Saturday, June 13, 2009
Ancient Roman Empire - Farming Methods
Ancient Roman Empire - Housing
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Feudal System vs. Democracy
Holes - Louis Sachar
The novel Holes is written by Louis Sachar. In the following paragraph’s, I’ll be writing about the most important message’s in Hole’s. These are: Racism is wrong and should not be tolerated, Friend-ships are important and sometimes lifesaving, and to remain hopeful when things are bad.
The story Holes is mainly about Stanley and Zero who meet by chance. Stanley got teased alot at school for being big. As he was walking home one day a pair of shoes flew out over the overpass and hit him on the head. He soon got arrested, accused of stealing them. Later on in the story you find out that Zero stole them from a homeless shelter and threw them. Stanley gets to Camp Green Lake and digs holes. One day he finds part of a tube of lipstick, with the initials K.B. on it, which belongs to ‘Kissin’ Kate Barlow. Zero can’t read, so Stanley tries to teach him to read.
Zero runs away, and the next day Stanley steals the water truck and tries to drive it to Zero, but crashes it into a hole. He then run’s away, finding Zero, and they both find refuge on god’s thumb, drinking muddy water and eating onions. They try to sneak back to find some treasure. Stanley is sure it’s in the hole he found the lipstick container in. They find the treasure chest and the warden tries to take it off them, but the hole has a nest of yellow spotted lizards. Stanley’s attorney comes to take him home and catches them in the hole with the yellow spotted lizards - because yellow-spotted lizards don’t like onion blood, and that’s all Stanley and Zero ate for weeks were onions, they didn’t bite them. His attorney takes Zero and Stanley home, and they sell what’s in the treasure chest for around 2 million, split between 2.
The third most important message in Hole’s is to always remain hopeful even when things are bad. Both Stanley and Zero showed this in Holes. Even though they were in the middle of a dried up lake walking towards a mountain, they remained hopeful that there would be water and food on God’s Thumb.
The second most important message in Hole’s is that friendships are important. Stanley showed that friendships were important by teaching Zero to read even after digging most of the day, and carrying Zero up most of the mountain, after Zero had passed out. They both relied on each other to keep going, and that’s why friendships are really important.
The most important message in Hole’s is that racism is bad and should not be tolerated. Louis Sachar showed this in Holes through Zero and the other black kids at Camp GreenLake - they got treated equal, unlike other different skinned kids around the world. That showed how everyone should be treated - equal.
Racism is bad and should not be tolerated. That in my opinion was the most important message in Holes. I really liked this book, the storyline or plot was so rich - it felt like you were there watching the boys dig holes or climb to the top of god’s thumb. I would recommend this novel to anyone who likes a really rich book, with great re-read ability. I myself have read the book 4 times.