holes Essay

Have you ever gotten into trouble and didn’t do anything? Well that’s what happened to Stanley in the novel “Holes”. The author uses hyperboles and similes to demonstrate that Stanley perseveres through his punishments even though he didn’t commit the crime. The author uses hyperbole to exaggerate the punishment of digging holes. “Only ten million more to go, he thought, then placed the shovel back in the crack and jumped on it again,” pg 28.

In the novel Holes by Louis Sachar, a boy named Stanley Yelnats is wrongly accused of a crime. Instead of going to prison, he makes the decision to go to Camp Green Lake, where he must dig a hole everyday. Over the course of the story, many characters’ personalities develop and change. One of these characters is Katherine Barlow. When she is first introduced, Kate is a compassionate and caring teacher with a bit of attitude.

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

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

Stanley doesn’t want to dig holes, but he has to because of what he was blamed for. It shows that he's persevering because he’s still doing the punishment. In conclusion, the figurative language used shows how Stanley perseveres. Even though he was wrongly

“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.

In the Film Holes different filmic conventions are used to portray characters and construct atmosphere. The film is about a young boy named Stanley Yelnats who follows a journey like his great great great grandfather did. He was sent to Camp Green Lakes for a crime that he did not commit and when he arrived at camp he uncovered some of his family secrets. Techniques such as camera angles, sound effects and color constructs the characters and atmosphere in the film which creates the mood.These film codes are very important in the film as they help the viewer understand the story and conventions better.

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

Stanley is in Camp Green Lake. Stanley was surprised that there wasn’t a lake “There is no lake at Camp Green Lake” Stanley said. So Stanley met new people their names were Armpit, Zigzag, and Zero they showed Stanley around the camp. Everybody at the camp had to dig holes. Stanley didn’t like digging holes because it will hurt his hand, feet, and he starts to get tired easily. The good thing for Stanley was he was big so it will be easier for him.

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

Today, is August 19, 2149. After Russia and the United States entered the war, countries quickly chose sides. As was expected, Canada, Mexico, and a majority of Europe sided with the United States and in what may have been the surprise of the century, England sided with Russia, while Germany joined with the United States. After almost 10 years of intense war, the last atomic bomb dropped on the United States, called the Extensor. The United States quickly annihilated Russia and Europe with all the firepower we had and the countries were no longer in existence.

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.”

A good novel consists of exciting characters, an interesting setting, plot and story line, but most importantly a good novel conveys certain ideas about different messages the author is trying to get across, Louis Satcher in the novel holes does exactly this. Throughout the novel Satcher is constantly conveying the message of racial tolerance and intolerance, perseverance and has used clever techniques such as linking references from the past with the present to create an interesting novel filled with important themes about life.

Holes Essay In the book Holes it Stanley existed as a very unlucky boy and he blames it all on his No-Good-Dirty-Rotten-Pig-Stealing-Great-Great-Grandfather. With this Statement We already know that he has an Idea of something his Great-Great-Grandfather has done which has caused him to be like this. Stanley gets sent to camp Green Lake for something he did not do. In Camp Green lake he meets lots of different people, A few of which are Zero, X-ray, Armpit, Squid, Zigzag and Magnet.

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