Holes Essay

There are many different challenges that Stanley Yelnats (the main(prenominal) character) from the bestselling novel Holes written by Louis Sachar has to over come. Stanley was first seen in the movie when a tilted apoplexy of shoes hit him in the head and he fell on the ground portraying he was weak and a bit stupid. Stanleys temperament was also displayed when his mum was so shocked when the law of nature came around to their house telling them Stanley had stolens, this shows that Stanley had never commited a crime before and wasnt usually a trouble maker.The movie directed by Andrew Davis portrays everything the book does and it shows nearly all the insight into Stanleys behavior that author describes in the book. There are many challenges but the main one is breaking the anathemize that Stanleys family has been stuck in for much than 100 years. This challenge shows many significant themes in this book the likes of fri hold backship, determination and fate. The main dispute for Stanley was breaking his family curse. Although he didnt know if it was even real and that he had bustn it , it was clear for the audience watching the movie that he had.The curse was put on his family more than 100 years ago when the first Yelnats, Elya Yelnats went to a fortune teller called Madame noughtni. She made him a dole out that he could have one of her small pigs if he carried Madame slide fastenerni up the mountain when he was done make the pig nice and fat so he could give it to the father of the girl of his dreams. When he find that the girl really was stupid like Madame Zeroni warmed him he decided to move from Lativia to America. However he forgot to carry Madame Zeroni up the mountain so she put a curse on his family forever.This was portrayed by a dissolve of Madame Zeroni repeating that she will put a curse on his family to Elya leaving Lativia. The upset tilt of Madame Zeronis face made it obvious that she was not kidding and very serious about the c urse. When Stanely carried bullyragia Zeroni (a descendent of Madame Zeroni) up Gods Thumb which was also portrayed with a low angle do it look very commodious, he broke the family curse. This challenge portrayed many describe ideas and themes and one of them was friendship.Zero (Hector Zeroni) and Stanley didnt know eachother at all but due to them both being the outcasts of the group they started to secure to know eachother and Stanley started to teach Zero how to read and Zero helped dig Stanley holes so he wasnt so tired and could teach him. These lessons however were then stopped by the Warden, who was introduced by a high angle on her boots which already made her look threating as you could compare it to some movies where the thief or cattlemans boots got introduced before their face which usually portrayed they were a significant character that usually was there to cause harm.However this didnt stop Zero and Stanleys friendship growing, when Zero ran away anatomy the c amp as he had enough of it Stanley had to go and rescue his only close friend he had at the camp. This shows Stanleys friendly love for Zero portrayed by the dissolving of Stanley walking with the dessert and than of the sun showing how hot it was. The soundtrack of sibylline music kept you guessing to see if Stanley would end up finding Zero or not. The orange overalls that all the boys at live Greenlake wore made Zero recognizable in the dessert.The audience knew that when the two boys rejoiced both of them were very content due to the soundtrack turning from mysterious to faster more lively music. Another key idea that the challenge portrayed was change. Change for Stanley, his family and Hector Zeroni. There were many unanswered questions that produced tension, secrecy through the entire movie but these questions were all answered when Stanley broke the curse. There was quite a journey to break the curse for Stanley and during this period his character changed dramatically.He employ to a gullable, weak , little boy that couldnt stand up for himself. But he dark into a strong, smart young adult that could even save someones life. His weak view was displayed through a high angle of Stanley searching for a camera in the shower, that he got told the Warden of the Camp had installed. This shows how gullable he was and believed everything the other boys in his hut said. As well as giving his findings in a hole to another boy who got a free day off as the Warden though he base it not Stanley. However when he was in the middle of the dessert. He saw Gods Thumb and took iniative.When Hector was to weak he carried him up and saved his life as he imbed water which the boys definitely needed as they were tired and dehydrated. When Stanley broke the curse it changed many other things in the main for his life and family. His dad finally created a way to make sweaty feet/shoes not smell and Stanley found his treasure that was buried for more than 100 years by Ki ssing Kate Barlow. This changed his entire lifestyle and he gave half of his treasure to Hector who used that to hire private investigastors and find his mum who he hadent seen for more than 4 years.As you can see the main challenge definitely portrays some key ideas and themes. It displays the friendship betweeen Stanley Yelanats and Hector Zeroni which is definitely one of the most important friendship. Furthermore it explains how Stanley, Hector and both of their families changed. Stanleys personality changed showed everyone how much you can change due to your circumstances and enviroment around you. He teaches everyone a good lesson and I would definitly recommend this to any person my age.