Holes Sachar

The most ostentatious of the group, Stanley is a flawed man that is forced into the role of husband and father by the women around him. Stanley enjoys avoiding his real life and problems by socializing with his other equally macho friends playing poker and drinking excessive amounts of alcohol which in turn makes him stereotypically violent towards his wife. Stanley’s actions to Blanche as well are possessive and domineering as he looks through her things and criticizes the gifts she has garnered from the various suitors she had. “After Stanley's rummaging around in the trunk, Blanche exclaims: "It looks like my trunk has exploded" (38). When he violates that space - "Stanley crosses to the trunk, shoves it roughly open, and begins to open compartments" (41) - he betrays Blanche's intimacy. Rapaciously investigating the love letters, "He rips off the ribbon and starts to examine them, Blanche snatches them from him, and they cascade to the floor." Furious, she shouts: "Now that you've touched them, I'll burn them" and then starts scooping "the floor, gathering

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

Chapter 9 focuses on Stanley's adjustment to life at Camp Green Lake, which isn't very pleasant. The boys have no recreation, since the "rec. hall," is really the "wreck room," where every piece of old equipment is broken. When Stanley comes into the room after digging his first hole, he trips over a kid he calls "The Lump." When "The Lump" moves threateningly toward Stanley,

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

Shoes digging deeply into moist earth, I catapulted myself to over the Mound. Cresting it revealed a gentle slope leading towards the calm Silver Lake below. The sky above was a soft periwinkle blue and as I looked further west, protracted bands of violet, pink, red and orange clouds claimed the vista. The hills slope was a dull reflection of the sky and atop the ground our cabins sat comfortably facing the setting sun. I was to first to my group’s cabin and thus got to pick the top bunk of a bed with a window facing west, towards the sunset. The whole camp was told to put their belongings in their chest and to make their way to the lake. Tossing my bag on my bed, I ran after the sun with the other kids. On the beachfront of the lake, a great collection of twigs, sticks and logs had been set up. In a radiant brilliance, the sun said its last goodbyes and night took its place. The president sang the Camps motto and sparked the famished bonfire alive, sending a burst of scarlet red flames into the night and illuminating the solder pines that encircled the beach. Roasted marshmallows and chocolate bars filled the air with scents carrying the very essence of camping.

The two friends then talked for a while before trying to make it to Big Thumb a rock that they believed had water in it since Stanley’s great great grandfather said he survived on Big Thumb after being stranded in the desert. After a long climb and walk Zero then goes unconscious until Stanley was able to find wild onions and water in a hole in the mountain, and when Stanley found this hole Zero started to wake up and reagin his energy. A week passed and Stanley stayed at Big Thumb with Zero regaining their strength until they get an idea to go back to camp and look for the treasure that the Warden was looking for. When they arrived at the camp Stanley spotted the hole where he first found the gold tube. Stanley started digging downward after finding nothing he then digs in the hole to make it wider where he then finds a briefcase. After a short problem with how to get the briefcase out of the hole without causing a cave in. When they figured what to do the Warden,Mr.Pendanski, and Mr.Sir were standing their with a flashlight and

“He made a deal with Zero to teach him how to read, if Zero dug half of Stanley's hole” (Sacher pg. 96) If Zero hadn't become Stanley's friend, Stanley wouldn't have made a deal with him, and he wouldn't have a friend. “Stanley drove the water truck to find zero, but he drove into a hole.” (Sacher pg. 147) In the beginning, Stanley was afraid of Mr.Sir, and he said he wouldn’t run away, but he couldn’t let Zero die, because he cared about him. “Stanley carries Zero up the big thumb.” (Sacher pg. 170) Stanley saved Zero’s life, but in the beginning, Stanley would have said it was too hard, or that he couldńt do it. He would be afraid to carry

To start off, the area around Stanley is physically in is not good for him. After a long day of digging holes, Stanley is still not given the proper nourishment. Surrounded in an area infested with yellow-spotted lizards, he is constantly in danger since lizards live in holes and snack on the sunflower seed shells that people leave behind.

Stanley used to be very lonely Stanley didn't have any friends which lead to bullying. ,”He didn't have any friends at home. He was overweight and the kids at his middle school often teased him about his size”(Sachar 7)Stanley would later meet people at the camp and build a

Negatively and positively, Zero changed Stanley’s life. Stanley was losing weight until he made a bet with Zero. “ he could think of no reason why Zero would dig his hole for him” ( Sachar 95). To clarify, Stanley was making progress losing weight but then made the bet with Zero. As Stanley was growing a strong relationship with Zero. Zero revealed that he had seen the shoes before. “‘Do they have red X’s on them’” ( 101). In general, Stanley was telling the truth about the sneaker crime he was innocent for. Stanley writes a letter to his mom and dad thought Zero was making fun of him. “‘ I don’t want her to worry about me’” ( 46). Stanley just wants to make sure his mom knows he is doing just fine at Camp. Stanley character changed in a big amount, he learns how to think of

Stanley was not a very fit person. His skin was soft and unused to work, he was large and was not healthy. Like all the other boys at the camp, he didn’t enjoy digging holes, but because of his unhealthy condition, it was much harder for him to do so. Because he was forced to do something he couldn’t do easily or well, he

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

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.”

Stanley during Camp Green Lake undergoes some emotional changes. When Zero first asks him to teach him how to read he refuses, and starts to seem less caring to the reader:

Stanley knows that Zero feels Sick, while he feels fine, so he doesn’t want to give up before Zero does. Now that Stanley has Zero as a friend, he becomes more trustworthy, and