Argumentative Essay On Holes By Louis Sachar

In the desert there’s Camp Green Lake a boys' juvenile detention center in Texas, but there is no lake and all day the boys just dig. Unfortunately Stanley’s sent to Camp Green Lake for a crime he did not commit. You’d never fully understand the novel Holes by Louis Sachar until you’ve read it, the end of the novel was kind of surprising, but I feel more details should have used about involving when Zero comes home at the end.

At the beginning of the novel holes Stanley was not fit, very athletic, or confident he was thoughtful and kind which are good traits to but when he meets his new cabin he changes in a less positive way. According to the author Stanley’s often bullied for his weight sometimes his teachers would do without knowing it (Sachar 7). Though Stanley's weight changed throughout the book and so did the bullying it stopped at one point. As stated by Sachar, He was innocent of the crime he’s convicted yet no one believed him (Sachar 7). Still everyone thought Stanley was lying because his story was so crazy

even though he was telling the truth. The author writes “‘I wouldn't waste a bullet on you.’” (Sachar 14). Mr. Sir, is not acting or pretending he cares for Stanley, he only does in front of important people. In the beginning of the novel, Stanley was more kind, truthful, and even when he’s treated horribly for his weight.
Stanley’s relationship with Zero helps Stanley be a better person by helping him care more for others.

Stanley carried zero up the mountain (Sachar 170). When Stanley carried Zero up the mountain it was helping him with his weight because It is not easy to carry people less up a mountain. “‘I stole the shoes, said zero’” (Sachar 225). When zero admits to stealing the shoes it helps Stanley with his problem knowing he was not making up some dumb story and people would start to believe him. Then he turned to zero who was quietly digging, and his hole was much smaller than the others. (Sachar 94). Stanley changed at this point of the novel when zero dug his hole he started a new friendship and started to respect him and gain his trust. Zero was a big part of Stanley's change in the novel because If zero wasn’t in Stanley's life he wouldn't have gone to Camp Green Lake and met the people he did, and his life wouldn't have changed for the

better.
By the End of the novel, Stanley Had become more like X-ray and them, but then he started to teach Zero. The author mentioned, His Muscles had strengthened and his hands callused (Sachar 80). At the end of the novel the author mentions this so his appearance had changed, he has gotten more strength and lost weight. “‘ I stole it from your truck’”, Said Stanley (Sachar 88). This quote I put because it has to deal with truthfulness because Stanley said he stole the seeds when he didn’t. “‘Thank god you’re ok,’” exclaimed the warden (Sachar 215).
The warden is acting like she cares for Stanley when she only cares for the treasure. Stanley change a lot throughout the book he looks, truthfulness, and what others say changed him.
Of course whenever I read this book Stanley's was a character that I saw the most changes. Friendships are all over this book like. X-ray and Stanley, Sam and Katherine, and all of Stanley's cabins. The author was trying to show you not to judge a book by it's cover because i feel Stanley judged zero since he didn't talk much, and the other boys he knew didn’t like him and made fun of him a lot so I feel that Stanley is only trying to be apart of the group.