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Essay Instructions: Holes by Louis Sachar


Essay option:
1.
Analyze the novel as a refutation of self-pity. You might look at the cosmic battle between hope and despair while looking at the following: (1)Imagery of despair and hope. (2)The conflict between predestination (curse) and free will (Stanley's transformation). (3)Show the poisoning and crippling effects of self-pity, not just for Stanley but the woman who lost her lover the Onion Man, how her impeded love turned to evil. (4)Show the transcending power of altruism and empathy as the "answer" to the "human condition," that we all carry curses within us, curses that aren't necessarily our fault, curses that are unjust but nevertheless must be purged.

2.
Find someone who's suffered an injustice.
Part I: Describe the injustice
Part II: Show how the person succumbed to rancor + self-pity (show Part II is real curse)
Example:
Paragraph 1: Summarize Holes in terms of Stanley overcoming his curse.
paragraph 2: However, my freind X....


in class note:
self-pity is
1.sour grape(fortitude) 2.refusal to humble himself 3.addicted to grievances 4.disaffected
5.social ineptness 6.they become master of the faux pas
7.self fulfilling paranoia
8.become a contrived rebel reject popular
9.chip on the shoulder
10.wears mask of hauteur

Essay Instructions: This is a literary criticims of the novel "Holes" by Louis Sachar. I need to establish how Sachar is able to contruct reality into this fairy tale. I need to answer how this type of novel is appreciated by its readerss (adolescents) when not only is Sachar able to tell this story but he is also able to involve its readers by making portions of the novel seem realistic. Is this the a new type of fairy tale? (Intertwining realism and folklore.) Please quote a mininum of 3-4 scenes.

Essay Instructions: PREPARE A WRITTEN REVIEW OF AN AUTHOR''S BODY OF WORK( CHILDREN''S BOOK AUTHOR)- PLOTS,SETTINGS,THEMES,CHARACTERS,STYLE,ETC.
ESSAY SHOULD EXAMINE ONE AUTHOR''S BODY OF WORK. AT LEAST 4 BOOKS BY SAME AUTHOR SHOULD BE EXAMINED IN ORDER TO PROVIDE ENOUGH MATERIAL FOR THIS SMALL PAPER. AUTHOR''S WORK AS A WHOLE AND IN INDIVIDUAL TEXTS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED.FOR EXAMPLE, IN "THE MOVES MAKE THE MAN," BRUCE BROOKS DEVELOPS CHARACTER THROUGH BASKETBALL TERMINOLOGY AND IN CYNTHIA RYLANT''S TEXT, THE VOICES OF SLEEPING BIRDS PROVIDE A SETTING THAT RADIATES WARM FEELINGS ABOUT THE VARIED PEOPLE, THEIR STRENGHTS, AND WAY OF LIFE. PROVIDE SPECIFIC REFERENCES TO INDIVIDUAL TEXTS(INCLUDE PAGE NUMBERS).
SOME POSSIBLE AUTHORS-JUDY BLOOM,MAURICE SENDAK,LOUIS SACHAR OR ANY OTHER CHILDREN''S AUTHOR.
THE LAST PAPER I ORDERED FROM YOU WAS GREAT(ARTIST BODY OF WORK/DAVID WIESNER). I HOPE TO RECEIVE ANOTHER GREAT PAPER.
ALSO, PLEASE INCLUDE BIBLIOGRAPHY. THANKS.