Why Does Stanley Exist In A Wasteland

When Stanley first got to Camp Green Lake he was timid, apprehensive, and hesitant, but now he’s dauntless, sympathetic, and worthy.

Greasy Lake is described by the narrator in a deliberately appalling to the average reader. However, the narrator and his friends see the lake as the most favorable location to spend their days and late nights. The lake itself is described as “fetid and murky, the mud banks glittering with broken glass and strewn with beer cans and the charred remains of bonfires.” (130) However, as the

Karen Russel’s “The Star-Gazer’s Log of Summer-Time Crime” accounts the story of a boy named Ollie as he attempts to fit in with a boy that leads the group to commit “Summer-time crimes”. Russel is successful in creating a memorable story through symbolism, unique characters, and a poignant ending.

He also stands up for himself and his fellow friends. He used to be very careful before he spoke because he did not wanted to create trouble. “I’m not looking for trouble,” Stanley said. “I’m just tired that’s all.” (page 44), “He nervously went towards her. “Mr. Pendanski and I have been having a discussion. Have you taken a drink since Mr. Pendanski last filled your canteen?” Stanley didn’t want to cause trouble for Mr Pendanski. “I still got plenty left.” he said. “Excuse me.” He stopped. “Yeah, I drank some.” “Thank you. May I see your canteen please.” (page 67). As it mentions in the novel clearly that he was not looking for any trouble and that he did not want to cause any trouble for anyone because at that time he did not know how to stand up for yourself and continue growing. But later on, he gets to know everyone a little better. So he decided to show everyone the real him. “He went over to his hole, and to his surprise it was nearly finished. He stared at it, amazed. It didn’t make sense. Or perhaps it did. He smiled. Since he had taken the blame for the sunflower seeds, he realized the other boys had dug his hole for him. (page 94) “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.” “Excuse me?” said the Warden. “Isn’t it more important for him to learn to read” asked Stanley. “Doesn’t

The condition sat Camp Green Lake are harsh, and unsanitary. “The land was barren and desolate.”(Sachar,11) For his time, Stanly has to survive the challenges of the camp. At Camp Green Lake, there are no fences or other precautions made to keep campers at camp, because at the camp there is the only water to found for miles. When Stanly leaves camp, he has to walk in the hot sun, for hours, while looking for God's Thumb and Zero. When he finds Zero he must then support Zero and make a long climb out of the lake. Then, afterwards, he must then make the long walk back to camp. He does all this, showing great perseverance.

They would throw his journal in the toilet, and Stanley had to go fish it out, but now that he was digging all those holes he became slimmer and muscular. On page 29 it states “For once in his life it paid to be overweight.” this shows that he knows he is overweight and doesn’t like it. At camp he was the biggest one there and felt self conscious but at the end he wasn't the biggest one, Armpit was. He didn't have any friend because he was to shy and self conscious.

Stanley is currently sent to Camp Green Lake at the time, and while he’s on the bus, he thinks about his life and how it feels. According to the passage, “Stanley didn’t have any friends at home. He was overweight and the kids at his middle school often teased him about his irregular size.” The reader can tell that Stanley was out of shape at the beginning of the novel, and from this quote, we can tell that Stanley was unappreciated by people. The author states that Stanley used to get bullied at school, and that his teachers even made cruel comments about him without realizing it.

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.

He has never been to summer camp because his family is poor, so when he is tried for a crime and the judge tells him he can either go to the camp or to jail, he chooses Camp Green Lake. Chapter 3 Stanley rides to Camp Green Lake on a bus with the bus driver and a guard with a gun. He carries a backpack with a toothbrush, toothpaste, and a box of stationery that he plans to use to write to his mother. Stanley pretends that he is going to a camp like the ones rich children go to. Stanley hopes that he will make friends at Camp Green Lake.

There are many reasons as to why Stanley is living in a wasteland. The physical environment of the camp is one reason. The people at camp is another. His life situations is also another reason. To begin with Stanley’s physical environment is not a positive place to be in.

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.

This portion of the essay will provide a quick background of why Stanley was unjustly convicted of the crime, sending him to camp green lake and how the flashback that was incorporated later in Sahar’s novel is relevant to the Yelnats family bad luck curse. Although sent to

It takes him the whole day to dig it, but he does it. His pride is evident when the author writes, "He knew it was nothing to be proud of, but he felt proud nonetheless" (40). After digging his first hole, Stanley starts changing in other ways too. This accomplishment teaches Stanley to depend on himself for survival and see life differently as well as to do things by himself. It helps him start to grow up and become a young

At the start of the story, Stanley is an innocent boy who is from a poor family. Stanley is a person who isn't considered trustworthy because when he says that he didn't steal the shoes in court, nobody believes him and he is sent to Camp Green

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