Holes by Louis Sachar - People Can do Extraordinary Things When Put to the Test

Chapter 9 focuses on Stanley's adjustment to life at Camp Green Lake, which isn't very pleasant. The boys have no recreation, since the "rec. hall," is really the "wreck room," where every piece of old equipment is broken. When Stanley comes into the room after digging his first hole, he trips over a kid he calls "The Lump." When "The Lump" moves threateningly toward Stanley,

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 was a boy in middle school who was overweight. He got teased, was cursed, and unlucky. Could his life get worse? In fact, it did and he was accused of a crime he did not commit. He got sent to Camp Green Lake where he had a chance to change his life. Stanley was cursed from his great- great grandfather who stole a pig. Later in Stanley’s life, Stanley goes through many difficult times. Throughout Louis Sachar’s novel, Holes, Stanley is characterized as unlucky, overweight, and weak, but by encountering people, changes, and difficulties, Stanley is now lucky, fit, and caring by the end.

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.

To start off, the area around Stanley is physically in is not good for him. After a long day of digging holes, Stanley is still not given the proper nourishment. Surrounded in an area infested with yellow-spotted lizards, he is constantly in danger since lizards live in holes and snack on the sunflower seed shells that people leave behind.

In this part of the novel Stanley shows us that he is weak by saying that the shovel is heavy and by not making a dent to the ground.

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

In the story Stanley has to dig a hole every single day for 18 months. This is because he is accused for stealing a famous pair of shoes. He went to Camp Green Lake in the middle of a used to be lake. “ The next morning Mr.Sir marched the boys to another section of the lake and each boy dug his own hole five feet deep and five feet wide.”( sachar, 97) The boys ability to dig there own hole shows strength. 5 feet is the average height of a fifth grader. They must need strength to dig a hole

To begin,Stanley’s Physical environment isn’t a positive place to be in. For one thing there is a big lack of nature.

So Stanley had the choice of going to jail or going to camp green lake, he chose camp green lake. Camp green lake is a place where troubled kids go and dig holes every day. So for the first few days he digs his hole a day, its not that easy. Later on that week Stanley meets this boy named “Zero”, the people in the camp called him zero because he wouldn't talk at all to them. Stanley and zero become good friends over the time. Stanley then receives a letter from his parents and he think zero is reading it but zero can't read, zero wanted to be taught to read. At first Stanley said no but zero said he would help him dig part of his hole everyday so he wouldn't be so tired to tutor him.

Erik Erikson 's explanation of psychosocial development is one of the best-known theories of personality in psychology. The term "psychosocial development" is the pattern of change in emotions, personality and social relationship (“A Child’s World” 10). Erikson believed that the achievements and failures of earlier stages influence later stages, whereas later stages change and transform earlier ones. His theory shows the impact on social relationships throughout one’s entire life. Each individual goes through eight developmental stages, and each stage is characterized by a different “crisis” in personality- a major psychosocial theme that is above all important at that time but will remain an issue to some degree throughout the rest of life (“A Child’s World). “To Erikson, the sequence of the stages are set by nature. It is within the set limits that nurture works its ways” (“Erikson’s Stages of Development”).

When we think back on the mistakes we have made in life did any of them have a good outcome? For young Stanley Yelnats in Holes by Louis Sachar, a mistake turned his life around. The mistake put him in a bad place, but by the end of the story he had actually ended up with many good outcomes. Stanley benefitted from many things from the mistake made by Hector Zeroni. Stanley made a friend, received/ found a treasure, and also bettered himself as a person. Even though he got pulled into a mess he did not let it destroy him as a person. He strived to better himself and those around him. In the beginning of the story Stanley is a timid, bigger built, loving, and caring boy; but as the story progresses he begins to change. Stanley’s personality

In the history of ancient world, where the power rested in the hands of men, there exists one woman who eclipses all other of her own time. In the prism of popular culture, her name became a byword for beauty, luxury and intelligence. More than that, her story is twined with one of the most powerful historians like Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. She is of course, the last pharaoh of Egypt, "Cleopatra". Cleopatra, though she ruled for a short period, has a strong impression in the public consciousness because she was able to sustain an empire at the peaks of ever-expanding Roman empire. Moreover, the empire she established was very powerful.

Stanley acts irresponsible when Sachar says, “ The shovel felt heavy on Stanley’s hands. He tried to jam it into the earth, but the blade banged against the ground and bounced off without a dent.” (Sachar 27). Stanley doesn’t seem to be very good at digging holes, because he got tired of digging a hole the day he started. When Stanley moves to Camp Green Lake, He does’nt show bravery for doing his job.

Stanley and his parents had tried to pretend that he was just going away to camp for a while, just like rich kids do. When Stanley was younger he used to play with stuffed animals, and pretend the animals were at camp. Camp Fun and Games he called it. Sometimes he'd have them play soccer with a marble. Other times they'd run an obstacle course, or go bungee jumping off a table, tied to broken rubber bands. Now Stanley tried to pretend he was going to Camp Fun and Games. Maybe he'd make some friends, he thought. At least he'd get to swim in the