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Analysis. Holes explores the different ways in which people are viewed by themselves and by others. While the authorities view the unfortunate Stanley as a criminal, the boys at Camp Green Lake, themselves delinquents, cannot believe that Stanley could or would steal a famous baseball player's shoes. Similarly, while Stanley feels persecuted by ...
Chapter 22. Back in the tent, Stanley waits until the other boys have left before thanking Zero for digging his hole. When asked why he helped, Zero says that Stanley didn't steal the sunflower seeds. Stanley points out that Zero didn't steal them either to which Zero responds, "You didn't steal the sneakers."
The gold tube that Stanley has found obviously interests the Warden and has some bearing on why all the boys are digging holes in the first place. The gold tube is one more clue and the initials will doubtless provide more information about why the Warden wants the boys digging holes under the hot Texas sun. A summary of Chapters 13–16 in ...
The other boys joke that Zero just likes digging, but Stanley isn't convinced that's really why he did it. When Stanley thanks Zero for digging his hole, Zero says that he knows Stanley was taking ...
Holes Chapter 7 Summary. Back. More. Stanley is digging a hole the next morning while it's still dark. After breakfast that morning, the boys had each filled their canteens and fetched a shovel from a shed near the showers. Then each group of boys was sent to dig in a different area. The camp is full of holes that have been dug in the past ...
Summary. In Chapter 7, through flashbacks interwoven with Stanley's digging, we learn the story of Elya Yelnats and the origin of the Yelnats family curse. In this historical flashback, Elya Yelnats is a fifteen-year-old Latvian boy who falls in love with a beautiful but shallow girl named Myra Menke. Myra's father demands that both of Myra's ...
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Summary. Analysis. The next morning, Stanley eats his lukewarm cereal, fills his canteen, and chooses a shovel before the sun comes up. He tries to dig the point of the blade into the ground, but it's baked hard. Stanley helplessly watches Zero, who already has a large pile of dirt next to his hole. Mr. Pendanski had told Stanley to report ...
