HOLES

1. Where did Stanley find Zero and how does that connect to Sam’s story?
2. What’s god’s thumb and who survived there in the past?
3. How did Stanley and Zero break the curse?
4. Why did the boys return to Camp Green Lake?
5. Explain the events that happen after the boys are found by the counselors in the camp.
Realistic fiction is a genre consisting of stories that could have actually occurred to people or animals in a believable setting.
These stories resemble real life, and fictional characters within these stories react similarly to real people. Stories that are
classified as realistic fiction have plots that highlight social, personal events or issues that mirror contemporary life, such as a
person’s journey to maturity. They depict our world and our society.

Characteristics of Realistic Fiction

A quick way to classify a story or novel as realistic fiction is to identify the following characteristics within that literary
work:

a- Realistic fiction stories tend to take place in the present or recent past.
b- Characters are involved in events that could happen.
c- Characters live in places that could be or are real.
d- The characters seem like real people with real problems solved in a realistic way (so say goodbye to stories
containing vampires, werewolves, sorcerers, dragons, zombies, etc.).
e- The events portrayed in realistic fiction conjure questions that a reader could face in everyday life.

6. Read the characteristics of realistic fiction and briefly explain how each of them is present in Holes.

HOLES
1. Where did Stanley find Zero and how does that connect to Sam’s story?
2. What’s god’s thumb and who survived there in the past?
3. How did Stanley and Zero break the curse?
4. Why did the boys return to Camp Green Lake?
5. Explain the events that happen after the boys are found by the counselors in the camp.
Realistic fiction is a genre consisting of stories that could have actually occurred to people or animals in a believable setting.
These stories resemble real life, and fictional characters within these stories react similarly to real people. Stories that are
classified as realistic fiction have plots that highlight social, personal events or issues that mirror contemporary life, such as a
person’s journey to maturity. They depict our world and our society.

Characteristics of Realistic Fiction

A quick way to classify a story or novel as realistic fiction is to identify the following characteristics within that literary
work:

a- Realistic fiction stories tend to take place in the present or recent past.
b- Characters are involved in events that could happen.
c- Characters live in places that could be or are real.
d- The characters seem like real people with real problems solved in a realistic way (so say goodbye to stories
containing vampires, werewolves, sorcerers, dragons, zombies, etc.).
e- The events portrayed in realistic fiction conjure questions that a reader could face in everyday life.
6. Read the characteristics of realistic fiction and briefly explain how each of them is present in Holes.