The relationship and interactions behind two curses
Introduction
The two curses are a theme of the novel Holes written by the author Louis Sachar. The novel is centred on two main curses covering over two hundred years. The focus of this report will be the family “curse” of the Yelnats family and Walker family. The family this novel is based around, and how the curse affected several generations of these two families.
Walker family
One hundred and ten years before Stanley arrives at Camp Green Lake, the town Green Lake is a beautiful place. There is a farmer called Sam who is a black man and a teacher called Katherine who is a white woman. They fall in love with each other, but racism is institutionalized in the United States and Sam was finally killed when they were trying to escape. Katherine is driven mad by her grief and becomes an outlaw known as Kissin' Kate Barlow. In her twenty years of robbing people in the west, she happens to rob Stanley's great-grandfather while he is on his way from New York to California. She buries Stanley's great-grandfather's money …show more content…
After Zero hit Mr. Pendanski and run into the dessert with shovel. Stanley also ran away to find Zero. Eventually, he found Zero was hiding under a boat and accidentally ate his last food supply. Stanley decided to find the legendary “God’s thumb” where Elya Yelnats found water in the desert. When they made it up to the base of the mountain Zero started to feel sick but they kept walking. When they were starting to near the top, Zero passed out so Stanley has to carry him to the top of the mountain. Ultimately, they found a refuge where there is a puddle of water and Stanley gave some of the water to Zero. As Zero got better and he fell asleep, Stanley decide to sing the poem which is familiar to every generation of Yelnats’s family. Elya’s later generations finally fulfil Elya’s promise and this is how the curse were
Introduction
The two curses are a theme of the novel Holes written by the author Louis Sachar. The novel is centred on two main curses covering over two hundred years. The focus of this report will be the family “curse” of the Yelnats family and Walker family. The family this novel is based around, and how the curse affected several generations of these two families.
Walker family
One hundred and ten years before Stanley arrives at Camp Green Lake, the town Green Lake is a beautiful place. There is a farmer called Sam who is a black man and a teacher called Katherine who is a white woman. They fall in love with each other, but racism is institutionalized in the United States and Sam was finally killed when they were trying to escape. Katherine is driven mad by her grief and becomes an outlaw known as Kissin' Kate Barlow. In her twenty years of robbing people in the west, she happens to rob Stanley's great-grandfather while he is on his way from New York to California. She buries Stanley's great-grandfather's money …show more content…
After Zero hit Mr. Pendanski and run into the dessert with shovel. Stanley also ran away to find Zero. Eventually, he found Zero was hiding under a boat and accidentally ate his last food supply. Stanley decided to find the legendary “God’s thumb” where Elya Yelnats found water in the desert. When they made it up to the base of the mountain Zero started to feel sick but they kept walking. When they were starting to near the top, Zero passed out so Stanley has to carry him to the top of the mountain. Ultimately, they found a refuge where there is a puddle of water and Stanley gave some of the water to Zero. As Zero got better and he fell asleep, Stanley decide to sing the poem which is familiar to every generation of Yelnats’s family. Elya’s later generations finally fulfil Elya’s promise and this is how the curse were