Analysis

Hey, I finally finished the book and really enjoyed it. I suggest it to everybody from every age.

Now, I am writing my last entry.

First of all I must say Louis Sachar did a great job. There are three different stories from different times which are connected to each other and somehow affect each other. For example an outlow named Kissin' Kate Barlow who lived hundred years ago changes the destiny of today's Stanley Yelnats. Beside that there are lots of characters who share the same destiny in different ways. What I mean is that the connection between lots of characters from different periods of time and different lives are perfectly well built.

Another thing I liked in this book is different stories from different periods of time which are going to have a connection later. I mean, you finish one part with interest wanting to know what will happen next. However when you start the next part, you read a story completely different from the last part. So it is impossible for the reader to connect each story. By this way the author keeps the book thrilling until the last part where everything is finally explained.

Lastly I'd like to add for english learners that the language is really understandable. The sentenceses are not too complicated or too short. There are, of course, unknown words. However you can understand them from the context.

So I guess that's it. I hope you enjoyed reading my blog.


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Character Analysis - Hector Zeroni

He is the most interesting character of the book. He is totally a mystery. Almost everybody thinks he is a stupid boy which he is not. They don't even know his real name. Because he doesn't answer any questions, he doesn't speak to anybody. He just digs his daily hole and spends the rest of the day alone and silent until Stanley comes to the camp. That's why they gave him the nickname "Zero".

One day he sees Stanley reading a letter from his mother and asks him to teach him reading and writing. During writing lessons he tells about his past. he talks just to Stanley. so we can guess there is a connection between these people.

Compared to his body size he is very strong, too. He beats Zigzag up when he sees him in a fight with Stanley. He is really protective of Stanley. Towards the end of the book we learn that the one who actually stole the shoes, which Stanley is accused of stealing, is Zero. So I think the reason why Zero is so protective of Stanley is the pressure of conscience.

The most interesting characteristic of Zero is his mathematical intellingence. He can calculate numbers in his mind very quickly. This is very unexpectable because he has never been to a school. He can't even read. However he is a smart boy opposite of what everybody else thinks.

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Prediction

So far we learnt there was a desert called Camp Green Lake which some criminal boys were sent to. They dug there huge holes every day. If they found anything but sand by digging, they would give it to the Warden who was the head of the camp. People believed it would help them to be a better person. However it is obvious that " to build character " wasn't the real reason why they dug those huge holes.

 At the end of the first chapter we found out there was a treasure in this desert buried hundred years ago by an outlaw called Kissin' Kate Barlow. Then she died while a man and his wife were torturing her to learn where the treasure was buried. So they couldn't learn the exact place but they did know that it was somewhere in the desert. This meant they had to dig every single point to find it.


I guess we'll learn more details about the past of the chraracters.

I think these people who tortured Kissin' Kate Barlow and their descendants had been digging the dry Green Lake to find the treasure for ages. And the Warden, who was in my opinion their grand-granddaughter, founded this Camp Green Lake as a galley slavery camp so she didn't have to dig ( with lots of boys it would be much faster ) and nobody doubted about the treasure. She planned to find the treasure by making the boys dig holes who had naturally no idea about it. If they found the treasure, the Warden would keep it and be rich. Although this plan won't work as she predicted.

Then the story will, I think, continue like that;
Stanley, one of the boys who was sent to Camp Green Lake, will find the treasure but won't give it to the Warden. Instead he will tell the other boys about it and decide to share it with them. But first they need to escape from the camp. One day when the truck comes to the camp to bring water as usual, they will beat the driver up and drive away. In the end Stanley will set a bussines up with the money which he got from the treasure and all the other boys will work for him.

In the begining he was a poor, new member of the Camp Green Lake but now he is rich, respected and happy with his friends and family.

Well, that's my prediction about the end of the story. Let's keep reading and find out if it will turn out true.


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First Impressions

Hi, I will write a reading blog about the novel "Holes" by Louis Sachar, because it is homework which I must do on my semester holiday. Although I don't see it as homework. It is a blog which I can share my thoughts about a book and I guess it will be fun.

Before I start reading the book, I googled it and found out there is a movie based on the book. Below you can watch the trailer of the movie :

Well now I'd like to talk about my first impressions.

The book started with a mysterious part. After reading the first part some questions appeared in my mind.

- What kind of title is "Holes" ?
- What's going on in Camp Green Lake ?
- What kind of a camp is it ?

The first part describes a camp called Camp Green Lake. However it sounds like a concentration camp rather than a holiday camp. There are dangerous wild animals, like scorpions, snakes and poisonous lizards, which may cause a camper's death or a painful disease. I think the best text passage which intorduces the danger in this camp is :

"But you don't want to be bitten by a yellow-spotted lizard. That's the worst thing that can happen to you. You will die a slow and painful death."

After I read the first part I got a question in mind. Why would anyone go to this camp, if it is so dangerous ? I kept reading and I found out that Camp Green Lake wasn't a holiday camp but a punishment which a judge gives to bad boys. In other words people who were in this camp were galley slaves.

It seems like that interesting things will happen. Let's keep reading and see what will happen.

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