What did Stanley think when the sneakers fell from the overpass and hit him on the head?

What did Stanley think when the sneakers fell from the overpass and hit him on the head?

He remembers thinking that the sneakers that fell from the overpass were destiny’s shoes and believes that destiny brought him and Zero to the mountain. Stanley thinks through some crazy alternatives to returning to Camp Green Lake.

What do you think Stanley means by calling them destiny shoes?

Stanley thought he was “holding destiny’s shoes” because while he was walking home from school, a pair of old, smelly shoes fell from a highway overpass and hit him on the head. His father was working on finding a way to recycle old sneakers so he thought it was a sign from God that their luck was about to change.

Why does Stanley think he went too far when he’s walking back down to get the shovel?

Stanley walks an unusually long distance down the mountain, following his trail from two days before. When he decides that he has gone too far, because it would have been impossible to carry Zero uphill that distance, he sees the shovel and sack of jars a little farther down the mountain.

What happens in Chapter 7 in holes?

Stanley keeps digging. His blisters rip open, and new blisters form on top of them. He has to remove his hat and use it as a pad between his hands and the shovel, but that just makes it harder to get a grip. His dirt piles up too close to the edges of his hole, so he has to climb out and move it farther away.

Who is Clyde Livingston in holes?

Clyde “Sweetfeet” Livingston is a fictional baseball player that appears in the 2003 live-action film, Holes. Sweetfeet plays for the Texas Rangers. He donated his pair of sneakers that he wore in the World Series to a homeless shelter to be auctioned off.

How did Stanley get the sneakers?

Stanley tells him that he stole a pair of sneakers from the famous baseball player Clyde “Sweet Feet” Livingston. Since his father was doing experiments with sneakers, Stanley ran home to give them to his father. The shoes had smelled very bad. Because he was running, a police car pulled him over and took the shoes.

How did Stanley feel about telling the judge the truth about the sneakers?

Stanley told the truth in court but, of course, no one believed that sneakers could fall from the sky. Stanley no longer believed the sneakers were “destiny’s shoes.” He was just cursed by his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather.

Did Stanley steal the shoes?

Stanley later found out that the shoes belonged to Clyde Livingston and had been donated to a homeless shelter to raise money. Stanley was convicted of stealing the shoes and sent to Camp Green Lake.

What did Stanley find in his second hole?

Chapter 10 Stanley’s second hole is also very hard to dig. While he is digging he finds the fossil of a fish. He has been told by Mr. Pendanski that if he finds anything interesting he might not have to finish his hole.

What does Clyde Livingston Stanley’s hero think of Stanley?

When Livingston testifies at Stanley’s trial, he heartbreakingly calls Stanley a terrible person for stealing from homeless children.