Stereotypes are commonly used throughout all media to quickly give a oversimplified description of a concept or a person. In the novel "Holes" by Louis Sachar the most dominant stereotypes of adolescent males held by the general populous are both challenged and endorsed by the variety of the characters ' actions and thoughts. To begin with on Page 5 Theodore who is also known as "Armpit" is depicted throwing Stanley to the ground. This is an example of an aggressive trait that is often depicted in many other forms of media such as Movies, song Lyrics etc, hence this action endorses this as a common stereotype amongst males. Earlier but on the same page Zero is introduced, he doesn 't retaliate to the insults Mr. Pendanski says about him