Can you name the nicknames of the characters from louis sachars book holes. The warden came over and found out that zero was digging some of stanleys hole so stanley could teach zero to read. This is the nickname given to one of the characters after he digs his first hole but finds he is trapped there because he doesnt have the strength to pull himself out. I could felt the heat of camp green lake radiating out of the book a huge acheivement. At the camp, the boys are mistreated by the suspicious owners, who force them to continually dig holes in the middle of a desert with the same width and depth.
The real names and nicknames of the main characters of the novel holes are as follows. In the book zigzag apologizes to stanley yelnats iv for beating him up at the end of the book. Holes 2003 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Charles walkers earns the nickname trout because his feet smell like dead fish.
One day he got a rattlesnake to bite him to get out of camp green lake. Camp green lake is by the side of a dried up lake in the middle of a desert. In the book, stanley starts out being overweight, but eventually loses weight from digging. Symbols in the book holes lets explore a few symbols author louis sachar uses in his book.
He tells xray how to get more time off and begins to teach zero how to read. Stanley is the downtrodden kid who gets kicked around by just about everyone and everything. Some names given are fitting to the characters describing their personalities or characteristics while others can be negative and label them in a way which can scar a person permanently. What is stanleys nickname at camp greenlake in the book holes.
Because of that, he is taken to a camp to build his character. According to most of the characters in the book, zero is a big fat zero. Holes is a 1998 young adult novel written by louis sachar and first published by farrar, straus. Stanley yelnats is the main character and the protagonist of the novel holes. And the book is a puzzle that intelligent people will enjoy solving and the humor grows out of the story and is not directed at any of the characters. Most of the characters in holes have more than one name. Holes character nicknames holes by louis sachar book group. Light usually suggests hope renewal, or intellectual. Stanley is given the name caveman, jose is magnet and rex is xray. Holes is an entertaining, fastpaced story, with hardly a dull moment in its 233 pages. Stanley yelnats iv stanley, the protagonist of holes, is a dynamic character.
Visit to buy new and used textbooks, and check out our awardwinning nook tablets and ereaders. Holes is an extremely wellregarded newbery medalwinning childrens novel by louis sachar. He is overweight and is accustomed to having bad luck. Stanley is the protagonist of this story, a shy, unpopular high school student. Im making up the story and trying to figure out who the characters are and what happens and how they get from place to place and chapter to chapter. Here are the prominent characters in the book, holes. The outcast a character banished from a social group for some real or imagined crime against his fellow man, usually destined to wander from place to place. Louis sachars holes nicknames activity by one student at. I do this for a variety of reasons, but mainly motivation. What he should do, he thought, was go out after zero. Use this graphic organizer to keep track of all the characters and their nicknames.
Contentsshow holes character list a list of all the characters in holes. The boys like to be called by unseemly nicknames, armpit, squid, xray, magnet, zigzag and zero, but mr. Holes by louis sachar book summary minute book report. Stanley yelnats, the main character caveman, hector zeroni zero, rick zigzag, jose magnet, theodore. His family is cursed because of his nogooddirtyrottenpigstealinggreatgreatgrandfather. Through his experience at the hellish camp green lake. There are also 2 antagonists, however they are both in the present day, they are. Id also highly recommend the movie adaptation once you finish the book, because they did an outstanding job with the film. Its about teenager stanley yelnats, who is arrested for a crime he didnt commit and sent to a juvenile detention center called camp green lake. Hector zeroni, aka zero, was given his nickname by mr. The warden this character is a tall, redhaired, frecklefaced woman who paints her fingernails with dark red. It took me a year and a half to write holes, and i never told anyone anything about it during all that time.
This was one of the most interesting characters in the book, and to see him brought to life in such amazing style was a joy to watch. The film stars sigourney weaver, jon voight, patricia arquette, tim blake nelson and shia labeouf. Each day the boys have to dig a hole 5 foot deep and 5 foot wide measured by the shovel. Mostly a case of pragmatic adaptation, as it would have been difficult to portray a protagonist rapidly losing weight over the course of a film. In the back of the book there is an insert from the author and some of his family and he mentions the book is for adolescents the language of the book in my opinion is on the level of a fourth or fifth. This activity was created by a quia web subscriber. Holes thorndike press large print literacy bridge series. What are the characters names in holes the film answers. Stanley yelnats is the main character in the novel. At camp green lake he finds it much easier to fit in, and within a couple days of arriving already has a nickname and a. Throughout the novel, names act as a theme that allows the characters to disassociate their lives at camp green lake from their lives.
Test your knowledge on this literature quiz to see how you do and compare your score to others. The warden questioned him about what he has learnt and ridicules him. Well look closely at the significance of the use of holes, onions and nicknames. Stanley yelnats the novels protagonist, stanley is an overweight kid with a lot of bad luck. With each subsequent draft i normally do about five drafts of a book i am able to write longer. Stanley yelnats from the book holes was glad that the other kids gave him caveman as a nickname because the giving of nicknames signified acceptance into the group. Justice is what stanley wants and expects, and the way it plays out is what makes the story work. Holes is a great book mainly talking about a boy named stanley yelnats who has a family curse of his grandfather. He changes during the course of the novel due to the influence and effect of his e. Holes is a 1998 young adult novel written by louis sachar and first published by farrar, straus and giroux. Nonviolent and generally kind, stanley has a difficult time in school and at the camp. He is described early on as soft and pudgy, and a natural target for bullies at his texas high school, notably a nasty boy named derrick dunne.
Linebyline modern translations of every shakespeare play and poem. The holes characters chapter of this holes study guide course is the most efficient way to study the characters from the novel holes by louis sachar. As the other boys from d tent return, tired and dirty from digging their holes, mr. He is convicted of a crime he did not commit and is sent to the camp green lake juvenile detention center. He tries to stay out of trouble but eventually fights. The novels protagonist, stanley is an overweight kid with a lot of bad luck.
Stanley yelnats character analysis in holes litcharts. It was later released on dvd and vhs on september 23, 2003. Escape seems impossible because there is no food or water. As stanley observed, nicknames can also be terms of respect. The creators of sparknotes holes characters from litcharts. Holes by louis sachar teachers guide penguin random. Definitions and examples of 6 literary terms and devices. By not allowing myself to talk about it, the only way i can let it out, is to finish writing it. He changes during the course of the novel due to the influence and effect of his experiences and actions. The book centers on an unlucky teenage boy named stanley yelnats, who is sent to camp green lake, a juvenile corrections facility in a desert in texas, after being falsely accused of theft. A character study of kissing kate barlow in the book holes, by louis sachar, i chose the character miss katherine barlow also known as kissing kate barlow. So the qualities it brings out are peoples natural compassion for other people and imagination and intelligence. Analysis and discussion of characters in louis sachars holes.
Symbols in holes allen independent school district. Which names are used, when, and by whom, can give us some pretty important inside info about a characters personality or attitudes, as well as their place in the hierarchy of the camp. They can also be derived from peoples skills, achievements, or characteristics. The extent of his cruelty comes out toward the end of the novel, when he. Holes study guide contains a biography of louis sachar, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. According to most of the characters in the book, zero is a. Holes study guide contains a biography of louis sachar, literature. He does his best to keep to himself and is soon given the nickname caveman due to his size. Mr pendanski also ridicules him and zero smashes him in the face with his shovel and then runs away. A list of all the characters in holes camp green lake characters. When the book starts, he is overweight and passive. Holes by louis sachar antagonists setting the setting in this book is camp green lake, which ironically is a flat desert with no water within hundreds of miles.
Another boy at the camp, magnet earned his nickname by his ability to steal things. Get everything you need to know about stanley yelnats in holes. Find related themes, quotes, symbols, characters, and more. What is stanleys nickname at camp greenlake in the book. The main theme in louis sachars holes is the theme of justice. Id definitely recommend this to anyone looking for a fun, enjoyable read. Sir gets recognized as marion sevillo, zigzag says marion, gee, i didnt know that was a mans name mr. Caveman stanley yelnats iva teenage white overweight average weight in the movie boy who was falsely accused of stealing clyde livingstons shoes which got him sent to camp green lake. This is a quick book summary of holes by louis sachar. A curse that began with his nogooddirtyrottenpigstealinggreatgreatgrandfather and has since followed generations of yelnatses.
First edition was published in 1998 and the 10 th anniversary edition was published in2008. The book has a good ending but you need to read the book to find out what happens. Symbols in holes h ol es hopelessness the boys find treasure at the bottom of a hole digging holes in the hot sun everyday builds character stanley digs a hole to reach fresh water the curse is broken holes are often a negative symbol in the book, as the. Then, use what you learned about the power of a nickname to create your own. Stanley yelnats x ray squid magnet zero armpit zig zag kate barlow mr. Character analysis of stanley yelnats, zero and kate barlow. This book has flashed back many memories and things that i have experienced and made me have empathy on stanley. Symbol archetypes character archetype light vs darkness. See results from the holes characters nicknames quiz on sporcle, the best trivia site on the internet. Miss katherine was first a schoolteacher, but then was the most feared outlaw. He attributes this bad luck to his nogooddirtyrottenpigstealinggreat. Stanley, the protagonist of holes, is a dynamic character. When kate barlow refuses to go out with him he becomes very angry. In the book, he was called trout because his feet smelled like fish.
Stanley is the fourteenyearold protagonist of the novel, who has been wrongfully. The warden allows the inmates the rest of their day off if they find anything interesting. He is an overweight boy who does not have many friends and often gets picked and bullied by a boy in his school derrick dune. One of the characters most of us remember from the movie holes is zero. And it was all down to the incredible acting of khleo thomas, the young actor who portrayed the character all those years ago.
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