The teachers never believed that Derrick could bully Stanley because Stanley was so much larger. It is Derrick's testimony, however, that eventually proves that Stanley is innocent of stealing Clyde Livingston's shoes. SparkTeach Teacher's Handbook. Themes Motifs Symbols. Mini Essays Suggested Essay Topics. Characters Character List. Stanley Yelnats The novel's protagonist, Stanley is an overweight kid with a lot of bad luck.
Read an in-depth analysis of Stanley Yelnats. Read an in-depth analysis of Zero. Read an in-depth analysis of X-Ray. Squid Squid is another boy at the camp. Magnet Another boy at the camp, Magnet earned his nickname by his ability to steal things.
Kate Barlow Kate Barlow is the schoolteacher-turned-outlaw who robbed Stanley's great- grandfather. Sam Sam and Kate were in love one hundred and ten years ago. Charles Walker Charles is the son of the richest family in Green Lake at the same time that Kate Barlow is the school teacher. Elya Yelnats Elya is Stanley's great-great-grandfather and the reason that Stanley's family has such bad luck. Yelnats Mrs. Yelnats Mr. Sir Mr. Pendanski Mr. Clyde Livingston Clyde is the famous baseball player whose shoes Stanley is accused of stealing.
Derrick Dunne Derrick is the bully from Stanley's school. A couple of days later, Magnet steals Mr Sir's seeds and passes burlap sack containing them around. ZigZag threw it to Stanley, but it landed in Stanley's hole in the process "Aww, Stanley, you butter-fingers!
Mr Sir soon drives back, having noticed his seeds were stolen. Stanley took the blame for taking the sunflower seeds, and they went to the Warden's cabin. The Warden, expecting that Stanley had found what she was looking for, was annoyed because of the disturbance, and severely injured Mr Sir in the face by scratching him with her nails coated with rattlesnake venom.
She then tells Stanley to return to his hole to dig. After returning to his respective hole, Stanley realizes that Zero already dug his hole.
Stanley agreed with Zero that if Stanley teaches him to read, Zero will dig part of Stanley's hole every day. Zero also reveals that his real name is "Hector Zeroni. However, he saddened when Hector told him that he used to sleep in the tunnel next to the swinging bridge at the park.
A few days after, Zigzag and Squid start to antagonize Stanley due to Zero digging a part of his hole every day. Zigzag then starts provoking Stanley, Mr Pendanski actually egging them on, so Stanley fights back, and Zigzag violently batters Stanley, in which Zero retaliates by choking Zigzag nearly to death. This forces Pendanski to fire his shotgun into the sky to scare them apart. The altercation caused the Warden to come over and intervene.
Zigzag starts telling the Warden what happened, where the Warden tells Stanley to dig his own hole. Following the departure of Zero, a new kid fills his spot, named "Twitch" for his fidgety behaviour.
Determined to find Zero, Stanley steals Mr Sir's water truck, while Twitch tells him how to start the truck - Twitch had gotten arrested for joyriding in a stolen Mustang.
Stanley starts driving, but soon drives into a hole and makes the truck get stuck. Stanley flees from the scene, where he eventually finds a boat that says "Mary Lou" on it. He looks under it, only to find Zero under it, still alive. He was overjoyed and hugged Zero, glad he was alive, but in a weak state, drinking some type of substance, a peachy and cinnamon-y orange substance, dubbed "sploosh.
This brings bad luck to the Yelnats family for generations to come. Madame Zeroni - She is the one-footed gypsy who gave Elya Yelnats a pig with which to win the hand of his love. Katherine Barlow - She was the schoolteacher in the town of Green Lake one hundred ten years ago.
She was a kind woman, famous for her spiced peaches. She kissed Sam, a black man, causing the townspeople to burn down the school and murder her love. Sam, the onion man - He grew and sold onions and medicines made from onions in the town of Green Lake. He repaired the schoolhouse for Katherine, who fell in love with this kind, strong man.
However, since he was black, it was against the law for him to be with Katherine. View source. History Talk 0. Stanley Yelnats II is Stanley's grandfather.
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