5/12/2023 0 Comments Holes book free![]() Do all these coincidences make the reader more likely to believe in the curse? ![]() In Holes, we hear about a bunch of coincidences that don't directly have anything to do with the curse (think Clyde Livingston and Trout Walker having the same incurable foot fungus, Zero and Stanley surviving by finding Sam's overturned boat, etc.).But does the idea of the curse affect Stanley's actions in the book? Even if he doesn't believe in it, does it at all change the choices he makes? The narrator tells us more than once that Stanley and his father don't actually believe in the curse, thank you very much.Sometimes for the better – but usually for the worse. Regardless of what they believe, though, the legacy of the past seems to hold sway over many of the book's characters. Is the curse real? Does it actually determine what happens to Stanley and his family? Or is it just a funny idea that doesn't have much to do with Stanley's story? Different members of the Yelnats family seem to have different ideas about the curse and about how free they are to direct their own lives. ![]() Sachar has fun playing with the idea of destiny, but he never directly tells the reader what to think. ![]() The place of fate and free will in our lives is an ongoing question in Holes. ![]()
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