Why Stanley Dug His Shovel Into The Ground By Louis Sachar

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.

“You’re a good guy, Caveman” X-ray said to Stanley in Louis Sachar’s Holes. Of course, Stanley had never thought of himself as “good.” In fact, Stanley thought he was nervous, cursed, and lonely. But after many events in the book, Stanley became strong, selfless, and brave.

The story contained lots of conflict and changes over time and Stanley is the one who had suffered the most out of all of them.

Stanley’s rugged, unsophisticated, and not very wealthy. Some would even say he’s barbaric and comes across as a brute. His personality resembles the likes of a hardworking, middle class man, that’s

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

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

Stanley is portrayed in a negative light throughout the play, with his mind mainly focused on himself. Williams paints this impression of Stanley by emphasizing the importance of his possessions by describing, “his car, his radio, everything that’s his.” (25) At first glance, Stella and

When he has his parties, he does not consider anyone else feelings. When Blanche and Stella tried to listen to music on the radio, he demanded they turn it off, when they did not he throw it out the window. He walks around as if he is great but really, he is not. Stanley did not have a lot of money. His family lives in a house that is not very attractive.

9. How does Hochschild illustrate Stanley’s intentions

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

Stanley said in scene two “Then where’s the money if the place was sold” (Williams 33)? Stanley is trying to protect his wife and make sure she was not cheated from her inheritance. Any family man would go to any measure to protect his wife and family, and Stanley is no exception. Stanley is a family man because he is a provider.

He thought it would be fun, but he was wrong. The boys there were all dirty and Stanley had to dig a hole every day, waking up early so the blazing hot sun wouldn’t blaze on them the whole time. The dimension of the hole that had to be dug everyday was five feet deep and five feet wide. Stanley developed his physical, emotional and social features significantly. The development of Stanley’s physical characteristics throughout the novel will now be discussed

In the book Holes by Louis Sachar the main character Stanley goes on a big adventure, but faces many different things. Stanley has had many different changes, but faces many different changes, but i'm gonna tell you a few. Through the influence or Zero’s friendship Stanley changes from insecure to confident.

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