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    What are black holes? Black holes are places where gravity has become so strong that it overwhelms all other forces. Once something enters a black hole‚ nothing can escape its gravity‚ not even light. 2. How do scientists look for black holes in space? Describe what a black hole looks like using one of the different ways of seeing the sky? Scientists look for black holes in space using telescopes that pick up x-ray‚ visible light‚ and radio waves. Using an x-ray telescope‚ a black hole can be detected

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    Similarities between Flowers for Algernon and Holes In the books‚ Flowers for Algernon and Holes‚ the characters and events are similar. Flowers for Algernon‚ written by Daniel Keyes‚ had many events that are similar to Holes‚ written by Louis Sachar‚ like when Charlie ran away during the convention relates to Zero running away from Camp Green Lake. First‚ within the book Charlie did not have many friends or family members that were close to him. Stanley did not have many friends as well; he was

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    Black holes are a very interesting and fun topic to learn about! A black hole is a hole in space that sucks things in‚ not even light can get out. These holes pull forcely because stronge matter has been squeezed into a tiny space. Light can’t get out‚ so the human eye can not see them. Scientists use special equipment for seeing black holes. The tools can see how stars around the black hole act differently than the stars away from the black hole. Black holes were first discovered in 1916 by Karl

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    Holes‚ by Louis Sachar‚ was a book first published in the year 1998 as a mystery novel accompanied by humor. The book was also made into a movie in the year 2003. Later in the year 1999‚ Sachar’s Holes became a Newbery Medal winner. The book takes place at a detention camp for boys named Camp Green Lake. The main character‚ Stanley Yelnats‚ is there for a crime he supposedly did not commit. The boys are all forced to dig holes each and every day that are five feet wide five feet deep so it will help

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    will be speaking about an astronomical phenomenon called black holes. A black hole is an area of space-time. Rather‚ it is a great amount of matter packed into a very small region it is also the last evolutionary stage in the lifetimes of vast stars. This makes the black hole invisible to the rest of the universe‚ hence the word "black". A star‚ about 20 times the mass of the sun may produce a black hole at the end of its life. A black hole is formed by nuclear reactions in the core of a star producing

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    The novel holes by Louis Sachar showcases many major teen issues‚ in particular crime‚ affecting today’s youth. Teen crime is when an individual under the age of the majority acts against the law. Teen crime features very clearly in the novel and Sachar displays the consequences‚ effects and examples of the issue throughout the novel. This issue will be explored through an analysis of the setting‚ plot and characters in the text‚ holes. My first support to this claim will be setting. Sachar has

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    Holes Book Vs Movie

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    "Digging" for evidence as to whether or not the film adaptation of Holes was good Holes is a book by Louis Sachar that was first published in 1998. The film adaptation of this novel‚ also titled Holes‚ was released in 2003. These two literary works have many similarities and differences that can be easily compared‚ or contrasted. The film adaptation‚ directed by Andrew Davis‚ successfully represented the original novel by Sachar. Holes is the story of a young man by the name of Stanley Yelnats. Stanley

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    "Holes" is the story of Stanley Yelnats‚ a young boy that has been sent to Camp Green Lake for something he didn’t do. He believes his family is under a curse‚ and the curse has come to rest on him. However‚ throughout the story we can tell that Stanley is adaptable because he soon made some friends in the camp‚ he quickly learned the rules of the camp and he is becoming like the other boys. These facts can be illustrated in the quotes from the book. First of all‚ he always cares for others no matter

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    Book Review – Holes by Louis Sachar Stanley Yelnats is sent to Camp Green Lake because of a crime he actually did not commit. At the camp‚ bad boys are forced to dig a big hole every day to build character. Stanley makes friends with a quiet guy and together they disclose the secret of Camp Green Lake. But this is not the only story oft he book‚ you also learn about the history of Green Lake. Camp Green Lake is a dry flat wasteland in Texas‚ there are not many trees or stones and most of

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    Research Paper- Black Holes It’s really fun to keep observing with night sky with your naked eyes or a telescope. But have you ever thought that their might be bodies which could not be seen? Well let us think‚ what is Vision? When light is reflected or emitted by an object and it comes to our eyes‚ we can see that thing. According to the Interference phenomena and the Photoelectric Effect‚ light can be categorized as both a wave and particle. Also called as the Wave-Particle Duality of light

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