IRONY
NO LAKE AT CAMP GREEN LAKE
SITUATONAL
He gets sent to Camp Green lake
What does an onion represent?
healing
Stanley's family is under a curse and now Stanley is paying for what had happened years and years ago
Everyone at Camp Green Lake must be very careful not to come across a yellow spotted lizard. If they are bitten, they will die
Nature
He is standing in the middle of a dried up lake bed where people may have drowned.
SITUATIONAL
CAUSE Stanley finds KB's lipstick tube
....XRAY TAKES THE CREDIT
Stanley and Zero don't die
Stanley and Zero trapped inside the hole represents what part of plot?
Climax
Zero hitting Mr. Pendansaki with a shovel
Person vs. Person
Stanley’s image of Mary Lou being a beautiful girl in a bikini
DRAMATIC
EFFECT- Lizards do not kill Stanley and Zero
What does a shovel represent?
hardwork
What is the resolution?
Fixes the curse by carrying Zero up the mountain. Everyone is rescued
Stanley trying to pull himself out of the hole but was exhausted
self
The fact that Zero’s real name is Hector Zeroni means nothing to Stanley.
DRAMATIC
CAUSE Magnet steals Mr. Sir's sunflower seeds..
EFFECT - Stanley is taken to see the Warden
What does God's Thumb symbolize?
refuge, shelter
What is the exposition?
Stanley is an overweight kid with a lot of bad luck. Camp Green Lake is in the hottest part of Texas.
the other juvenile kids there were treating him wrong but as they got know him they accepted him
society
Stanley sent away to camp for stealing shoes.
SITUATONAL
EFFECT- Mr. Sir doesn't give Stanley any water
CAUSE- Warden scratches Mr. Sir
Why are "Holes" important to the novel?
answers vary
What is the Falling Action?
Stanley's attorney arrives to pick up Stanley and goes through Hector's files.
When Stanley and Zero ran away from camp they were fighting against heat and thirst.
nature