In truth, Zero is very smart, although he has never been taught how to read. Zero is the great-great-great-grandson of Madame Zeroni, the woman who put a curse on Stanley's family. Zero has suffered many hardships in his life, even more than Stanley, but he never completely despairs and always shows incredible strength and willpower.
Read an in-depth analysis of Zero. X-Ray is the leader of the group of boys at Camp Green Lake. Although he is small and cannot see well, he manages to take charge and have the other boys follow his orders.
He is nice to Stanley when Stanley gives him the gold tube that he finds in the dirt. Read an in-depth analysis of X-Ray. Squid is another boy at the camp. He is as tough as X-Ray, although he often follows X-Ray's directions. Squid often taunts Stanley about receiving letters from, and writing to, his mother. When Stanley is allowed to leave the camp, Squid reveals that he also cares about his mother and he asks Stanley to call her and tell her that he, Squid, is sorry.
Another boy at the camp, Magnet earned his nickname by his ability to steal things. Sir's sunflower seeds in Chapter Along with Squid, Armpit seems to be one of X-Ray's closest companions. He is the one that pushes Stanley to the floor when Stanley forgets to call him by his nickname.
It is also Armpit who the Warden gets angry at when she realizes that the boys are not digging up what she wants in Chapter Stanley thinks Zigzag is the weirdest kid at Camp Green Lake. Zigzag is very violent and does not even apologize to Stanley after hitting him in the head with a shovel. The Warden is the ultimate symbol of cruel authority at Camp Green Lake. She rewards only those who do what she wants and uses her power to threaten everyone else. She has hidden cameras that she uses to spy on the boys and nail polish with rattlesnake venom that she will use to scratch those who displease her.
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Still have questions? Find more answers. Stanley is the protagonist of Holes, although he is an unlikely hero. He is an overweight boy who does not have any friends from school and is often picked on by his classmates and the school bully, Derrick Dunne. Stanley's family is cursed with bad luck and although they do not have much money they always try to remain hopeful and look on the bright side of things.
Stanley shares these traits with his family and although he does not have a lot of self-confidence, he is not easily depressed, a characteristic that helps him adjust to the horrendous conditions of Camp Green Lake.
The D-Tent boys still razzed Stanley until one day, in the rec room, Stanley was bumped into the camp's resident bully, The Lump , by accident. The Lump kicked Stanley, and when he tried to right himself, and he tried to apologize, but he slipped on an unstable stool, and landed on the bully, making it appear like he tried to take The Lump on.
Stanley continued to send letters to his mom to make his mother not worry. Soon after, X-Ray makes Stanley promise that if he found anything, he'd give it to him. This is because of X-Ray not finding anything since he had arrived at the camp six months prior.
Soon, Stanley discovered a bullet-like lipstick tube with the initials "KB" engraved on it--while pondering whether it really belonged to the famous outlaw--and proceeds to deliver it to X-Ray, albeit under duress - X-Ray was almost done and Stanley was going to still be working all day.
X-Ray got in his face, challenging, "Yeah? Show it to Mom the next day and get the whole day off. X-Ray had won, Stanley had given in, but he also gave him an idea that he hadn't considered. X-Ray was impressed, and proceeded to show the lip-stick tube to Mr Pendanski the next morning, and called The Warden, who gave X-Ray the day off, a double shower token A couple of days later, Magnet steals Mr Sir's seeds and passes burlap sack containing them around.
ZigZag threw it to Stanley, but it landed in Stanley's hole in the process "Aww, Stanley, you butter-fingers!
Mr Sir soon drives back, having noticed his seeds were stolen. Stanley took the blame for taking the sunflower seeds, and they went to the Warden's cabin. The Warden, expecting that Stanley had found what she was looking for, was annoyed because of the disturbance, and severely injured Mr Sir in the face by scratching him with her nails coated with rattlesnake venom.
She then tells Stanley to return to his hole to dig. After returning to his respective hole, Stanley realizes that Zero already dug his hole. Stanley agreed with Zero that if Stanley teaches him to read, Zero will dig part of Stanley's hole every day. Zero also reveals that his real name is "Hector Zeroni. However, he saddened when Hector told him that he used to sleep in the tunnel next to the swinging bridge at the park. A few days after, Zigzag and Squid start to antagonize Stanley due to Zero digging a part of his hole every day.
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