Character Analysis Of Stanley Yelnats In Holes, By Louis Sachar

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The heat of the blazing sun, the bead of salty sweat running off your nose into your parched mouth, and the sight of a barren desert. Well set, caring, young Stanley Yelnats, from Holes, by Louis Sachar, is filled with perseverance and excitement. Stanley, is one big, caring, loving kid. First off, Stanley was a bigger kid, the biggest kid in school. Stanley, the bullied, big kid of school, was often bullied by pupils and sometimes adults such as teachers since Stanley’s size was atypical. Fat and Tall, when Stanley, arrived at Camp Green Lake, many of the other juvenile delinquent’s would bully Stanley, after many hardships Stanley managed, through all his perseverance, to earn their respect. Finally, when Stanley was scaling up to God’s

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