Caveman And Stanley's Relationship

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.

“We cannot become what we want to be by remaining what we are” said Max DePree. Change can’t be stopped; it’s something that happens throughout life. Stanley Yelnats is one of many characters that endures change in the book “Holes,” but the changes that he goes through are what makes him a better person. In the beginning of “Holes,” Stanley is timid, insecure, and insincere, but as his fellow inmate, Zero, influences him and their relationship becomes stronger, he transforms into a bold, self-confident, and loyal boy.

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

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

Stanley, appears to be a lover one minute and a scoundrel the next. Stanley is a man that likes control. He works while his wife stays home and cooks. He has poker parties at his house and barks orders at his wife.

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

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

“And as long as he’d come this far, he might as well look for Zero” (p.33). Squid, a member from his camp, asks Stanley if he could talk to his mother for him. Squid wrote his mother’s phone number on a piece of paper and asked Stanley to call his mum and tell her that he was sorry. Stanley promised he would (p.221). When the curse had been finished of the no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing great-great-grandfather, Stanley lived a normal life and it was good.

One reason I know that Zero has affected Stanley is because in the text it says, “Zero turned around, you didn’t steal the sunflower seeds. So neither did you, said Stanley. Zero stared at him. It’s almost as if Zero were looking right through him. You didn't steal the sneakers.” (Sachar 96) This shows that Zero is an influence and is showing Santley to be truthful and how good of a friend he is. Another reason that I think Zero is an influence is the part from the book that says, “It’s too late he told himself. Zero couldn’t have survived. But what if it wasn’t too late? He took a deep breath. Think about this, he told himself, but there wasn’t time to think. He flung open the door to the truck and quickly climbed inside.” (Sachar 147) This proves that Stanley is willing to do anything to go out and find Zero because Zero taught him to a good friend. That was how Zero affected Stanley and made him change. Now I will show you how Stanley has changed in the end of the

Later, he begins talking to Zero, a quiet boy who rarely speaks. They become inseparable friends and together they shut Camp Green Lake. They are both outsiders and the friendship that Stanley and Zero discover in unlikely places help him understand the world and

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

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.”

“Change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous in the end,” - Robin Sharma. Change is good sometimes and can be hard but you can make it. Though the influence of Zero’s friendship, Stanley changes from uncaring to caring.

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

One way he changes Stanley was by finding a suitcase and recognizing the name on the suitcase relates to Stanley, ”There in big black letters, was STANLEY YELNATS”(Sachar 216). This is a huge change for Stanley’s family since the suitcase holds diamonds worth twenty thousand dollars. While the twenty thousand dollars for the diamonds they receive is a huge accomplishment, Stanley and Zero also realize it’s something more that has brought them both to Camp Green Lake. Stanley learns that the reason he and Zero are both in Camp Green Lake is not as random as Stanley thought. Turns out Zero is the reason Stanley is in Camp Green Lake. “ ‘I took your shoes’ Zero said” (Sachar 175). Although Stanley does feel some anger towards Zero once he learns the reason for this punishment, he soon learns to forgive Zero who’s now a close friend of Stanley’s. The friendship with Zero is the added bonus to finding a suitcase full of valuable diamonds and discovering his own family history.