I learned this because elya yelnats broke his promise to madame zeroni, and this gave him and his family bad luck. Stanley yelnats the 4th stanley yelnats the 4th was walking home from school and some shoes came from the sky and he started running home he didnt know they were clide livingstones shoes. Elya is referred to as stanleys nogooddirtyrottenpigstealinggreatgreatgrandfather. So, elya sought the help of madame zeroni to win myras hand marriage. The narrator jumps back in time to tell the story of elya yelnats. Holes is a 1998 young adult novel written by louis sachar and first published by farrar, straus and giroux. Elya yelnats, stanley yelnatss nogooddirtyrottenpigstealinggreatgreatgrandfather, is responsible for the family curse.
She expresses that race plays a pivotal role in childrens literature, as they are beginning to develop a vague understanding of what makes people different. In chapter 7, through flashbacks interwoven with stanleys digging, we learn the story of elya yelnats and the origin of the yelnats family curse. The judge said, you may go to jail, or you may go to camp green lake. He is the one who is blamed for the generationslong. Stanleys mother insists that there never was a curse. As stanley begins to dig his first hole, the narrator tells the story of elya yelnats, stanleys greatgreat grandfather. The story of elya yelnats chapter 7 holesbyfranziska. Elya worked for morris menke ravil isyanov, shoveling manure out of his barn. A short film for an english project, based on the story of elya yelnats from the book holes by louis sarcharr. He changes during the course of the novel due to the influence and effect of his e. Zero told stanley the story about his greatgreatgrandmother. What holes by louis sachar can teach us about writing. If youre stanley yelnats, the main character in holes by louis sachar, you sure do.
The novel alternates this story with two set in the past, with interrelated but distinct plot lines. The hard part was was laying out the strands throughout the story, telling the story of kate barlow and of elya yelnats and elya s son, without it getting in the way of stanleys story. Elya is described as being a kind, if somewhat idealistic, teen. While the book progresses, stanley develops mental and. How else could you explain being wrongly accused of stealing a pair of shoes.
Its his broken promise to madame zeroni that dooms the yelnats family to one major curse. Characters, symbolism and themes of holes by louis sachar. In this historical flashback, elya yelnats is a fifteenyearold latvian boy who falls in love with a beautiful but shallow girl named myra menke. Elya yelnats is stanleys nogooddirtyrottenpigstealinggreatgreatgrandfather who is blamed for everything bad that happens to future generations of his family. When he was fifteen he fell in love with a pretty fourteen year old girl named myra menke. Elya yelnats character analysis in holes litcharts. This is a good way to create a exciting story because that was how the book holes was partially formed. The reader might find it interesting, however, that stanleys father invented his cure for foot odor the day after the greatgreatgrandson of elya yelnats carried the greatgreatgreatgrandson of madame zeroni up the mountain. As stanley starts digging his hole, which is extremely difficult for him considering his heavy weight, the author jumps back in time to talk about stanleys greatgreatgrandfather, elya. However, all he had to offer was a heart full of love, to which myra thought was sweet. Elya yelnats was stanleys greatgreatgrandfather, and was known for starting the alleged family curse by not taking madame zeroni up the mountain to drink the water. The ironic tone of the novel is exemplified by the false impressions. Elya yelnatsis stanleys no good, dirty, rotten, pigstealing great great grandfather. Myras father, however, wanted myra to marry igor barkov, a 57yearold pig farmer.
The multiple plot lines can be confusing at first, but it all comes together in the end. At the beginning of the story, stanley yelnats, a year old boy supposedly affected by a family curse, has been wrongly accused of stealing the shoes of the baseball player clyde livingston. The narrator fills in some of the holes in the plot. After elya yelnats reached america, he answer choices. Stanley yelnats iv stanley, the protagonist of holes, is a dynamic character. Stanley has made good on the promise that elya broke. The character i am doing this summary on is stanley yelnats. Get everything you need to know about elya yelnats in holes. We first encounter him as a young boy in latvia, smitten with the beautiful village girl myra menke. She suggested he go to america, where her son lived.
He goes to a fortune teller, madame zeroni, for advice about his destiny. Following this vein of thought, stanley and his family think of elya yelnats as a goodfornothing pig. Elya yelnats is recurring character from the 2003 liveaction film, holes. In a fablelike manner, elyas story introduces the three themes of holes the. At the beginning of the story, stanley is a shy, not very selfconfident and overweight boy, a kind of person you would not really notice much. He was unable to compete with a fellow suitor, igor barkov, who had. Hes responsible for cursing the yelnats family after he broke a promise to his friend madame zeroni. Elya thought menkes daughter myra sanya mateyas was very beautiful.
Elya is the protagonists greatgreatgrandfather, who grew up in latvia before coming to america. However, he was unable to compete with a fellow suitor, igor. There is a brief flashback to the story of a little girl who was cured of near fatal stomach sickness by eating. There are several stories being told in parallel in the book and one of them is the story of stanleys greatgreatgrandfather elya yelnats. Stanleys family is poor and believes themselves to be under the curse of stanleys nogooddirtyrottenpigstealinggreatgrandfather. Based on the short story of elya yelnats from the book holes by louis. She was friends with and attracted to elya yelnats. Then some police came and axucded him for stilling his father said it was you no good pig stelling great great garandfather elya yelnats. While a fifteenyear old boy growing up in latvia, he had fallen in love with and wanted to marry myra menke, the daughter of a wealthy landlord. A descendant of elya yelnats has carried a descendant of madame zeroni up the mountain to a place where the water runs uphill and has sung the pig lullaby to him. Blinded by the whiteness and holesblack boy theory.
Elya wanted to marry myra but so did igor barkov, a fiftyseven year old pig farmer. Elya yelnats gets his screen time about thirty or forty years before the kate and sam romance. In the flashback of chapter 7, elya is an introspective and sensitive young man who prefers listening to the stories of his friend, old madame zeroni, to. The book centers on an unlucky teenage boy named stanley yelnats, who is sent to camp green lake, a juvenile corrections facility in a desert in texas, after being falsely accused of theft. A short film my friends and i made for an english project at school. And no, we couldnt get hold of a pig so use your imagination. When he was fifteen years old, he fell in love with myra menke at this time she was fourteen, whose father decided. Myra menke was a minor character featured in the film, holes.
Every book on your english syllabus summed up in a quote from the office. The other problem i had occurred when stanley was digging his hole for the first time. In a small village in latvia during the 1800s, lived the great great grandfather of stanley yelnats iv, named elya yelnats. At age fifteen in latvia, elya fell in love with myra menke. Elya yelnats has broken a contract between him and an old gypsy who was called. Louis sachar says he knew from the outset how all three stories would fit together. Elya yelnats is the greatgreatgrandfather of stanley yelnats who, according to stanley, has brought eternal bad luck to his family. Stanley yelnats senior had climbed this mountain to take refuge on it and survive after being abandoned in the middle of nowhere. It all started with stanleys greatgreatgrandfather elya yelnats. I absolutely love novels that come full circle, and holes by louis sachar is one of those novels.
Stanley yelnats iv climbed the same mountain elya yelnats and stanley yelnats senior climbed decades before aswell. The hard part was laying out the strands throughout the story, telling the story of kate barlow and of elya yelnats and elya s son, without it getting in the way of stanleys story. Based on the short story of elya yelnats from the book holes by louis sachar. Menke lived in latvia, and was the daughter of a wealthy landlord. After receiving a piglet from madame zeroni, he failed to carry her. Stanley ii tells stanley iv the story of how it all started with his greatgreat grandfather elya yelnats in latvia. Madame zeroni told him to forget about her her heads as empty as a flower pot.
The sneakers had actually fallen from an overpass and landed on top of stanleys head. Summary in chapter 7, through flashbacks interwoven with stanleys digging, we learn the story of elya yelnats and the origin of the yelnats family curse. In the book holes, elya yelnats is stanley yelnats s latvian greatgreatgrandfather who brought a family curse on the yelnats family. The character of elya yelnats in holes from litcharts the creators. Madame zeroni wants to help elya yelnats when he tells her about wanting to. This novel is set in modern times and focuses on the current circumstances of stanley yelnats, an unfortunate, unlucky young man who is sent to camp green lake for a crime he didnt commit. She even doubts whether stanleys greatgreatgrandfather really stole a pig. Apparently myras father had to choose which man who shall have myra in hand for marriage. In chapter 6 of coatss book, blinded by the white, she explores the psychoanalytic relevance and importance of race throughout childrens literature. Holes the story of elya yelnats storyboard by rebeccaray. The young adult novel, holes, by louis sachar, is an exciting story where its difficult for the reader to predict what is going to happen next sachar is a great writer who has written many excellent books. He is stanleysno good dirty rotten pigstealing greatgreatgrandfather. Elya yelnats is stanleys nogooddirtyrottenpigstealinggreatgreatgrandfather who lives in the 1850s. Elya wanted to marry myra, and talked to her father.
One lesson that i learned was that what you do will effect your future. Elya yelnats is the greatgreatgrandfather of the main character stanley. Elya yelnats is stanleys no good, dirty, rotten, pigstealing great great grandfather. Its his broken promise to madame zeroni that dooms the yelnats family to one. A young fellow then, elya yelnats falls in love with a local beauty, myra menke.
More of stanleys family history is revealed in this chapter. Stanleys greatgreatgrandfather was from latvia and his name was elya yelnats. Although he never actually steals a pig, his actions cause madame zeroni to put a curse on him and all his descendants. Stanley believes his bad luck is because of a curse placed on his family after his greatgreatgrandfather, elya yelnats, stole a pig from a gypsy, madame zeroni. At fifteen, elya fell in love with a fourteenyearold girl named myra menke. The storyline is the story occurred in past along the present storyline. However, a pig farmer name igor had already asked to marry her. Stanleys father invented his cure for foot odor the day after the greatgreatgrandson of elya yelnats carried the greatgreatgreatgrandson of madame zeroni up the mountain. His greatgreatgrandfather was born in latvia and when elya was fifteen years old he fell in love myra menke. Sarah yelnats nee miller is the wife of elya yelnats and great great grandmother of stanley yelnats iv 2r3htg4.
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