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What is a static character?
Basic character that remains the same from start to finish of the book. All his or her actions stay true and unchanged to his/her personality.
Stanley was convicted of a crime that he did not commit.
character vs. society
Who is the antagonist?
The Warden
Stanley discovers the truth about Kissin’ Kate Barlow’s past and how it connects to Green Lake.
Fate and Destiny
What did Stanley's father name his foot odor?
Sploosh
What is a foreshadowing?
Foreshadowing is a literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.
The boys struggled with digging their holes because the sun was incredibly hot.
character vs. nature
Who is the Warden related to?
Trout Walker
The repeated act of digging holes, intended as punishment, unintentionally prepares Stanley for survival, leadership, and moral courage by the novel’s conclusion.
perseverance and personal growth
What event fulfills Elya Yelnats’s promise?
Stanley carrying Zero up the mountain (God’s Thumb), fulfilling Elya Yelnats’s promise to Madame Zeroni.
What is a flat character?
Elya was in love with Myra Menke, but he could not compete with Igor's offer of his fattest pig.
character vs. society
Why do Stanley and Zero return to Camp Green Lake?
Stanley and Zero return to Camp Green Lake to find the buried treasure and expose the Warden’s secret.
Although survival at Camp Green Lake depends on individual strength, the boys’ chances improve only when trust forms between two characters who choose to protect one another even when escape becomes dangerous.
Friendship and Loyalty
Why did the Warden say that they dug holes at Camp Green Lake?
It builds character
What is an antagonist?
In literature a character, or a group of characters, which stands against the protagonist or “rival.” It is common to refer to an antagonist as a villain who the hero fights against.
Stanley and Armpit get into a fight when Stanley calls him by his real name.
character vs. character
What does the Warden plan on telling Stanley's family?
She plans on telling Stanley's family that he ran away and fell in a hole filled with yellow spotted lizards and died.
The long-lasting punishment of Green Lake’s past is finally resolved when truth replaces cruelty, and those harmed by injustice are indirectly repaid decades later.
Justice and Redemption
What did Camp Green Lake ultimately become once it was closed down?
A girl scout camp
What is a dynamic character?
Experience changes throughout the plot of a story. They learn from his or her encounters, experiences, and his mistakes as well as other characters.
Elya Yelnats thought the journey up the mountain everyday was too hard.
character vs. self
Why is it Zero’s fault that Stanley was arrested?
Zero was the one who stole the shoes from clyde livingston.
A chain of seemingly unrelated events—stolen shoes, a missed bus, and a chance meeting reveals that multiple generations are bound by consequences that cannot be avoided.
Fate and Destiny
The Warden’s obsession with digging holes is most symbolic of?
greed disguised as justice