Why Was Stanley Yelnats Sent To Camp Green Lake

In the novel Holes, Louis Sachar establishes Stanley’s improvement from the beginning of the novel to the end, including the changes in his confidence and character. Being bullied is tough and even though Derrick Dunne is bullying Stanley at the beginning, Stanley finds himself happier at camp green lake with his fellow campers. Renamed Caveman, he finally feels as though he finally fits in somewhere because they acknowledge him as one of them by giving him a nickname like the ones the others have. Eventually the peace between all the campers come to an end, and Zero takes off, leaving his canteen behind leaving Stanley to contemplate where his loyalties stand. So in the end, Stanley makes a brave, but possibly stupid choice, of stealing the

When Zero dug Stanley’s hole, something changed he’d been sincere to others in his tent, even though they were being blunt to him. When he started teaching Zero.

“I’ll teach you how to write if you want.” pg. 96 This quote shows that Stanley is willing to teach Zero after he digs his hole for him, and feels he should do something for him. “I just reached into the glass and took them.” pg. 184 “I was walking home when the sneakers fell from the sky.” pg. 23 Zero changed Stanley's life because he took the shoes from the homeless shelter and threw them over the overpass it hit Stanley causing the cops to think he stole them. When he went to Camp Green Lake, a lot of parts in his life changed. His family's fortune and the curse that has been with his family for centuries was removed too. This all happened because of Hector Zeroni (Zero). Stanley changes a lot in the novel, but how he is, in the end, is a whole lot different from the

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

This evidence gives information that Stanley wants to go but he is still wondering if Zero is still alive.

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

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

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.

“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.

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

“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.

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

After all this happened at Stanley’s years at school, Stanley got arrested and got sent to Camp Green Lake where he had to dig holes, which he was very weak which made it difficult. “He tried to jam [the shovel] into the earth, but the blade banged against the ground and bounced off without making a dent” (page 26). When you jam a shovel into the earth, something has to come out. Stanley did this, but he did not even leave a dent in the earth, which shows he is weak and not that good of a digger. After going to camp and digging many holes, he met a boy named, Hector Zeroni (Zero), and he slowly had a friend relationship with Zero.

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

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