Holes

Stanley seems to be what we would consider a typical man: he works to support his wife, whom he loves dearly; he gets together with his friends to play cards or go bowling, and he seems to think of himself as the “king of his castle”. However, he is also seen as being animalistic in nature, as he, too, is ruled by passionate instinct. We can think of him as being animalistic because his reaction to various situations -- for instance, his reaction when Stella breaks up his card game (I, iii, 57) -- is often intense, violent, and very instinctive in nature.

Afterward, Stanley tried to fit in with the other boys as best as possible, until he met Zero, who taught him to be himself. Zero’s loyalty toward Stanley made him want to stand up for him since he couldn’t just stand there and watch. “Stanley managed to look up, and he saw that Zero had his arm around Zig-Zag’s long neck.” (Sachar 135) Stanley is going to continue since Zero

Stanley is the antagonist, he is violent and an enemy to the Protagonist, Blanche. “He acts like an animal, has an animal’s habits! Eats like one, moves like one, talks like one!”(scene 4) He hits Stella, and rapes Blanche. “We’ve had this date with each other from the beginning!” (scene10). It is also found that Stanley also reveals “the survival of the fittest,” in

So Stanley is showing overcoming failure by carrying Zero up the hill (God’s Thumb), which his great great grandfather failed to do. A long time ago Stanley’s grandfather wanted a pig from a woman to impress another woman to find love, but the deal was that Stanley's grandfather had to carry the pig up God’s thumb every day to feed it and let it have a drink, and after the pig got to big the man had to carry the woman he got the pig from up the hill so she could have a drink, and if he failed to do this, himself and all of his family would be cursed with bad luck for the rest of eternity, which he did, he failed to carry the woman up the hill. But Stanley broke this curse because the woman his grandfather got the pig from was a woman from the Zeroni family, and so was Zero, so when zero got sick Stanley carried Zero up the hill and broke the curse. I can prove that overcoming failure is part of this book with this quote, “C,mon Zero wake up, Fine i’ll carry you up the hill.” (Sachar, Chap

Stanley is the antagonist in The Streetcar Named Desiree by Tennessee Williams. Stanley is a man that likes control. His can be described a poor; middle class man. This man physically and emotionally abuses people. From the beginning, he treats Blanche, his sister-in-law, as the enemy.

“We always took what we needed, Zero said. When I was little, I didn’t even know it was stealing. I don’t remember when I found out.” Zero had a bad life but after knowing how bad it really was. Plus Stanley always thought he has it worse but after just talking to zero Stanley probably realized how things can be even without his no-good dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-grandfathers curse.

As stated on page 9 of Holes, “He lost his entire fortune when he was moving from New York to California. His stagecoach was robbed by the outlaw Kissin’ Kate Barlow.” Even Stanley’s great grandfather suffered due to Kate’s crime spree. The metamorphosis from kind hearted teacher to dangerous, insane renegade is truly

“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.

The deal was for Elya to carry the pig up a moutain so it can drink from it’s river every day for the next forty days, then after forty days he was to carry the old gypsy, Madame Zeroni, up the moutain so she could drink from it’s river, she warned Elya if he failed to do this that he will have bad fortunes even through the generations. This history weaves in and out of Stanley’s present life.

Stanley has been teaching Zero how to read and to write a little, so for a deal if Zero digs Stanley’s hole

Have you ever been let down one day and the next you're a big shot? Well, that happened to Stanley Yelnats from the book Holes. Stanley was a nobody and everyone made fun of him. He had no friends and to make matters worse he was sent to a military camp called Camp Green Lake. That’s where he met Hector Zeroni, his brother/best friend.

Yes there was a curse on Stanley’s family because all of Stanley’s forefathers have been getting bad luck ever since they were born, it only makes sense they have a curse because they are always in the wrong place in the wrong time. To prove it Stanley went to Camp Green Lake for something he didn’t do. He was walking back from school and a pair of shoes fell down from the sky. Not only that it was a famous baseball player’s shoes (Clyde Livingston) it was also stolen. Minutes later the police had arrived on the scene and Stanley was convicted for stealing shoes. See how bad his luck is, it just proves there was a curse on Stanley. But there is still more evidence. The curse started when Elya Yelnats made a promise to Madame Zeroni that he will carry her up the mountain make her drink from the stream and sing a song for her. But he broke the promise and went to America. Then the bad luck started to roll in. But Stanley Yelnats the 4th fulfilled the promise by carrying Zero up the mountain, a descendant of Madame Zeroni made him drink water from a puddle or some sort and sang for Zero. Therefore the curse was over and Stanley was lucky. His father had also found a cure to foot odour the same night Stanley carried Zero up the

For starters, Stanley’s environment is not a great place to be in. He is living in a hot and dry environment called Camp Green Lake that has no lake. This camp also has deadly animals, for example, the yellow-spotted lizard. This lizard is deadly that if it bites you, you either die a slow death or die instantly.

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.

Stanley Yelnats also known as Caveman is a teenaged boy from Texas. Stanley is very superstitious about the bad things that accrues in his life are linked to his family's curse of bad luck. An example of this is when Stanley