Monday, October 11, 2010

Holes Quote - Something unfair

"If I had just kept those old smelly sneakers, then neither of us would be here right now." P184

Everything could have been avoided if he had kept the sneakers. Stanley wouldn't be at Camp Green Lake.

16 comments:

  1. " He scooped up some dirt, and was raising it up to the surface when Zigzag's shovel caught him in the side of the head." P78

    Kathy 6C

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  2. "Stanley returned to his hole. It wasn't fair. Mr.Pendanski had even said his fossil was interesting."
    Jimmy 6D

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  3. " Well, you better get used to it. You're going to be thirsty for the next eighteen months."
    P 15 Polly 6d

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  4. "Everytime Mr.Sir delivered water, he poured Stanley's straight onto the ground."
    - pg 116

    Christine 6C

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  5. "while Mr.Sir was filling the canteens, i snuck into the truck and stole his sack of sunflower seeds." pg.88 Diana 6C

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  6. "See, look at the little fishy," said Armpit. Stanly returned to his hole. It wasn't fair. Mr. Pendanski had even said his fossil was interesting.

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  7. "Back at school, a bully named Derrick Dunne used to torment Stanley. The teachers never took Stanley's complaints seriously, because Derrick was so much smaller than Stanley. Some teachers even seemed to find it amusing that a little kid like Derrick could pick on someone as big as Stanley." p23
    Nhan 6D

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  8. "Stanley looked up at the approaching dust cloud, then back down at the spilled seeds. He was in the wrong place at the wrong time." pg. 85
    Sarah 6D

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  9. " He scooped up some dirt. and was raising it up to the surface when Zigzag's shovel caught him in the side of the head, but he needed to continue his work. "

    Emily 6C

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  10. "I always get drunk before a hang."
    "A hanging? Who-"
    "It's against the law for a negro to kiss a white woman"
    P113 Anh 6C

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  11. "Say, listen," said X-Ray "If you find something else, give it to me okay?..."I mean," X-Ray went on,"Why should you get a day off when you've only been here a couple of days? If anybody gets a day off it should be me. That's only fair, right?" "I guess," Stanley agreed." pg. 52-53
    Celine 6C

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  12. "Stanley returned to his hole. It wasn't fair. Mr.Pendanski had even said his fossil was interesting."
    Pearl 6C

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  13. "Mr.Sir opened the nozzle, and the water flowed out of the tank, but it did not go into Stanley's canteen." P106

    Davina Nguyen 6D

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  14. " They hadn't exactly fallen from the shy. He had just walked out from the under a freeway over pass when the shoe hit him on th head." P.24

    Lisa 6D

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  15. "Sam wasn't allowed to attend classes because he was a Negro, but they let him fix the roof."
    Rosie 6D

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  16. "stanley wasn't a bad kid. He was innocent of the crime for which he was convicted. He'd just been in the wrong place at the wrong time".

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