How Does Stanley Yelnats Change Over Time

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Stanley Yelnats has changed quite a lot through his adventure in many ways, but several changes are one of the key parts. Stanley’s friendship with Zero has changed him throughout the story , he became overweight too strong. A the begining he acknowledge the fact he was overweighed. “He was overweight and the kids at his school often teased him about his size,”(sachar 7).Stanley gets teased for his weight.”Stanley weighed three times as much as the other boys”(sachar 7).Comparing him to other boy’s amount they way and then comparing it to Stanley shows his average size.”The shovel felt heavy in his soft fleshy hands .He tried to jam it into the Earth,but the blade banged against the ground”(sacher 26).He is feeble in the beggining, his weight

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