Holes Book And Movie Similarities

Holes- The Similarities and Differences between a Beloved Piece of Literature

Holes is a 1998 award-winning book written by Louis Sachar. The protagonist of this story is Stanley Yelnats, an overweight boy who was sent to a juvenile deserted camp called Camp Green Lake for a false accusation; authorities thought that he stole a pair of shoes that once belonged to a baseball player named Clyde Livingston. '“I was walking home, and the sneakers fell from the sky," he had told the judge.' (Sachar 6). The camp leaders forced him and his fellow juveniles to dig holes daily, but soon he found it was not just to "build character". It became a classic almost instantly, and the film adaptation of it was released only five years later, in 2003. Though they were vaguely different, the producers made changes that would only benefit the motion picture. But what were these differences and similarities? Why were they necessary to be changed or kept?

The author himself adapted the film, so it is reasonable to assume that most of the scenes are alike because of that. One of these similarities was how they all had the same nicknames. “They called themselves Magnet, Armpit, and Zigzag.” (Sachar 5). That was key to their personalities or traits, so it was somewhat unnecessary for their nicknames to be removed. Another similarity (and a major one) is how they broke the 'curse' that Madame Zeroni put on Stanley's family nearly in the same way. Stanley carries Zero up God's Thumb, lets him drink the water they found on top, and sings ‘If only if only, the woodpecker sighs’ to him. (Sachar 38-39) This was one of the most important parts of Holes; the whole plot would change if that was not included. There is even a similar dialogue between the two characters. These and many other things were kept in the movie because they were the main, important