Stanley Yelnats' Survival Guide to Camp Green Lake

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    generations and histories together through "Stanley Yelnats IV", the protagonist. Nevertheless, he doesn’t know about it! Nor does he know that his endeavors have actually reformed him into a better person. This essay will now explore and examine how Stanley, unaware of what he was actually doing, set things right and how this changed him from a mousy to a confident character. The reader will discover how Stanley gets rid of a curse…a curse put on the Yelnats which completely eliminates their chances

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    Sacrificial Friendship In the book holes, written by Louis Sachar, Stanley Yelnats the main character is a poor, friendless, over weighted boy who is constantly bullied at school. He is arrest one day for a crime that did not commit. Stanley is therefore condemned to jail or to be sent to a place called Camp Green Lake for eighteen months as he is unable to prove his innocence. Stanley chooses Camp Green Lake. But upon arriving in the camp, Stanley discovers that it is actually a barren and desolate wasteland

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    several things. These include; how they were raised, how much respect they have for the authoritative power, and how that authority has treated someone. This is shown in the novel “Holes” by Louis Sachar because the main character, Stanley, is sent to a child correction camp and has to obey the upper authority Mr. Sir. He starts out being an obedient child and following all Mr. Sir’s rules but then as he begins to see the real reason he is told to dig holes in a barren desert he rebels against Mr. Sir

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    Holes 10 Years Later “Stanley Yelnats has just collapsed in the outfield, oh no he looks unconscious Chris”(baseball commentator) “Certainly looks like it Alex, what ever has happened doesn’t look good at all” “ that's really devastating as this year's draft approaches, he was said to be the next Clyde Livingston” As Stanley was getting stretched off the field no one was sure what happened to Stanley. As soon as he arrived at the hospital he got scans immediately on his head.The doctors assets

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    throughout life. Stanley Yelnats is one of many characters that endures change in the book “Holes,” but the changes that he goes through are what makes him a better person. In the beginning of “Holes,” Stanley is timid, insecure, and insincere, but as his fellow inmate, Zero, influences him and their relationship becomes stronger, he transforms into a bold, self-confident, and loyal boy. In the beginning of the novel Stanley is timid, insecure, and insincere. When talking to X-Ray “Stanley wasn’t sure

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    Changes In Stanley “Your diggin’ holes to build character” is what Mr.sir would always say to the campers. At camp green lake Stanley did holes but that didn’t help his character. The only thing digging holes did for him is help him lose weight. In holes Stanley met a boy named Zero, and Zero helped change from a shy person to a brave person. In the beginning of the novel “Holes” Stanley was basically a nobody. He got made fun of for being overweight,was poor and was unlucky. “ He was overweight

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    want to go to Camp Green Lake”(Sachar 5). You will be surprised that there is no lake at all. Where there was once a lake sits a dry, hot, wasteland. Everyone has a different path to take in life. In the novel, Holes by Louis Sachar, the author teaches lessons about friendship, perseverance, and overcoming obstacles. The main character Stanley, path to becoming a better person involves climbing up a mountain, digging holes, and finding lost fortune. Stanley arrived at Camp Green Lake an insecure

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    report. Use the following as a guide to create a comprehensive report. Use MLA format Holes by Lois Sachar, as the title suggests, has a lot to do with digging holes. The protagonist of the book, Stanley is a 14-year old boy who is wrongly accused of a crime that he did not commit. This false accusation is what sends him to Camp Green Lake, a juvenile detention camp. Stanley and the other boys at the camp are to dig holes in the hot sun every day, “to build character”. Stanley figures out that in fact

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    Stanley, The Friendly Character In the book called Holes, there is a very friendly character. His name is Stanley. He portrays kindness, generosity, and he is warm hearted. He shows this kind of character throughout the book. The first character trait Stanley shows is that he shows is kindness. He shows this by giving something he found in the hole he dug to X-Ray. “I think I might have found something.” said Stanley. “Instead of showing it to Zig-Zag, he gave the tube to X-Ray.” Stanley was

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    Clyde Livingston's Holes

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    In the story Holes, Stanley is framed as a juvenile delinquent who is found guilty of stealing the famous Clyde Livingston’s shoes. He is sent to Camp Green Lake for 18 months to serve his punishment. At Camp Green Lake, it is a detention center for juvenile delinquents who have committed a crime. The Warden runs the Camp. Camp Green Lake is in the middle of a desert in Texas. It used to be a city called Green Lake Town, and Green Lake, where Camp Green Lake is on. The town dried up over time, and

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