In the first couple of chapters you are introduced to Stanley Yelnata and the camp for boys. This is not a typical camp, this is a camp for bad boys. The court determined that the boys would go to this camp instead of going to jail. The boys were made to dig holes in the hot sun. Stanley was offered to go to jail or camp. He chose to go to camp, he had never been to camp and thought it would be fun. He was in for a big surprise. Off to Camp Green Lake Stanley went. Stanley arrived at the camp after traveling eight hours, as he exited the bus the drive asked him to “be safe”. He did not know what he meant, but he exited. He first noticed there was no lake at the camp, he was confused about the name “Camp Green Lake” with no lake. …show more content…
He was told if you found anything they were to tell the Warden to make sure it was nothing of value. Stanley became friends with X-Ray and told him that he would let him keep anything he found instead of telling Warden.
“X-Ray looked at the tube, then rubbed his dirty glasses on his dirty shirt and looked at the tube again. One by one, the other boys dropped their shovels and came to look” (p. 62).
The boys looked and looked and determined it was a gun. Stanley suggested that the boys not say anything until the next morning that way while it was investigated the boys would not have to dig. This would give them more time to not dig in the sun. After this happened there were other holes that proved to have other valuable articles. Stanley finds it funny that the boys were told they are digging holes to build character but understands that they are digging to find valuables. Stanley also finds out that where they are digging is the “Green Lake” dried out. The Warden is looking for treasures that were discarded in the lake. Come to find out Stanley is living with a family curse and is all brought to light by him going to the camp. The boys could not only get the Warden arrested, but in the mist, they found a suitcase that when opened, found his families buried
Media makes celebrities seem as if they live life facing no problems or hardships. In reality, they do not live a perfect life, but that characteristic of celebrities' life tends to go unseen. In Charles Dickens’s, A Tale of Two Cities, Dickens develops Mr. Lorry into a character where business engulfes his life. Mr. Lorry continually tries to suppress his emotions using many different strategies. Even though business is always Mr. Lorry’s top priority, he always has a special place in his heart for the people he cares about, the Manette’s. Through the use of characterization and dialogue, Charles Dickens uses Mr. Lorry to promote how humanity overrides one’s business side no matter how hard they try to suppress it.
Mariet Mankiev English IV Ms.Ellis September 16,2015 1. “Open your eyes and see what you can with them before they close forever”,(Doerr 48–49) When Jutta and Werner are sitting by the radio,the Frenchman ends his forecast by saying this. Werner tries to escape the real world with Hitler’s influence by listening to the radio that he and his sister found. This quote is a reoccurring theme throughout the story.
“I refused to fail. I was smart. I was arrogant. I was lucky.” As a kid Sherman Alexie grew up on a reservation for Indians. He was mostly expected to be stupid as every other Indian kid, but he wasn’t he was actually very smart. He taught himself how to read and write by using a comic book. This comic book was about Superman. He would use the pictures and the captions to put together what they were making out. So that’s how he learned to read and write.
In The Color Purple the realities of an abusive upbringing are deeply explained to the reader. Celie, the main character, is taught the importance of being strong and standing up for herself through Shug Avery. She portrays strength and independence that women have. In The Color Purple, Shug Avery teaches characters to hold the vigor and autonomy that is hidden somewhere inside of them.
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Elizabeth Lavenza (later Elizabeth Frankenstein) is one of the main characters in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. She is a beautiful young girl; fragile and perfect in the eyes of all. Her father was a nobleman from Milan, while her mother was of German descent. Before she was adopted by the wealthy Frankenstein family, she lived with a poor family. After Alphonose and Caroline Frankenstein adopt Elizabeth, they lovingly raise her alongside their biological son, Victor Frankenstein, in hopes that the two will eventually get married. When Victor goes off to Ingolstadt college, Elizabeth writes letters to him that later become a crucial part of the story. It weaves together every piece of the story, holding together each individual
The first aspect of Willy's character that affected his failure was his pride. Willy's pride caused him to in many situations make very poor and unethical decisions, that affected both himself and his family. An example of this is through the conversation between Willy and Charley “CHARLEY: ‘You want a job?’ WILLY: ‘I got a job, I told you that. [After a slight pause] What the hell are you offering me a job for?’ CHARLEY: ‘Don’t get insulted.’ WILLY: Don’t insult me.”(DOAS: pg x) Willy does not take the offer which is an obvious example of a poor decision. He makes this decision because he sees this generous whole hearted gesture as a kind of pitiful handout that his pride restricts him from taking. By not taking this handout willy puts his self pride infront of
The boys immediately take off in different directions in the forest. The narrator runs straight into the greasy lake to hide. He hears voice talking about them; he hears the guy’s saying they were going to beat him and his friends up and soon as they find them. So then he began to go further into the lake which is very muddy, filled with all kinds of insects flying around, tall weeds, with frogs, snakes and turtles in the lake and who knows what else. As he is in the lake, he began to think about the terrible things that he and his friend had done.
The Glass Castle is a novel that follows the life of a dysfunctional family from the perspective of Jeannette Walls, the third child of the Walls family. Throughout the stories, the readers see all the hardships the children face, as their lunatic parents do what they think is right. After reading the book, it seems to agree the quote “Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands” by Anne Frank.
Training camp was the first actuality of what war was going to be like for the men. They thought that it would be fun, and they could take pride in defending their country. Their teacher, Kantorek, told them that they should all enroll in the war. Because of this, almost all of the men in the class enrolled. It was in training camp that they met their cruel corporal, Himelstoss. The men are in shock because he is so rude to them; they never thought that war would be this harsh. Paul and two of his friends are ridiculed the most by him. They have to lie down in the mud and practice shooting and jumping up. Also, these three men must remake Himelstoss’ bed fourteen times, until it is perfect. Himelstoss puts the young men through so much horror that they yearn for their revenge. Himelstoss is humiliated when he goes to tell on Tjaden, and Tjaden only receives an easy punishme...
There is no lake at camp green lake it’s not even green expect for two oak trees. Those trees have a hammock and the only shade outside but no one is aloud to lay on it. No one expect the warden. When the protagonist of the novel holes,Stanley Yelnats arrives at “camp” green lake he inconcoters similar yet different challenges. Stanley changes from bullied and overweight to brave because of how Sanchar describes him in middle school,camp green lake,and God’s Thumb.
Friar Laurence, a father figure to many citizens and one of the holiest and most admired men in Verona. He held many responsibilities in the city and enforced several of the laws. Well, that is what everybody thought. Friar Laurence is now being held for trial for committing multiple felonies and breaking the law in his very own city of Verona. He not only conspired against the Capulet and Montague families but ultimately played an important role in the suicide of Romeo and Juliet.
There are many ideas from this statement that show some of the thoughts of Mersault in The Stranger. Throughout the book there are times when Mersault makes bad choices and must look back on his life and reflect. As explained in this quote the way that he reflects becomes his fate. When Mersault is done reflecting what he has done he realizes that although the circumstances may not be the best it is the way he will live his life and it could not better. The quote says that memory’s eye should be sealed by death meaning that although Mersault may not want to his memories are going to press on him until he is dead.
One of the characters in To Kill a Mockingbird is Bob Ewell. Bob Ewell is a selfish drunk who doesn't know how to control himself. He beats his children and he can’t hold a steady job for long. He is obsessed with revenge for Atticus for making him look like a fool at the trial of Tom Robinson, whom Ewell’s daughter is accusing of rape. Because of his false testimony, he can never be trusted again in front of the whole courtroom. He will do anything to get back at Atticus, and is willing to go as far as going after his children. He also has a grudge against the judge in the trial, and against the wife of the accused. Bob is crazy and delusional and is trying to gain back his reputation by taking down all the people that went against him in
He has lost his innocence because no one had or will believe him because of all the “proof” there is to say otherwise. When they went into his room, they found a poster of the person’s shoes they claimed he stole. They also saw that there were shoes all over the house. “Stanley was not a bad kid. He was innocent of the crime for which he was convicted.