Thursday, December 11, 2014

Weekly Blog (12/08/14)

Holes
Book by: 
Blog by: Sonny S.
Prompt: In few sentences, summarize what you read.

     Today, I read the book Holes. I continued from what I've read recently. Today, the part I've read that really caught my attention is that Stanley "stole" sunflower seeds. Really, Stanley didn't steal the seeds, but he did take the blame for it. He then got himself in trouble, and Mr. Sir took Stanley to the Warden. Stanley didn't know this, but the warden is actually a women. She had long nails, which she painted with dry rattlesnake venom in front of Mr. Sir and Stanley. Mr. Sir then told the warden about the incident.

     Mr. Sir told the entire thing to the warden. One thing you will learn reading this part of the story is that, the warden doesn't like to mess around... she also doesn't like people disobeying her orders/commands. Mr. Sir told the warden that he thought that Stanley actually didn't steal the sunflower seeds. The warden then basically got tired of the story and struck Mr. Sir directly on his face. He let out a great groan of pain when the dry snake venom sunk in. Mr. Sir eventually fainted and Stanley was dismissed. 

     When Stanley was dismissed, he encountered a rattlesnake himself, but he got through back to his hole with no harm. Then he seen something very weird. Stanley was looking in all his friends holes to see who was done and who wasn't. The only one who wasn't done was his friend Zero. He was looking around because his hole was already dug. Zero said he dug the hole since he took the blame. So Stanley returned the favor by teaching Zero how to read and write.  

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Weekly Blog (12/01/14)

Holes
Book by: Louis Sachar
Blog by: Sonny S.
Prompt: Do you like what you’re reading? Why or why not?


     I do like reading the book Holes because it's like the real world. Many people try to teach kids and such discipline. Discipline is a huge part of life, you can't just do whatever you want without getting punished, you will be getting no where at all. Holes teaches deficient kids discipline. This detention center is like boot camp, except at Camp Green Like. The only thing is, it's not a lake anymore... it's a dried up desert.

     The book Holes brings into a third person view of a boy named, Stanley Yelnats. Stanley comes to this boot camp because of what he call his, "no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing great-great-grandfather." As you can tell what he was accused of doing due to the name Stanley gives him. Stanley is now trapped with all sorts of young men eight hours away from any kind of civilization.

      At Camp Green Lake, you are forced to dig holes that are five feet deep in every direction. These holes must be five feet apart too. This seems a lot harder than it seem due to the fact that the land is now a considered a "very dried up wasteland". Stanley eventually get along with a group of friends, trying to work together to get out of their sentence, so they can finally leave Camp Green Lake.