He wandered in the desert with no food and water for sixteen days. Stanley, who is in fact innocent, has been sent to camp green lake for stealing the shoes of a famous basketball player. This excites readers and gives them a sense of accomplishment as they realize how each plot is intertwined. Everyone in his family had always liked the fact that stanley yelnats was spelled the same frontward and backward. Stanley yelnats, zero, xray, squid, magnet, armpit, zigzag, warden, kate barlow, sam. Stanley is the protagonist of this story, a shy, unpopular high school student. Stanley the main character of the book is called stanley yelnats and has always had bad luck because of a curse that was brought upon his family by his greatgreatgrandfather. Stanley yelnats stanley, the protagonist of the novel, is a friendless, selfconscious, overweight fifteenyearold. He survived by climbing to the top of a thumb shaped mountain which he called gods thumb which happened to. He is an overweight boy who does not have any friends from school and is often picked on by his classmates and the school bully, derrick dunne. The film was produced by walden media and released by walt disney pictures.
He changes during the course of the novel due to the influence and effect of his experiences and actions. Nonviolent and generally kind, stanley has a difficult time in school and at the camp. May 18, 2012 dogged by bad luck stemming from an ancient family curse, young stanley yelnats labeouf is sent to camp green lake, a very weird place thats not green and doesnt have a lake. Stanley yelnats stanley is the unlikely hero of holes. Stanley is falsely accused of stealing a pair of celebrityowned tennis shoes that were donated to a childrens orphanage, so he is sent to an allboys juvenile. In the book, stanley starts out being overweight, but eventually loses. The main character is a fifthgeneration stanley yelnats. Stanley is the downtrodden kid who gets kicked around by just about everyone and everything. Stanley is the protagonist of holes, although he is an unlikely hero. A list of all the characters in holes camp green lake characters. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading stanley yelnats survival guide to camp greenlake holes book 3. This can then be used as a scaffold to form a more detailed written analysis of stanley yelnats character.
A character description of stanley yelnats education seattle pi. Stanley yelnats i is a recurring character in the 2003 liveaction film, holes. Stanley has a strong belief that his family is chronically unlucky, and. He has constant bad luck that he blames on a curse that was brought upon the family by his greatgreatgrandfather.
His family is cursed because of his nogooddirtyrottenpigstealinggreatgreatgrandfather. The holes quotes below are all either spoken by elya yelnats or refer to elya yelnats. Kate stole his fortune and even his hat, which she would wear in some of the robberies she committed. Dear mom, in my last letter i lied to you, but the truth is i want to leave this camp as soon as possible.
After all, he goes through life with his mouth closed and his head down. Character profile for stanley yelnats from holes holes. Stanleys fathers full name was stanley yelnats iii. Students connect the characteristics describing stanley yelnats to their correct quotation from the novel. Stanley yelnats iii stanley s father, an inventor who was trying to come up with a cure for foot odor a way to recycle old sneakers in the book. The yelnats family stanley yelnats iv caveman the protagonist of holes. The holes quotes below are all either spoken by stanley yelnats or refer to stanley yelnats. Stanley yelnats, the main character in holes by louis sachar, possesses many character traits. The first stanley yelnats is the son of elya yelnats and the greatgrandfather of the protagonist stanley. The character of elya yelnats in holes from litcharts the. Characters stanley yelnats stanley is the protagonist of holes, although he is an unlikely hero. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one.
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. He attributes this bad luck to his nogooddirtyrottenpigstealinggreat. My name isnt zero you know, it is hector zeroni as stanleys helping zero so much. Dogged by bad luck stemming from an ancient family curse, young stanley yelnats labeouf is sent to camp green lake, a very weird place thats not green and doesnt have a lake. Read about how this protagonist overcomes his familys curse and learns more about himself at the same time. He is bullied at school, is overweight and unhappy with himself. He is the latest in a line of family members who are goodhearted and wellmeaning, but. Learn holes characters with free interactive flashcards. Stanley is an overweight 14yearold boy who does not have any friends from school and is often picked on by his classmates and the school bully. List five character traits of stanley, the protagonist of. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. We have to sleep in a small cot which smells like expired sour milk. Holes is a 2003 liveaction film directed by andrew davis and screenplay adapted by louis sachar, whose original novel of the same name it was based on, with shia labeouf as the lead role of stanley yelnats.
When the book starts, he is overweight and passive. What is stanley yelnats appearance in the novel holes answers. His family was supposedly cursed a long time ago, but despite this, stanley stays positive and has a kind heart. Elya yelnats is stanleys no good, dirty, rotten, pigstealing great great grandfather 150 years ago, elya yelnats was in love with the emptyheaded but beautiful myra menke. Now stanley has been unjustly sent to a boys detention center, camp green lake, where the boys build character by spending all day, every day digging holes exactly five feet. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading stanley yelnats survival guide to.
Stanley yelnats survival guide to camp greenlake holes book. The reader might find it interesting, however, that stanleys father invented his cure for foot odor the day after the greatgreatgrandson of elya yelnats carried the greatgreatgreatgrandson of madame zeroni up the mountain. Stanleys mother insists that there never was a curse. Holes is a 2003 film based on the novel of the same title by louis sachar, who also wrote the screenplay, with shia labeouf as the lead role of stanley yelnats. He is convicted of a crime he did not commit and is sent to the camp green lake juvenile detention center. Holes by louis sachar book summary minute book report. Stanley yelnats iv is a 14yearold boy from a hardworking but poor family that is allegedly cursed, for which. A curse that began with his nogooddirtyrottenpigstealinggreatgreatgrandfather and has since followed generations of yelnatses. Kate barlow robbed the first stanley yelnats of his fortune while he was moving from new york to california. The weather here is extremely scorching there is no shade here.
Madame zeroni told him to forget about her her heads as empty as a flower pot. The character of stanley yelnats in holes from litcharts the. Stanley has to go to camp green lake, a juvenile correctional facility in the desert of texas, because he is wrongly accused for stealing the sneakers of the famous baseball player clyde sweet. Apr 11, 2016 holes by louis sachar book summary minute book report. Stanley yelnats iv stanley, the protagonist of holes, is a dynamic character. The character of stanley yelnats in holes from litcharts. According to most of the characters in the book, zero is a big fat zero.
The 6 dumbest decisions made by fictional characters. Yelnats comes from the 1998 book and 2003 film adaption of louis sachars holes. He may be our hero, but hes not exactly the hero type, is he. Stanley yelnats survival guide to camp green lake is a 2003 novel for young adults by louis sachar, first published by yearling books random house.
I absolutely love novels that come full circle, and holes by louis sachar is one of those novels. Characterization of stanley yelnats holes stanley yelnats is the main character of the novel holes, written by louis sachar in 1998. As the book progresses, stanley slowly develops physical strength and personal strength. She suggested he go to america, where her son lived.
Stanley yelnats iv is a goodhearted teenager born to a luckless family who have been cursed for hundreds of. This is a story about a boy named stanley yelnats who is found guilty of stealing a pair of shoes and sent to camp green lake, a. Stanley yelnats is the main protagonist in the young adult novel holes, written by louis sachar and published in 1998. Stanley yelnats caveman is the main character of holes. He is overweight and is accustomed to having bad luck. Identify the major characters in holes and type their names into the different title boxes. Other past characters are elya yelnats, madame zeroni, stanley yelnats ii, kate barlow, myra menke, igor barkov, charles trout walker, sam, the onion man, mary lou and sheriff. The main characters of the book holes include stanley yelnats, hector zeroni, kissin kate barlow, and the warden.
Stanley befriends zero and zero may help him to remove all the bad luck. Select colors and a pose appropriate to story and character traits. Stanley yelnats iii stanleys father, an inventor who was trying to come up with a cure for foot odor a way to recycle old sneakers in the book. Stanley yelnats is the main character in the book holes by louis sachar. He survived by climbing to the top of a thumb shaped mountain which he called gods thumb which happened to be sams old onion. Choose a scene or background that makes sense for the character. Unfortunately, he was robbed and left stranded by kissin kate barlow. There is a character and a mentioned ancestor by the name of stanley yelnats. Stanley also helps zero in studies for him to improve. She even doubts whether stanleys greatgreatgrandfather really stole a pig. Warden louise walker caveman stanley yelnats iv yellow spotted lizard madame zeroni mr.
Stanley yelnats is falsely accused of stealing a pair of sneakers and set to camp green lake, for criminal boys. Stanley yelnats i the first stanley yelnats is the son of elya yelnats and the greatgrandfather of the protagonist stanley. 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. Characters, symbolism and themes of holes by louis sachar. 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. It is the second in a series inaugurated in 1998 by the awardwinning holes. Holes is a 1998 young adult novel written by louis sachar and first published by farrar, straus and giroux. List five character traits of stanley, the protagonist of holes. Its a young adult novel from which a movie was made. The storyline is the story occurred in past along the present storyline.
Tiffany yelnats stanley s mother, at stanley s trial told him to tell the truth. Stanley is the fourteenyearold protagonist of the novel, who has been wrongfully imprisoned at a labor camp in texas for stealing a famous. Stanley is a teenage boy who was arrested for a crime he didnt commit. Stanley yelnats survival guide to camp greenlake holes book 3 kindle edition by sachar, louis. The multiple plot lines can be confusing at first, but it all comes together in the end. Elya yelnatsis stanley s no good, dirty, rotten, pigstealing great great grandfather. He is convicted of a crime he did not commit and is sent to the camp. Multiple characters stanley, stanley s father, elya yelnats, sarah miller, madame zeroni, p. A character description of stanley yelnats education. Stanley was an only child, as was every other stanley yelnats before him. He changes during the course of the novel due to the influence and effect of his e. Choose a character to represent each of the story characters.