The Importance Of Friendships

In the story Holes, Stanley is framed as a juvenile delinquent who is found guilty of stealing the famous Clyde Livingston’s shoes. He is sent to Camp Green Lake for 18 months to serve his punishment. At Camp Green Lake, it is a detention center for juvenile delinquents who have committed a crime. The Warden runs the Camp. Camp Green Lake is in the middle of a desert in Texas. It used to be a city called Green Lake Town, and Green Lake, where Camp Green Lake is on. The town dried up over time, and now all that is left is a dry desert. At Camp Green Lake, you must dig holes at the dry, dusty, and hard lake beds of Green Lake. Each hole must be 5 by 5 feet. Stanley meets Zero at Camp Green Lake, who also had committed a crime. One day, when Stanley is

Stanley is a boy who goes to a juvenile detention center after being accused of stealing Clyde Livingston’s shoes. Everyday Every day he’s there he has to dig a hole to learn character. Several centuries before he arrives, every day he’s there he has to dig a hole to learn character. Several centuries before he arrives, his grandfather, Stanley Yelnats how to curse put on him after not walking bottoms are only up the mountain for a drink in the stream. In Camp Green Lake. In this story, Stanley changes a lot. When he comes from big and weak to skinny and strong. He also has a big personality change during his time at Camp Green Lake as well as a life-changing discovery.

Stanley had finally broke the curse from his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather! And after all that time Stanley spent with Zero, he gained character- and a new

The discussion leads onto Stanley and how his "drive" will help him get somewhere at the plant. Stanley has a strong character that is driven by his dominant side; this "drive" reinforces the masculine side of him.

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

aggression of Stanley (who is based on his father). His father- similar to Stanley- was very

Life continued fairly mundanely, but Stanley’s father still wanted the perfect family he had lost years before. When Stanley was eight years old, his father decided to marry a woman by the name of Dorris Bigler. Stanley could only remember life without a mother, so he was excited to gain a new parental figure. Soon after his father and Dorris married, she had two children named John Woodrow, J.W. for short, and Gloria.

First of all in the book the story Stanley ends up at this rusty bad camp that is ran by a warden, and in the book he just starts there. Also, the next thing I will talk about is in the book the climate was much cooler it stated then in the movie. Thirdly, the plot of Holes is placed in different spots the movie is in Arizona, and the book was in Texas. Finally, I think that the movie was a lot more better than the book because I’m more of a guy who likes to see things. There are a few differences between the characters in the book and the movie I will tell you about.

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

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

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

Stanley’s dirty- rotten- pig- stealing- great- grandfather, made his whole family have bad luck. Stanley has bad luck, but is always hopeful. Stanley changes from hopeful and not popular to brave and popular because of how sachar describes him before he goes to camp, his great friendship with Zero and when he returns home.

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.”

When he first arrived at the camp, the other camp members treated him poorly. Stanley started to feel that he had no one to be there for him or to comfort him. As time went on at the camp, Stanley made one friend named Zero. Zero was not the “smartest crayon in the box” but showed compassion for Stanley. Stanley and Zero came up with a deal that showed love for each other.

A year later, his father remarried a woman from “hell” and she was one of the reasons why Stanley became destructive. She was selfish and only cared for her and her seven children. She physically and emotionally abused Stanley by severely beating him many times and blaming him for senseless things. She also neglected him and his two other siblings while she gave her children the best of everything with Stanley’s father money. For example, his stepmother would save food and feed her own children and let Stanley and his siblings