1. Lady Ashly has the least depth of all the characters in The Sun Also Rises, she is as shallow as a wash bin and just about as complex. She characterizes the selfish stooped and flertasheous pleasure driven, responsibility deprived part of our society. Her only life goal is self fulfillment, her lifes meaning is to seek attention from others. Whenever things seem not to be going her way, our when her actions lead her astray, she behaves like a small spoiled child and seeks solace frome her male
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many types of conflicts present in Holes, four of which are: man vs man, man vs self, man vs society, and man vs nature. These four examples of conflict help the characters and plot develop. Their resolutions benefit the reader to comprehend the story furthermore. The reason why this is important is that so the reader can know what is happening in the story. The first conflict the reader sees in Holes is when Stanley has difficulty in digging his first hole. This conflict is mainly with himself
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Topic: Competence and no holes in modeling Abstract Motivation: When a model is not competent then it fails to produce what is required by the system. Hence the performance of the system drops. If there are defects in the model, the system might perform differently than what it is suppose to do. If the defects are identified during modeling, it requires less effort and cost to fix it. Incompetent model will produce a poor quality system. Goal: To prevent defects or holes in modeling and to come
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Holes Essay How does Stanley Yelnats relationship with his family differ from the other boys at Camp Green Lake? “She’ll worry if I don’t.” –Stanley Yelnats to Squid. This is one of the many sentences that set Stanley’s relationship with his mother apart from the others. Their relationship is strong and they care about each other very much. A wonderful example of the differences between Stanley’s relationship and the other boy’s relationships is the letter that Stanley writes to his parents. He
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Don't let the name fool you: a black hole is anything but empty space. Rather, it is a great amount of matter packed into a very small area - think of a star ten times more massive than the Sun squeezed into a sphere approximately the diameter of New York City. The result is a gravitational field so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape. In recent years, NASA instruments have painted a new picture of these strange objects that are, to many, the most fascinating objects in space. Although
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Gina Bruno Astronomy Paper Black holes “Imagine a thing made of nothing but space and time. Imagine a place that is a one-way exit from our universe. Imagine an object that can stop time and tear a star apart, atom-by-atom.” This is not science fiction, its a description a black hole. There are many strange and wonderful phenomenons always being discovered in our Universe. Black holes are so interesting because there such a mystery. The first notion of a black hole came from the genius brain and
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Karen Liu The Black Hole and the Golden Key of our Universe Many people have often heard of the word Black Hole in astronomy. Given this chance to research about this mysterious object in the Universe, I decided to share my knowledge with you. The Universe is a fascinating world of wonders, many times more complex than that of on Earth, and that is the reason it draws me toward it. Many questions have bombarded me throughout this research, and many have been answered. Through the research
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his friendship with Zero made him change from a meek person to a bold person. In the beginning of the book, Holes, Stanley’s character is meek. For example, “Stanley took blame for stealing the sunflower seed.” (Sacher, 90) Another example is that, “Stanley gave the lipstick tube to X-ray.” (Sacher, 62) The last example is that, “Stanley was sitting around while Zero was digging his hole as a part of the deal and X-ray started to bully him and he did not stand up for himself.” (Sacher, 117) All
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Unfortunately, I wasn’t fast enough. Immediately, a rush of birds come in through a small hole I had left uncovered. I fought away as many birds as I could. I felt them pecking at me. Their sharp beaks tapping away at my arms, legs, back, and stomach. I shield my head, making sure that I don’t let them get to my eyes. I scream as they break skin in various places. I feel them poke at my head and scalp while another tries for my eyes again. Hearing screams downstairs, I realize that the birds have
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Given Circumstances- As You Like It takes place in Ardennes, France. Blossum Sunrise plays her guitar and sings with Amiens and all her other musician friends in the forest of Arden. Blossum travels around and plays her music as much as possible. Relationships to Other Characters: Although Blossum enojys going around with Amiens and her other musician friends, she has always dreamed of making it big one day in the big kingdom outside of the forest as a solo artist. She
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Black Holes: How are they formed? Black holes have been studied and researched for quite a long time. It has been proven that black holes contain such incredibly dense and compact matter, that its gravitational force is strong enough to prevent anything and everything, including light, from escaping. Although they do not emit any detectable light, scientists are able to measure the X-rays , visible light, and radio waves emitted by the material objects orbiting around it. By doing this, you can
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“If you take a bad boy and make him dig a hole every day in the hot sun, it will turn him into a good boy” (Sachar 5). Although Stanley isn’t a bad boy, he makes many changes at camp. In the novel ,Holes, by Louis Sachar, the author shows that Zero’s friendship changes Stanley from overweight, poor, and lonely to a skinny, fortunate, and social boy. In the beginning of the novel, Stanley is a sad, poor, overweight boy. All his life he has been lonely and insecure about himself. The author writes
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Novels do more than tell stories; they explore ideas Holes by Louis Sachar is more than just a story instead, it explores ideas that bring to light prevalent issues that are often overlooked. Holes explores ideas through the use of themes and characters as a vehicle for exploration. Camp Green Lake acts as a microcosm of our society, in which characters reflect the harmful nature of the stereotypes of masculinity and racism in our world. The importance of history affecting the present is a crucial
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In the woods, my cousin and I are playing tag. We are running full speed then, out of the blue, a rock came out of nowhere and I trip. I fall into a hole that was not a hole. It was a tree. My cousin came down and we found a lost creek. There is a lot of gun parts,a trigger and clip, so we tried to find a way out of the creek so we could tell our parents about the creek. After we told them we all walked back and cleared out all of the biggest branches and all claimed down to see someone moved the
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burned holes through my eyes. Dazed, I opened my blurry eyes to see that I was alone. I thought to myself what happened at the party? Was I dreaming? As I gathered strength to get up I began to feel lightheaded from the consumption of all the alcohol from the night before. I scrambled to try and find my purse, but noticed there was nothing in the room, not even my clothes. The only things that are in the cold dark room are my naked self, a metal bed, and a diminutive green light that burned holes through
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Down the Rabbit Hole Boys journey to becoming a man “One of the signs of passing youth, is the birth of a sense of fellowship with other human beings as we take our place among them” (Virginia Wolfe). In our culture, do we define the moment a boy becomes a man by his age? Is it by his size, stature or accomplishments? Does it happen the first time he makes love to a woman? Wikipedia defines coming of age as a young person’s transition from childhood to adulthood. I believe adulthood can be distinguished
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Introduction- the Evidence and Explanation of Black Holes In order for there to even be a chance of a formation of a stellar black hole(one of the largest types of black holes), a supermassive star must be present. The definition of a supermassive star is a star with a mass more than 50 times the mass of the sun(Dictionary.com), which is approximately 9.9455 x (10 to the power of 31) kilograms, and that's only the minimum needed for a stellar black hole. All stars stay “alive” through the nuclear fusion
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Compare and Contrast Have you ever read Holes or Small Steps both by Louis Sachar? Genre is the category a book is written in, mood is how the reader feels about the story. There is many similarities and differences in these two stories like the genre and mood. One similarity between Small Steps and Holes is the genre. Both stories genre is realistic fiction a lot of things could be real but are not. An example is found on page fifty five “I was supposed to meet the dude in the parking lot
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Holes “Sometimes you need bad things to happen to inspire you to change and grow” (author unknown) This quote shows exactly what happened to Stanley, for he was sent to a juvenile correction facility which changed him greatly both internally and externally. In holes Stanley changes by the influence of Zero from being timid, insecure, and unloyal to bold, secure, and loyal. In the beginning of the novel Stanley is timid, unloyal, and insecure. In the beginning of the novel Stanley is very timid
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about black holes. This is a very interesting topic because we are progressively learning more about them but so far we have a limited amount of facts. Today we think we understand how black holes behave but we may come to realize, there is more to it. 2. Now let us explore what a black hole actually is. A black hole, is simply a hole in space that has a very large gravitational pull, this is why you cannot see light, and anything that enters a black hole cannot escape. A black hole is technically
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The darkness masks the countless clouds that have fashioned the heavy rainfall forming scores of puddles throughout the area that bear a resemblance to miniature pools. The uncanny reflection of the streetlight creates a rather interesting illusion; giving the tiny pools the quality of reflection creating liquid mirrors. At least it looks that way when the light of the streetlamp rebounds off the water. In a darkened alley, on a cobblestone street against a badly damaged brick wall lays Freddie
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Stanley is inexperienced with digging holes. So, when he digs his first hole, he gets all sorts of blisters, and bruises when he tries to dig into the hard crust of the Earth at Camp Green Lake. Comedy(if you can call it that): When stanley goes to the Wreck Room, he disturbs ‘the lump’ and (almost!) gets into a fight. Then X - ray, Squid, Armpit and Zigzag come over and stops the chaos. This earns Stanley status as “Caveman”. The important quest: Stanley decides to find Zero and Big Thumb
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Holes is a novel written by Louis Sachar and is about a young man name Stanley Yelnats who's family is cursed by his great-great grandfather who failed to take orders from madame Zeroni. Stanley is unreasonably sentenced by the judge and has a choice of going to jail or to Camp Green Lake. Because he is from a poor family and has never been to camp, he chooses Camp Green Lake. He is sent to Camp Green Lake a place where juveniles go when they commit crimes which is nothing like the camp he expected
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Odysseus’ dangerous journey back home. Odysseus struggles with creatures while his wife, Penelope, and son, Telemachus deal with suitors back in Ithaca trying to take Penelope's hand in marriage. “Holes” directed by Andrew Davis is about a boy a boy who is sent to a detention camp that makes delinquents dig holes for being accused of stealing shoes. Both protagonists reflect their culture’s values by portraying ideal traits. Odysseus reflects the value of leadership throughout his journey. He consistently
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buried treasure in the dried lake, the stash of her years of being an outlaw. She used the boys in digging holes in the ground, hoping to find the treasure. She was ruthless and violent. Zero/Hector Zeroni – He was a homeless Black boy who stole Clyde Livingston’s sneakers. He became Stanley’s friend. He learned reading from Stanley, while he helped him dig holes. Together they found Kate Barlow’s treasure which was actually the suitcase robbed from Stanley’s great great
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Real Images of Actual Black Holes Extraordinary Evidence for an Incredible Idea Presented by: Name, Affiliation Location and Date here http://www.universeforum.org/einstein/ Real Images of Actual Black Holes A Brief Summary of Black Holes Stellarmass black holes The most massive stars end their lives in titanic explosions, leaving nothing behind but their ultra dense collapsed cores. Midmass black holes A new class of recentlydiscovered black holes have masses on the order of hundreds or
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Everyone makes mistakes, people learn from them and grow because of it. Mistakes are all around us and everyone can mess up. Jack Gantos has to deal with the consequences of his actions and work at developing his future. In Jack gantos nover of Hole In My Life, He develops pride and wants to strive for greatness, by working hard and paying for college. Jack had a plan to do great, go to college and become a writer but he made some bad decisions and now has to pay for them. “I was twenty-one
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The sky was pitch black, the house was silent, and my mother was gone to Chesterfield, South Carolina. Locked in my room, I was hidden under the covers, listening to my television on blast that was sitting in front of me. On a Tuesday in the summer, as a teenager, I sleep all day and night as if I were in hibernation. I arose from my comfy bed to turn off the overexcited television that my little brother had carelessly left on. I then opened my door, which greeted me with a glow of light that was
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While many Americans are anxiously waiting for health care reform pharmaceutical companies are strongly committed to influence Congress and federal policies on drug prices and drug coverage. Pharmaceutical companies are willing to spending an astonishing amount of money on lobbing. Since 2006, the health care sector has spent $1.7 billion lobbying Congress and federal agencies, more money than any other sector of the economy (Steinbrook, 2009). Between January and September 2009, health care interests
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was validated by the British Antarctic Survey in 1985 by the discovery of a hole in the ozone layer located in the polar region of Earth. Fig.1.1 This process of ozone depletion can repeat itself over again and again, resulting thousands of ozone molecules converted into oxygen molecules by a single free radical. Over time, the continual usage of CFCs resulted in extensive damage in the ozone later creating holes, allowing lethal dosages of UV B radiation penetrating onto the earth’s surface
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