Hector Zeroni's Stanliness: An Analysis

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Stanly Yelnats has been through alot, and everyone at Camp Green Lake has changed him, but Hector Zeroni has definitely been the most help. Making him go through hard challenges and decisions, Zero has really helped shape Stanly. Stanly at the beginning may have been wimpy, but because of Zero, he has become brave and independent. Before Zero, Stanly was wimpy. Stanly, back in (Sachar 135), was bullied by Zigzag, and Zero had to defend him. Stanly is supposed to defend himself, rely on himself, but instead, someone else had to defend him. Also, when Stanly had the bag of seeds, he didn’t tell the truth, so his friends would like him. Instead of having the guts and telling the truth, he lied, just so that his friends would like him. Before

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