In holes Stanley met a boy named Zero, and Zero helped change from a shy person to a brave person. He got made fun of for being overweight,was poor and was unlucky. I strongly believe that you should read this well developed book, for it has fascinating characters, the great message, and the astounding plot. The 14 year old and main protagonist of the story named Stanley Yelnats goes through a series of unfortunate events that leads him into an abusive camp.
He is overweight, lonely in school, and gets bullied frequently. In the camp, the requirement every day is to dig a hole five feet deep, and five feet. In Holes won the Newberry Award. Louis Sachar creates a staggering tale of adventure, mystery and destiny that can be enjoyed by all.
Sachar employs a very unique style of writing into Holes. He intertwines various stories with depth and meaning. He survived by climbing to the top of a thumb shaped mountain which he called God's thumb which happened to be Sam's old onion field.
Yelnats is Stanley Yelnats' mother. She does not believe in curses and always tries to point out the luck that the Yelnats' have had. Yelnats is Stanley's father. He is an inventor who is smart and persistent, but unlucky. His attempts to discover a way to recycle old sneakers cause the Yelnats' apartment to smell very bad. Eventually he discovers a cure to foot odor and is able to hire the lawyer, Ms.
Morengo to get Stanley out of Camp Green Lake. Sir is one of the counselors at Camp Green Lake. He is tough and mean and is constantly eating sunflower seeds. He seems to be friendly but really he is just as mean as the Warden and Mr. This is revealed by his constant taunting of Zero and by his total lack of concern for the safety of Stanley and Zero when they are covered in deadly yellow-spotted lizards.
Clyde is the famous baseball player whose shoes Stanley is accused of stealing. He also suffers from the same foot odor that Charles Walker had. Clyde becomes the spokesman for Stanley's father's cure for foot odor.
Derrick is the bully from Stanley's school. The teachers never believed that Derrick could bully Stanley because Stanley was so much larger. It is Derrick's testimony, however, that eventually proves that Stanley is innocent of stealing Clyde Livingston's shoes. SparkTeach Teacher's Handbook. Themes Motifs Symbols. Mini Essays Suggested Essay Topics. Characters Character List. Why else would they make teenaged boys dig endless holes in the middle of the desert?
Relationship Status… single. Personality… a little hapless, analytic, and kind. Instead of that making him depressed, though, it makes him empathetic. Stanley's family is cursed with bad luck. Unfairly sentenced to months of detention at Camp Green Lake, he and his campmates are forced by the warden to dig holes in order to build character. What they don't know is that they are digging holes in order to search for a lost treasure hidden somewhere in the camp.
Stanley shares these traits with his family and, although he does not have a lot of self-confidence, he is not easily depressed, a characteristic that helps him adjust to the horrendous conditions of Camp Green Lake. However, he has a bad habit which attributes his great-great-grandfather when he gets in a trouble. This habit made him impudently. As the book progresses, Stanley slowly develops physical strength and mental strength.
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