Caveman And Stanley's Relationship

Stanley’s actions are intense and mostly uncalled for, Stanley is heavily motivated by the past and

At camp, the other boys in both the book and movie version of the story give Stanley a hard time. This is an evident similarity between the book and movie. The people that are in charge of the boys in the detention camp are not the nicest of people and they are very strict with the boys. They also make the boys dig a big hole everyday they are at the detention camp in both versions of the story. Another way the boys are treated the same in both the book and movie is in the end when the camp boss wants to leave Zero and Stanley out in the desert and not report they are missing. In both versions the boys run away and the boss does not want to do the right thing and report they are gone.

THen while in a new place, his curse gets in the way and makes things harder, an example of this is.when he finds the gold-looking tube. Stanley is constantly having to deal with problems that only manifest because of his bad luck. When he and Zero escape, and ultimately break the curse, Stanley starts to overcome everything that has troubled him. He quite literally overcomes his bad luck. Because, at the beginning everything goes wrong, the shoes, his great, great, grandfather's story,and even what happened to Zero. Then near the end it all resolves. Stanley is innocent, the curse is broken, and zero finds his

It is not always about what is on the outside but what is on the inside. He has always been loving and caring but through this rough time in his life it is shown a lot. He shows this side to his family and also his new friends. After Stanley was done taking the blame for the spilt sunflower seeds and zero digging Stanley’s hole for him, Stanley showed Zero he cared for him; he agreed to teach him to read. “I’ll try to teach you to read if you want,” Stanley offered. “I don’t know how to teach, but I’m not worn-out today, since you dug a lot of my hole.” (Sachar, 96.) Stanley was grateful for what Zero had done for him and wanted to repay the favor and help him out as well. When Stanley left for camp his mom gave him pen and paper so he could write her and tell her how it was going. By writing to his mom and telling her that he was okay, even though he lied about what he was doing he showed he cared for his parents. “Dear Mom and Dad, Camp is hard, but challenging. We’ve been running obstacle courses, and have to swim long distances on the lake. Tomorrow we learn” (Sachar, 81.) As the story comes to an end Stanley really cares about Zero and refuses to leave camp without him. He gets his lawyer to ask for files and after the Attorney General could not find his files they took Zero home with them. “C’mon Stanley,” said his lawyer. “Your parents are waiting.” Stanley stayed where he was.”

The novel begins with Stanley being wrongly accused of stealing a pair of sneakers owned by a famous baseball player. Due to his adversity, Stanley is sent to a juvenile detention facility ironically named Camp Green Lake. This camp resides in the middle of a desert, and is composed of disobedient kid who are forced to dig holes to“build character”. Stanley possess several Christlike traits, such as: his wounded and blistered hands from digging so many holes, the agony he possessed from dehydration and all of the physical labor he was subjected to, Stanley’s optimistic and self sacrificing character who risked death to save his friend Zero, Stanley’s patient and cordialness with other kids, (this trait is especially displayed when he is teaching his friend Zero to read) Stanley’s kindheartedly when he shared his sparing amounts of food and water with Zero, Stanley use of humble transportation due to his family's reduced budget, Stanley was last seen with the thieving kids of the camp and the thieving camp administrators, and finally,when Stanley returned to the camp, full of kids who committed several crimes and freed them from their grueling jobs of digging holes. In conclusion, characters, such as Stanley Yelnats IV are paralleled to Jesus Christ to exemplify their suffering, hopefulness, and other divine character

Stanleys almost instinctive primitiveness is a major part of his representation in the book and this behavior of his leads to all the ways he overpowers and

When he has his parties, he does not consider anyone else feelings. When Blanche and Stella tried to listen to music on the radio, he demanded they turn it off, when they did not he throw it out the window. He walks around as if he is great but really, he is not. Stanley did not have a lot of money. His family lives in a house that is not very attractive.

When climbing “Big Thumb,” stanley wanted to take a break and just rest for the remainder of the day, but he decides “As long as Zero could keep going, he could keep going too.” (Sachar 168) He had a choice to give up for the day and rest, but he saw that Zero was still going even though he was in worse condition than him. Stanley saw the steadfastness in Zero and it motivated him to keep climbing up the mountain. As Stanley and Zero faced challenges when traveling up the mountain, they ended up making an agreement to help each other, when needed. When Zero helped Stanley in a time of need, Zero ended up with “... deep gashes in both hands. He had held on the metal blade of the shovel, keeping it in place, as Stanley climbed. (Sachar 166) Zero’s decision to help Stanley out, even if it meant getting hurt in the process, showed that he was willing to sacrifice himself. Zero’s ability to sacrifice himself for a friend taught Stanley selflessness. When Stanley ended up getting blamed for stealing Mr.Sir’s sunflower seeds, he was surprised to see his hole had been dug for him when he returned. “Why’d you help me? Stanley asked. Zero turned around. You didn’t steal the sunflower seeds.” (Sachar 96) At this point, Stanley is realizing each boy’s true colors. Zero didn’t have to dig the hole for him. Anyone but Zero should have dug the hole for Stanley because both Stanley and Zero didn’t have a part in stealing Mr.Sir’s seeds. This is a great representation of Zero’s selflessness. As you can see, Zero played a huge part in influencing Stanley. Zero represented a steadfast and selfless character, which rubbed off on

In the movie it never shows Stanley being picked on or getting pushed around and bullied like it tells us in the book. One thing in the book and movie that are the same is that

He thought it would be fun, but he was wrong. The boys there were all dirty and Stanley had to dig a hole every day, waking up early so the blazing hot sun wouldn’t blaze on them the whole time. The dimension of the hole that had to be dug everyday was five feet deep and five feet wide. Stanley developed his physical, emotional and social features significantly. The development of Stanley’s physical characteristics throughout the novel will now be discussed

is true in the extreme for Stanley, he does what he wishes and disregards the consequences. It is not a motto he actually employs towards the remaining characters; thinking only of himself, he does not care if anyone else is "comfortable" or not. Through dialogue such as this, Williams asserts to the reader/audience the fact that Stanley inherently fails to take into account the repercussions his own requirements and desires have on others. He is in total control and the only person endowed with power; therefore the only person he takes into consideration - and the only person his wife is allowed to take

“I don’t know if I know how to teach, but I’m not that worn out today. Since you dug a lot of my hole for me.”(Sachar 96) Since he doesn’t know how to teach he is still trying to help Zero. “No that’s not right.”(Sachar 117) Stanley is standing up for Zero with the rest of the boys. “I’m teaching him to read and write,” said Stanley “It’s sort of a trade,the hole still gets dug, so what does it matter who digs it?”(Sachar 137) By Stanley standing up for Zero in front of the Warden talking back to her is really good friendship. Stanley has changed a lot thus far in

Stanley’s surroundings are terrible and are not so good. You would think digging holes are fun, but for Stanley they aren’t. He has to dig holes every day for eighteen months. You could only get a break if you find something good. Also, if you would hear the word “Camp Green Lake” you would think it would be an amazing place to go, but it’s not. That’s the place where you dig holes for eighteen months. That’s where the bad boys go to raise their act. There are three reasons why stanley is living in a not so good life.

The Warden tells Stanley that he can’t teach Zero how to read and that he must go back to digging his own hole.