Caveman

“You’re a good guy, Caveman” X-ray said to Stanley in Louis Sachar’s Holes. Of course, Stanley had never thought of himself as “good.” In fact, Stanley thought he was nervous, cursed, and lonely. But after many events in the book, Stanley became strong, selfless, and brave. 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

or the idea of someone having the power to control another, has been around since the stone age. The ability to “control” or manipulate someone has always been a possibility. In the stone age, the more strong, wise, and powerful caveman controlled the younger, weaker caveman. Today, our bosses, coaches, and professors have the ability to “control” us. It all seems to relate back to social anarchy, and who is on top of the “popularity ladder”. The word or expression “Bio power”, however was coined

From this, ninth graders are learning that arrogance can end up hurting yourself and those around you. In “The Cyclopes”, on page 11, it states, “Yet I refused. I wished to see the caveman, what he had to offer- no pretty sight, it turned out, for my friends.” (Homer page 11) Because of Odysseus’ overconfidence in himself, some of his crew ended up dying. This section of the story is teaching freshmen that if you’re not confident with

Stanley Yelnats calls himself an unlucky child. His word is proven when he is sent to Camp Green Lake for something he didn’t even do. Stanley was walking on the street when a pair of shoes fell down and hit him on the head. Those shoes turned out to be Clyde “Sweet Feet” Livingston’s shoes that he has donated to a shelter. Stanley is sent to court, charged with robbery and has a choice of going to prison, or to Camp Green Lake. Stanley thinks Camp Green Lake is a better choice. Stanley travels

On this in history a talented actress name Jennifer Lawrence was born in Louisville, Kentucky, on August 15, 1990. Lawrence was an athletic child; she was in cheerleading, field hockey, basketball, and softball. In preschool she was not allowed to play with other girls because she was “to rough”, she had two older brothers name Ben and Biane. At age fourth-teen her family went on vacation to New York City, when she was there she was spotted by a photographer who wanted her in a screen test, the

Diabetes is a chronic, lifestyle disorder affecting millions of people all over the world. Expectedly, diet and particular poor food choices play a key role in type II diabetes, which is also the common type of diabetes. Type II diabetes is caused by reduced production of insulin in blood called insulin resistance. This means the body does not produce enough insulin to counteract the glucose level in blood leading to increased blood sugar and a wide variety of symptoms and devastating effects on

With such popularity, CrossFit was forced to add sectionals and Regionals as qualifying round to reduced the amount of athletes in the final round, the Games (Caveman Evolution). The rise continued, the games were televised on ESPN and first prize was raised to $250,000 in 2011 (Alfonsi). The fight for victory grew to almost 300,000 participants this past year (“Origins of CrossFit). “Girl” workouts are widely

He is also, stupidly brave to the point where he has gotten people killed. When his sailors wanted to take everything and leave, Odysseus refused. He “wished to see the caveman, what he had to offer.” That bravery is not seen in many people, but he ended up getting his friends killed. However, his cleverness saved the rest of them. When the cyclops asked for Odysseus’s name he said, “my name is nohbdy: mother, father, and

Symbolism of Objects in Lord of the Flies In the Lord of the Flies, there is a lot of symbolism displayed by many objects such as the conch shell, fire, the platform, and castle rock. These objects and places represent the civilized versus dark and caveman-esque sides of the children who were plane-wrecked and abandoned on the isolated island. Ralph and his tribe were the figure of civilized people and planned to get rescued from the island. However, Jack’s tribe were more like savages and not thinking

matters, it’s about they’re beliefs. Next, throughout a journey where someone is able to see the world from their point of view, they typically are able to learn about their values. In the Odyssey, written by Homer, Odysseus says, “I wished to see the caveman, what he had to offer. We lit a fire, burnt an offering.” (Homer