HolesCharactersThe name of the main character is Stanley Yelnats. At first, you see Stanley as a good guy who made the wrong decision to steal. “I stole some sneakers” (p. 22). In the rest of the story you find that Stanley is kind and always seems to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. “He was just in the wrong place at the wrong time, all thanks to his great-great-grandfather, dirty, rotten, evil pig thief” (p. 7). At school before camp Green Lake was bullied and treated badly. “he had no friends at home, he was overweight” (p. 7). At Camp Green Lake Stanley has made a new friend, his best friend "Zero". He gets along very well with Zero and teaches him to read. "I'll try to teach you to read if you want, a big smile came across Zero's face" (p. 96)IdeasAt the beginning of the text the main idea is that bad boys who have done something wrong face accusations and receive the choice to go to the lago verde campsite. The boys are out here at the dried up lake digging holes, digging these bitches...