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    following question with the best detail you can find from the novel. Answer in full sentences! Quiz 1. Why did Stanley get sent to Green Lake Camp? 2. Why doesn’t Stanley blame the judge for finding him guilty? 3. What is more dangerous than Scorpions and Snakes at Camp Green Lake? 4. What was Kissing Kate’s full name and what mark did she leave? 5. What was the promise that Elya Yelnats made with Madame Zeroni? 6. Describe the characteristics of the Yellow spotted lizards. 7. What is Stanley’s

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    "Holes" is the story of Stanley Yelnats‚ a young boy that has been sent to Camp Green Lake for something he didn’t do. He believes his family is under a curse‚ and the curse has come to rest on him. However‚ throughout the story we can tell that Stanley is adaptable because he soon made some friends in the camp‚ he quickly learned the rules of the camp and he is becoming like the other boys. These facts can be illustrated in the quotes from the book. First of all‚ he always cares for others no matter

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    Stanley’s journey at Camp Green Lake from being looked down upon to a true‚respected friend. Imagine yourself in a new camp‚ where everybody looks down upon you. That is how Stanley felt in Camp Green Lake‚ where other campers disrespected him. At the beginning of the novel‚ Stanley was not accepted by his peers in the camp‚ but because of his loyalty to his friends‚ he is part of X-Ray’s group by the end of the novel. The start of a journey for Stanley‚ wasn’t amazing because he felt like‚ he

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    foot wide by 5 foot deep hole. That’s the life of Stanley Yelnats IV in the book “Holes” by Louis Sachar. The book “Holes” is a mystery comedy novel released on August 20th‚ 1989. The book “Holes” Starts off with a teenager named Stanley Yelnats IV. Stanley and his family have had bad luck ever since his no good dirty rotten pig-stealing great great grandfather Elya Yelnats made a promise he did not keep. But we’ll get to that later. After Stanley has to get his wet book from the bathroom after his

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    Character Analysis “Stanley was not a bad kid.” the narrator said in the novel Holes.Stanley has changed a lot throughout the book. All of the events in the story helped and lead up to who Stanley is at the end of the book. At the beginning‚ he was respectful and well behaved‚ but towards the end of the book‚ he was still thoughtful‚ but a little bit sneaky. Before Stanley changed at the end of the book‚ he was a respectful and well behaved boy. When he first arrived at camp‚ he always answered

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    Holes‚ through the influence of Zero’s friendship‚ Stanley changes from unloyal to loyal. In the beginning of the novel Stanley showed he is unloyal and not a true friend. Stanley shows he doesn’t care about Zero when he says‚ “He stopped writing as Zero walked into the tent‚ then returned to his letter. He didn’t care what Zero thought. Zero was nobody.” (Sachar 81) If Stanley really valued Zero he wouldn’t think of him as a nobody. Stanley reveals Zero isn’t a priority as he thinks to himself

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    Stanley has always been shy and never the popular kid‚ Stanley is always getting picked on by students even teachers. Stanley would try to fly under the radar.Though the influence of Zero’s friendship‚ Stanley changes from unconfident of himself to a brave person. Stanley at the beginning of the novel is that he was not confident in himself.Before Staley came he wasn’t confident in himself but when Stanley came to camp he started to fit in with the other boys at camp.Stanley was not sure if he

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    describes the thoughts‚ actions and activities of the characters‚ especially Stanley as if there was a ‘fly on the wall’. What makes this novel interesting is that the plot uses a series of flashbacks to tell the story‚ ranging from past to present. The main plot talks about a young boy called Stanley Yelnats and his experience at an all boys camp. The other plot talks about Stanley’s great-great grandfather Elya Yelnats and how an old lady called Madame Zeroni puts a curse on his descendants. Another

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    at a boys’ juvenile detention center situated in the dried up bed of a fictional lake in Texas. Most of the story is set in contemporary time‚ around the end of the 1990s. There are flashbacks to the town of Green Lake‚ which existed one hundred ten years earlier before the lake dried up. (Note: There is an actual Green Lake‚ one of the largest lakes in Texas‚ southwest of Port Lavaca‚ but the real town of Green Lake was all but abandoned after the Civil War.) There are also flashbacks to a village

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    Newbery Medal winner. The book takes place at a detention camp for boys named Camp Green Lake. The main character‚ Stanley Yelnats‚ is there for a crime he supposedly did not commit. The boys are all forced to dig holes each and every day that are five feet wide five feet deep so it will help enforce their character. The book is a thriller with mysterious aspects as well as humorous aspects and is the perfect book for all to read. Stanley had always had bad luck. Unfortunately‚ this wasn’t because

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