The short film "The Black Hole" starts with the sound of a duplicating photocopier. ... Also, the use of grey and black and the lack of vibrant colors in the film constantly reminds the audience the grumpy mood of the character as he seems lonely and isolated. ... This also suggests how much the "black hole" has changed his life. ... Whenever the protagonist put his hand through the black hole, it makes a buzz sound. ... Overall, the black hole is a very successful short film. ...

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HOLES The setting took place at Camp Green Lake, during the present time and summer season. ... As punishment, the boys must each dig a hole a day, five feet deep and five feet across. ... The main characters in this story are Stanley, Hector, Ms. ... When Stanley realizes that the boys may not just be digging to build character, he realizes that in fact that Ms. ... I thought the title, holes, fits the book really well because the whole story is mainly about boys digging holes. ...

• Word Count: 699
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• Grade Level: High School

He had to dig five feet deep and wide holes everyday. ... The main characters in the novel were Stanley Yelnats, Zero, Warden, Elya Yelnats, Kate Barlow, Mr. ... The opposing characters out of them were the Warden, Mr. ... The Warden was the main opposing character in the novel with her own two sidekicks Mr. ... Also he then would not have to deal with all that trouble of digging holes and running away with Zero. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Holes. ... Some of the main characters in this novel are Stanley Yelnats, Zero, X-Ray, Squid, Warden, Kate Barlow, Sam, Elya Yelnats, and Madame Zeroni. ... While he is there the boys and him are forced to dig large holes in the dirt everyday. ... Holes has lots of exciting parts, and the characters are even interesting and are all original. ...

• Word Count: 249
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• Grade Level: High School

Holes Holes by Louis Sachar's is a cool book. ... The hole must be exactly five feet in diameter, the distance from the tip of his shovel to the top of the wooden handle. Each boy is forced to dig until his hole is completed, no matter how long it takes. ... According to the warden the digging "builds character" but she has something else in mind. ... A curse was set on Stanley's hole family because the ancestor disobeyed Zero's ancestor. ...

• Word Count: 385
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• Grade Level: High School

Sirs sunflower seeds and he found the bag of seeds in Stanley's hole so Stanley said that he had taken the seeds. ... I read the book Holes by Louis Sachar. ... The warden claims that this digging builds up character, but that's a lie. ... The main character is Stanley Yelnats. ... The second main character is Hector Zeroni, also known as Zero. ...

• Word Count: 796
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

At this camp, he is ordered to dig a hole 4' by 4' in a hard rough gully each day. ... Sachar creates the character Zero to epitomize all attributes possessed by detainees at the detention camp: he is illiterate, speaks using contractions like "ain't- and "don't,"" and has a history of crime. ... The combination of influential characters, as well as the intricately designed conflicts which govern the story line, prompt Stanley's immeasurable growth. ... Holes is a novel in which parallel internal and external conflicts arise. ... I would highly encourage any reader wi...

• Word Count: 1080
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

They open the detention center making the boys dig one hole five feet by five feet everyday in order to recover the hidden fortune. The family of the boys were mislead by the authorities, who told them they where running this camp for boys to build on their character. While digging his hole Stanley found a lip stick case with the initials KB, which appeared to belonged to Kate Barlow. While Stanley was at Camp Green Lake he develops character such as physical and emotional strength and slowly develops self esteem. ... I really enjoyed the book Holes, it showed two important themes friends...

• Word Count: 675
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• Grade Level: High School

The book I read was Holes. This book was written by Louis Sachar. This novel was a novel written for kids to understand cause and effect. It was also written to show someone being at the wrong place at the wrong time. Throughout the story there is a feeling of remorse for Stanley. The reader feels b...

• Word Count: 438
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• Grade Level: High School

It all started with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather Stanley's unjust punishment is to be sent to a boys" detention center, Camp Green Lake, where boys build character by digging holes in a dried up lake in extreme heat, all day, and every day. Stanley had a hard time digging his first hole, and everyday after that the holes were harder and harder to dig. ... For the next couple of days, they all dug in the one hole to try and find other objects (even though they were digging in the wrong hole). ... When Stanley gets back to camp, his hole is dug for hi...

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• Grade Level: High School

I chose essay topic number three in comparing Number the Stars main character Annemarie Johansen and Holes main character Stanley Yelnat's and taking a look at how both helped others and made a difference in some way. ... In Holes, Stanley Yelnat's is not only a proposed lead character but also a recognized hero. ... Stanley makes a vast difference in the lives of the boys by being able to free them from hole digging hell. ... These two lead characters share several similar traits. ... Holes and Number the Stars are books that you could easily pick out the main character and see how ...

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• Grade Level: High School

"Holes" is a book about a boy named Stanley Yelnats. ... In this camp, for "bad boys" as the book describes it, the attendees dig holes. To be more descriptive, they dig 5" by 5" holes, one each day. ... The main character of this story is, clearly, Stanley Yelnats, a described "overweight" boy whose family has an interesting history of bad luck. ... Sir catches Zero helping Stanley dig his hole, becomes furious, and threatens Zero. ...

• Word Count: 694
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• Grade Level: High School

They dug a deep hole where the bug fell, and found nothing. ... So, when they dug a second hole they found a chest filled with treasure, from Kidd the pirate. ... Poe describes how the characters act and look by the way they interact with each other, and he also gives a little detail about each character. ... He does all the strenuous, and dangerous work for Legrand, like climbing trees and digging holes. ... There are other characters in the story beside the three main characters, but they are of no importance to the plot or the theme. ...

• Word Count: 904
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

At first Zero is presented as a strange character. ... So, Zero does little things like dig Stanley's hole for him. ... This gives a hint to the end, and shows the fact that Zero has grown as a character and has enough inner strength to try to find his mother. ... Zero , and all the adversity that comes with his character, is a great twist to Holes. ... Zero's character is a great example of inner strength through a tough life, and moving on despite it....

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• Grade Level: High School

The first thing I noticed was that BarfBag was the first character to be pinpointed in the movie. The first character in the book was Stanley. ... I believe that it's very important to develop a good relationship between the two main characters. ... Because "Holes" is such a complicated story, there are goals for each character if you comb through all the details slowly. That's what gives "Holes" its many climaxes. ...

• Word Count: 592
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• Grade Level: High School

The greed illustrated in the story is also a theme, alerting the reader to the unsavoury characters of the Warden and Mr Sir. The determination and slave labour which the Warden enforces, in her eagerness to find the treasure', typifies greed and it's consumption of her character. ... The book also considers contemporary issues which enable the reader to relate to the characters and their scenarios. ... The involvement of the reader through emotive and sympathetic diction evokes the feeling of being part of the story and the characters. Students can connect with the teenage&#...

• Word Count: 1946
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Truman Capote, one of Lee's childhood friends, was inspiration for the character Dill. ... Tom Robinson, a black man accused of raping a white woman, is one of the "mockingbird" characters. ... When Boo's brother realizes what is happening he promptly fills the hole with cement. ... Boo is the "mockingbird" character of the title, an innocent, saving the children from the epitome of evil, Bob Ewell. ... (Lee, 90) Mockingbird characters are, Tom Robinson, a black man accused of raping a white woman, Jem Finch, with his journey into adulthood, and the most important mockingbird...

• Word Count: 865
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In opposition the female's cry communicates "limitlessness- - an abyss, a never ending black hole likened to the female orgasm. This black hole is endless for men, it is an analogy that they cannot obtain or explain and therefore have no real power over. ... Chion points out that John Travolta's character, Jack, the sound man realizes that his nature is to effectively use every sound he records. ... A woman's scream is a character in an of itself. ... Dramatic narratives - both those that show and those that suggest - are best understood as linear looping progressions impel...

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Leroy's character is very traditional, which ultimately leads to him being left behind. ... The log cabin filled with bullet holes symbolizes the present state of the relationship. ... It seems that the author specifically planned the character development to help express the theme. Leroy is a static character, while Norma Jean is a dynamic character. The settings match the characters. ...

• Word Count: 936
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Holes by Louis Sachar was a very interesting book! Stanley Ylenats, the main character, is caught up in bad luck from his ancient family curse, by being at the wrong place at the wrong time. ... According to the warrden, the diigin helps the kides by building character, but we all know she has something else in mind. ... Holes by Louis Sachar was a very interesting book! ... According to the warrden, the diigin helps the kides by building character, but we all know she has something else in mind. ...

• Word Count: 639
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The greed illustrated in the story is also a theme, alerting the reader to the unsavoury characters of the Warden and Mr Sir. The determination and slave labour which the Warden enforces, in her eagerness to find the treasure', typifies greed and it's consumption of her character. ... The book also considers contemporary issues which enable the reader to relate to the characters and their scenarios. ... The involvement of the reader through emotive and sympathetic diction evokes the feeling of being part of the story and the characters. Students can connect with the teenage&#...

• Word Count: 1943
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The purpose of this paper is to investigate Miss Emily's character and her motives. In William Faulkner's short story, "A Rose for Emily", he characterizes Miss Emily as a proper southern woman who would do anything to fill the hole in her life after her father's death while averting the change around her. ... He uses the house to symbolize Miss Emily and her static character among the rest of the town and community. ... The biggest change in the round character's life, that the story presents, is the death of her father. ... The main character in this story symb...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

There are several characters that are involved is these acts. ... The people in the black hole group are one of the main groups in the film. ... The roommate of another character who changed rooms once because he couldn't stand living with an African American. A senior and leader of the black hole spent his last year partying in the dorm. ... The people from the "black hole" group seem to be always miss treated. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

There are also all those less obvious, but just as disturbing, questions that seem to totally discredit some of the characters. ... Gaping plot holes ahead! ... Verbinski even goes as far as to mold some of the characters into one-sided knock-offs of some very memorable performances. The film's most obvious copycat character is Aidan, Rachael's emotionally detached son who communicates with dead people. Well, viewers will not have to use their Sixth Sense to figure out where his character originated. ...

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• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The film first title sequence starts with the name of company production and then follows the name of main character Daniel Craig. ... This is low angle shot where it is trying to explain the audience about the problem the character might be in. ... As James bond was going further down to shrink hole, it background was in low key with the wide angle shot. It also welcome the audience into the film. 5) Continuing the scene as James Bond was going further down the shrink hole the shot changed to wide shot to high angle and bird's view, where the focus was now the shrink hole. ... One th...

• Word Count: 1620
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School