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Holes by Louis Sachar - College Essay

Holes by Louis Sachar

At the beginning of the story, Stanley Yelnats IV, a timid, lanky boy who is very unlucky supposedly due to a family curse, has been caught for "accidently" stealing the baseball player Clyde Livingston’s shoes from a charity auction to benefit a homeless shelter. The judge sentenced Stanley to 18-months at Camp Green Lake juvenile detention facility. At Camp Green Lake, Stanley and his fellow campers, all delinquents, are forced to dig holes to “build their character”. Stanley later learns the Warden of Camp Green Lake is not interested in building the boys' character, but instead is searching for a buried treasure, which she has not found. After some time, Stanley finds a lipstick tube ...

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marrying her, agrees to help him raise the largest pig if he agrees to carry her up a mountain and sing her a lullaby. Madame Zeroni promises he will win Myra’s hand by doing this or he and his family for generations to come will be cursed. When Elya later sees that Myra is indeed as stupid as Madame Zeroni had said, he changes his mind about marrying her and gets on the first boat to America, forgetting about his promise to Madame Zeroni. Thereafter, every son in the family is called Stanley (as it is "Yelnats" spelled backward), is taught Madame Zeroni’s mysterious lullaby, and is cursed with bad luck.
The second story features Katherine Barlow, a white schoolteacher in Green Lake, Texas, over 110 years ago, and her blossoming romance with Sam, a black onion salesman. Once the townsfolk of Green Lake learn of Katherine and Sam’s romance, they turn against both Katherine and Sam due to ill-favored views on interracial coupling. Charles “Trout” Walker, who tried to win over ...

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Added: 3/22/2011 06:27:21 PM
Submitted By: gazathug
Category: Book Reports
Type: Premium Paper
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