Holes Louis Sachar is a well-known American author, who writes children’s books. He has written Holes and the Wayside School Series, but Holes is his biggest hit. Holes is a famous book who takes us on a mysterious journey, “an unexpected journey”. I think the book belongs to the genre, children’s literature: because the story takes us on a surprisingly dangerous adventure, with a buried treasure, and evil, nasty adult characters. Much like in the books by Roald Dahl. Stanley Yelnats exiting journey takes place in Texas around the end of the 1990’s. One day when Stanley walks home from school, he is hit in the head by a pair of shoes falling down from the sky. Not just any pair of shoes, but a famous baseball-players shoe. The police finds out Stanley has taken the shoes, and is sent to court. Where he gets two choices, either to be sent to prison or sent to Camp Green Lake. Stanley does not want to go to court, so he decides to go to Camp. On his way to camp, Stanley is imagining the most beautiful lakes and greens. However, it turns out to be the complete opposite. The camp is in the middle of nowhere, far, far out in the big canyon of Texas. Symbols …show more content…
The onions and the yellow lizards. I think the Onions they symbolize a positive factor. Due to the Onions, the two of them are able to regain health and rest, after another long adventure. After resting, they decide to go back to camp, attempting to break free the oppression of the