How Did Camp Green Lake Change Zero's Life

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Camp Green Lake changes everybody and not necessarily for the best. It made some people self centered malicious, evil people. But it did have a positive impact on Stanley and Zeros life while at the camp. Camp Green Lake is a soulless empty barren prison and it affects everyone in different ways. Zero is one of the boys in group d who Stanley meets on his first day at Camp Green Lake. “You know why his name is Zero? Because there’s nothing inside his head.” The boys at camp thought that Zero was dumb and a waste of space, as is shown in the book. Zero never spoke, so no one knew what was going on inside his head. Then one day, (the day Stanley arrived) he spoke. Stanley found out that Zero couldn’t read or write so in exchange for lessons Zero offered to dig part of Stanley’s hole…show more content…
Go to a Juvenile prison or go to Camp Green Lake. Having never been to a camp before it was an easy choice in an unlucky situation for him. Go to Camp Green Lake. The whole reason for him being forced to make this decision was because was hit with a pair of shoes which fell from the overpass and he ran with them. The police arrested him for stealing a pair of very important shoes that had belonged to Clyde Livingston. Bad luck? Or a curse from his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather Stanley Yelnats I? “His muscles and hands weren’t the only parts of his body that had hardened over the past several weeks. His heart had hardened as well.” Stanley was not the skinniest of all boys and digging all day in the excruciating heat would have been tough for poor Stanley. Over time he toned up and became physically stronger. Also all the pressure on him mentally would have been tough. He gained great persistence having to push through and keep digging all day. Camp Green Lake changes everyone, and not necessarily for the best. It’s such a unique place and its extreme and harsh conditions change every individual in many different

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