When you analyse the life of Louis Sachar, the author of Holes, to understand how and when he writes, and his distinctive style of writing, you realize that he firstly started to think about a character, who was good-hearted, but unlucky and scoffed by its social environment; and then a place the story would happen, a desert, a barren wasteland symbolising the space. An isolation in which a character could face its problems without negative social effects. So Stanley and the desert were born. The five main themes of the novel were; misfortune, hope, friendship, confronting the challenges and lastly, faith.
A reader of the novel can find many ideas from it. It actually doesn't have a very clear main idea, but like almost every American novel, it gave the idea that all obstacles and problems can be defeated when you don't give up. If you doesn't lose your hope, the opportunity for a step of improvement will come and find you eventually. Besides that, the novel 'Holes' emphasizes the importance of friendship, giving a very appropriate example of the relationship between Zero and Stanley. And it directly tells you that even a person who seems like 'nothing' can change your life and its friendship can be very beneficial for you. So, don't see anyone as unworthy to meet and know!
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(Photo: Zero and Stanley)
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