“He could hardly lift his spoon during breakfast, and then he was out on the lake, his spoon soon replaced by a shovel.”

“There is no lake at Camp Green Lake.”

“holes BY LOUIS SACHAR“Nearly everything in the room was broken; the TV, the pinball machine, the furniture. Even the people looked broken, with their worn out bodies sprawled over the various chairs and sofas.” (p.43) This is Stanley’s view of the “wreck room” at Camp Green Lake. It is the one place the boys are allowed to relax somewhat and they have trashed it. The inhumanity of the camp has possessed the boys. Stanley sees this room as a reminder that the boys have the capacity for violence, and he does not want to mess with the other campers.”

“It was all because of his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing great-great-grandfather!”

“How can he be your friend if you don't like him?”

“Each beat told him he was still alive, at least for one more second.”

“In a way, it made him sad. He couldn't help but think that a hundred times zero was still nothing.”