Holes By Louis Sachar

Have you ever been to camp? ““Rex! Alan! I want you to come say hello to Stanley. He’s the newest member of our team.”” (Sachar, 17). In the story, Holes, by Louis Sachar, Stanley is caught with stolen shoes. He’s sent to a camp, Camp Green Lake in fact. He dug holes there, in order to “straighten him out”. The theme of Holes is perseverance because he sows rebellion, displays overcoming failure, and also, represents the idea of survival.

In the story, the counselor, Mr Pendanski was asking Zero, very sarcastically, if he knew how to say different spelled-out words. Zero knew everyone expected him to be wrong, so he took a shovel, and Mr Pendanski across the face. He rebelled and ran away, as far as he could go, across the lake. “Zero took the shovel. Then he swung it like a baseball bat. The brutal blade smashed across Mr Pendanskis face… Zero kept backing up, out past the cluster of holes the boys had been digging, then father and farther out onto the lake.” (Sachar, 139). The quote tells you how he was pushed by anger to rebel, to hit Mr Pendanski with the shove, to run. Knowing that running is against the rules and he could die out there, without food or water.
With the intent of bringing him back to camp. Stanley searched and searched for Zero. He came across a structure, what looks like a boat. Stanley called