Holes
“When you spend your hole life in a hole, the only way you can go is up” -Zero
In this essay it will be demonstrated that it is possible to climb out of a “hole” if someone has the motivation and determination to do so. Stanley and Zero are example of this. Unfortunately this was not the case for Sam and Lewis (barf-bag).
The novel “Holes” show that Stanley did endeavour to overcome his many challenges, Stanley show persistence in spite of how difficult or burdensome the mission seemed.
An instance of this is when Stanley got convicted of thief, although the conditions were hard at camp he continued his daily duties and did not give into despair and disheartenment, in hope and patience in waiting for release, even though he was unjustly sentenced, to Camp Green Lake. That wasn't the only testimony that shows Stanley's optimism, Stanley tried to emulate the actions of his great-grandfather who “found refuge on god's thumb” at the top of the mountain after being robbed of his possession. During the journey to “god's thumb” Stanley continued striving to survive, and help Zero endure the peregrination. Friendship was the driving force of his decisions, without it things might have turned out much differently, and much worse
Those examples illustrate that Stanley refused to allow his great-grand-fathers curse to ruin his life.
In the book “Holes” we find that Zero is another character, who did not let his childhood circumstances determine the rest of his life.
At a very young age zero learnt to fend for himself. He was sent to Camp Green Lake for stealing a pair of shoes, that he needed, as he know one to care for him. However Zero attempted to overlook being bullied at camp green lake. He constantly was bullied by many of the boys. He was also made worthless by Mr.Pendanceski ,the camp counsellors, who said to the other boys his name was Zero “because there's nothing inside his head”(pg.19).Zero didn't believe diggery was “all you'll
In this essay it will be demonstrated that it is possible to climb out of a “hole” if someone has the motivation and determination to do so. Stanley and Zero are example of this. Unfortunately this was not the case for Sam and Lewis (barf-bag).
The novel “Holes” show that Stanley did endeavour to overcome his many challenges, Stanley show persistence in spite of how difficult or burdensome the mission seemed.
An instance of this is when Stanley got convicted of thief, although the conditions were hard at camp he continued his daily duties and did not give into despair and disheartenment, in hope and patience in waiting for release, even though he was unjustly sentenced, to Camp Green Lake. That wasn't the only testimony that shows Stanley's optimism, Stanley tried to emulate the actions of his great-grandfather who “found refuge on god's thumb” at the top of the mountain after being robbed of his possession. During the journey to “god's thumb” Stanley continued striving to survive, and help Zero endure the peregrination. Friendship was the driving force of his decisions, without it things might have turned out much differently, and much worse
Those examples illustrate that Stanley refused to allow his great-grand-fathers curse to ruin his life.
In the book “Holes” we find that Zero is another character, who did not let his childhood circumstances determine the rest of his life.
At a very young age zero learnt to fend for himself. He was sent to Camp Green Lake for stealing a pair of shoes, that he needed, as he know one to care for him. However Zero attempted to overlook being bullied at camp green lake. He constantly was bullied by many of the boys. He was also made worthless by Mr.Pendanceski ,the camp counsellors, who said to the other boys his name was Zero “because there's nothing inside his head”(pg.19).Zero didn't believe diggery was “all you'll