life Of Stanley Essay

Stanley is a boy who goes to a juvenile detention center after being accused of stealing Clyde Livingston’s shoes. Everyday Every day he’s there he has to dig a hole to learn character. Several centuries before he arrives, every day he’s there he has to dig a hole to learn character. Several centuries before he arrives, his grandfather, Stanley Yelnats how to curse put on him after not walking bottoms are only up the mountain for a drink in the stream. In Camp Green Lake. In this story, Stanley changes a lot. When he comes from big and weak to skinny and strong. He also has a big personality change during his time at Camp Green Lake as well as a life-changing discovery.

At the beginning of Holes, Stanley was teased, overweight, and cursed. Stanley thought he was cursed by his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather, who forgot to bring Madam Zeroni up to the mountain. Since then, the Yelnats family have been under a curse which has affected Stanley in many ways. Stanley had gotten teased on by a kid named Derrick Dunne. Teachers found it funny when Stanley tried to tell on him, because Stanley was much bigger than Derrick- who once even dunked Stanley’s notebook into a toilet!

The lesson begins with the Teacher using a remote to click through a series of scenes taking place between the Jumper and Good Samaritan, with the plot not turning out as one would expect. The first scene shown lacks conflict and does not allow for further plot; therefore the Teacher explains that this is not satisfying to the audience. The second scene also lacks conflict, by resolving too quickly, and the third scene is absurd with both characters using unnecessarily foul language that does not appeal to any kind of viewer. As the Teacher clicks through several more poorly constructed scenes the other two characters come to life and revolt which causes the Teacher to lose control. The true comedic events ensue when the Teacher battles with the other characters in order to regain control over the play. Surprisingly the Teacher is the one who becomes the victim to death, thereby creating an example of a well written play.

The description of Stanley’s personality pictures him as an animalistic and primitive male. There are several references to animals such as ‘Animal joy’ and ‘feathered male bird among hens’, this quote in particular describes Stanley very well. ‘Feathered male among hens’ is evidence that Stanley is often the leader of the group and maintains dominance as the pack

Murphy overcomes his fears and tries to do another play even if he didn’t do well in the first one. In the story the main, character Murphy just got asked by Tiffany(his crush) to do a skit with her. Mikey (his best friend) reminds Murphy what happened when he attempted a play in fifth grade. “Not only was it one of the three most humiliating moment of my life, but according to my little brother, it has become legendary at Wescott Elementary. Here’s the short version: Mrs.Carmichael had cast me as George Washington in our class play, and I saw the audience… well, let’s just say that when my mother saw the look on my face, she actually let out a scream. She told me

The novel begins with Stanley being wrongly accused of stealing a pair of sneakers owned by a famous baseball player. Due to his adversity, Stanley is sent to a juvenile detention facility ironically named Camp Green Lake. This camp resides in the middle of a desert, and is composed of disobedient kid who are forced to dig holes to“build character”. Stanley possess several Christlike traits, such as: his wounded and blistered hands from digging so many holes, the agony he possessed from dehydration and all of the physical labor he was subjected to, Stanley’s optimistic and self sacrificing character who risked death to save his friend Zero, Stanley’s patient and cordialness with other kids, (this trait is especially displayed when he is teaching his friend Zero to read) Stanley’s kindheartedly when he shared his sparing amounts of food and water with Zero, Stanley use of humble transportation due to his family's reduced budget, Stanley was last seen with the thieving kids of the camp and the thieving camp administrators, and finally,when Stanley returned to the camp, full of kids who committed several crimes and freed them from their grueling jobs of digging holes. In conclusion, characters, such as Stanley Yelnats IV are paralleled to Jesus Christ to exemplify their suffering, hopefulness, and other divine character

One of the readers was deeply moved by his story that she was compelled to pass on her cello to Nathaniel. He brought it out to Nathaniel, who was mesmerized by the cello and started playing it. Steve made an agreement with Nathaniel, forbidding him to play the cello in the streets because it was too dangerous. Instead, he could safely play his cello at the Lamp Community (a non-profit organization that aids the homeless and mentally ill) where a volunteer by the name of David can keep the cello from being stolen. Nathaniel refused the agreement, stating that people at the Lamp Community torment him. Steve, believing that Nathaniel’s love for music will not keep him away, went ahead and brought the cello to the facility for safekeeping until Nathaniel comes. He waited but Nathaniel did not come. Disappointed, Steve left the cello in David’s care and left. On the following morning, while out in an interview with an atheist, Steve received a call from David of Nathaniel’s music playing in the background. Steve was delighted that Nathaniel agreed to play within the facility.

Some of these issues can also be seen with The Stanley Parable. It is an interactive one-player game where one needs to either follow the instructions given by the narrator or not follow them and play through the nineteen different endings. Although this game delves into very existential topics like freedom, bravery, and power, its purpose is also very definite, which is to entertain the audience by playing through the game. The game is able to employ specialized language by using the narrator’s voice. For example, in the Freedom ending one can hear the narrator saying, “Now the monitors jump to life. Their true nature revealed… The lives of so many individuals reduced to images on a screen and Stanley one of them … where freedom meant nothing.”

As I walked into the theatre I noticed how nice it was all of the people finding their seats and visiting with people that they knew. I set waiting patiently for the play to start and then the lights dim once and then the whole theatre went black and music started playing. We set in the dark for a couple of minutes waiting for the curtains to open. Then the curtains opened to a living room with a great big Christmas tree and Dr. Stahlbaum and his wife Mrs. Stahlbaum are standing in the middle of the stage “talking”. Entering from stage right are their children Clara played by Tess Barborek and Fritz played by Fritz. They are all getting ready for the Christmas party that are hosting when Fritz gets in trouble for shaking his presents that are under the tree. All of their guest enter stage left and the children start dancing and then the adults take a turn. When they finish up dancing Mr.

Stanley in the beginning of the novel was poor, overweight, and bullied. He was also shy and unlucky. When stanley was poor, it was because he was from a poor family so he had never been to camp before (pg.5, Sachar). He also was living in a tiny apartment (pg.9, Sachar). This quote shows that he had never been to camp before because he was poor. Also, living in a tiny apartment ment that he was poor so he couldn't afford a house. Stanley was also bullied and overweight because the kids at middle school would often tease him about his size (pg.7, Sachar). Furthermore,

He thought it would be fun, but he was wrong. The boys there were all dirty and Stanley had to dig a hole every day, waking up early so the blazing hot sun wouldn’t blaze on them the whole time. The dimension of the hole that had to be dug everyday was five feet deep and five feet wide. Stanley developed his physical, emotional and social features significantly. The development of Stanley’s physical characteristics throughout the novel will now be discussed

"I would not think of quarreling with your interpretation nor offering any other, as I have found it always the best policy to allow the film to speak for itself."

Stanley was always shy and never tried to make friends before Camp Green Lake. He always tried to blame stuff on someone else. “Stanley wouldn't take up for himself when people bullied him.”(Sacher ,7) Derrick Dune and his teacher bullied him by making fun of his weight, and Stanley never said anything to his parents, or the principal. “Stanley never had any friends.” (Sacher pg. 7) If Stanley ha never gone to Camp Green Lake, he wouldn't have any friends, and he wouldn't have become self confident. “It was all because of his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather.” (Sacher pg.7) Stanley always blamed on his great, great, grandfather, because he didn't want to admit his actions. After Stanley met Zero everything changed.

Stanley is a quick tempered man. (“ Don’t ever talk to that way to me!“Pig-Polack-disgusting-vulgar-greasy”-them kind of words have been on your tongue and your sister’s too much around here! What do you two think you are? A pair of queens?” ( Williams 73).)

Even as a young boy, Stephen experienced rejection and isolation at school. On the playground Stephen "felt his body [too] small and weak amid the [other] players" (Joyce 8). His