Mr. Sir told him he should wear one set to work in and one set for relaxation. Laundry was done every three days. On that day his work clothes would be washed. Then the other set would become his work clothes, and he would get clean clothes to wear while resting. Mr. Sir (Marion Sevillo): One of the counselors at Camp Green Lake, he is constantly eating sunflower seeds. He took up this habit after deciding to quit smoking. He is known to be rude and tough. But perhaps that was part of the curse as well. If Stanley and his father weren’t always hopeful, then it wouldn’t hurt so much every time their hopes were crushed.

a b c Mascia, Elizabeth G. (2001). "Holes: Folklore Redux". The ALAN Review. 28 (2): 51. doi: 10.21061/alan.v28i2.a.11. Here’s a good rule to remember about rattlesnakes and scorpions: If you don’t bother them, they won’t bother you.If you take a bad boy and make him dig a hole every day in the hot sun, it will turn him into a good boy.

Author Louis Sachar wins 1999 Newbery Medal;Illustrator Mary Azarian wins Caldecott Medal". News and Press Center. February 26, 2007 . Retrieved April 27, 2018. Myra Menke: Myra is the most beautiful girl in the Latvian village of Elya and Madame Zeroni. Madame Zeroni compares her to a flowerpot. Myra's father promised to award her hand in marriage to whichever suitor can raise the fattest pig. When the pigs were the same size, Myra asked Elya and Igor Barkov to guess a number between 1 and 10, showing her inability to make her own decisions.

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Stanley Yelnats IV's family is cursed. The family jokingly blames Stanley's "no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather", Elya Yelnats, for their constant misfortunes. Stanley, who is in middle school, is convicted of stealing a pair of athletic shoes that baseball player Clyde "Sweet Feet" Livingston had donated to a charity auction for the homeless. Stanley is sent to Camp Green Lake, a juvenile corrections facility. Møllegaard, Kirsten (August 13, 2010). "Haunting and History in Louis Sachar's Holes". Western American Literature. 45 (2): 138–161. doi: 10.1353/wal.0.0117. ISSN 1948-7142. S2CID 162538705. Pyromaniac: Zigzag got arrested because he was burning Styrofoam on his school's lawn, only for the flames to get out of control and burn down one of the classrooms. He claimed he wasn't trying to hurt anybody, he just likes watching things burn.