When you think about the film Holes and the book there seem to be many similarities and differences. The film Holes by Andrew Davis and the book by Louis Sachar are based on a boy named "Stanley" who steals a pair of shoes and ends up in a juvenile detention center in a desert. This place requires kids to dig a whole one every day using the shovel as a measuring tool. They also need to watch out for dangerous creatures like yellow spotted lizards as they dig their burrows. The film Holes by Andrew Davis and the book Holes by Louis Sachar are a little different, but the film delves more into the characters' backgrounds and overall story. We say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an Original Essay To start off, the main difference I noticed after reading the book and watching the movie is that Stanley in the book was presented as an overweight A school boy who was bullied. In the movie Stanley was a skinny kid and the movie didn't mention anything about him being bullied. This makes the book and the movie a little different because in the book it seems that Stanley may not be able to defend himself at the camp and may not be able to complete his daily tasks. This totally changes how Stanley is perceived. Another difference I noticed was that Sam, the onion man in the book, was killed by Trout Walker while he was with Katherine. In this part both Katherine and Sam were on his boat when Trout arrived and killed Sam. In the film, Katherine hears the steamboat Trout heading towards Sam. Katherine is watching from her school where she teaches and sees Trout approach Sam's boat and kill him. This could change how Katherine feels and her anger towards Trout. Trout is jealous of her and Sam's relationship and that she likes a poor black onion farmer rather than him being a rich white man. In the film, when Stanley and Zero are taken by the lawyer to leave Camp Green Lake, it starts raining while they are outside. They broke the curse of Stanley's great, great, great grandfather and after many years it rains in the barren desert. This happens because they found the chest full of treasure that "Kissin Kate Barlow" had left behind. In the book, the rain starts while they are in the car and about to leave. Also, some similarities I found were that in both versions of the story the boys had to dig holes using their shovels as a guide. Using the shovel they made holes as deep as the shovel was tall and also as wide as the shovel was tall. Camp Green Lake in both versions was a scam that the owners of the property had devised to find Kate Barlow's treasure. They would use the boys as slaves to dig every day, so eventually the guardian hoped that one of the boys would stumble across the treasure or clue. Stanley also found a lipstick with "KB" written on it for Kate Barlow. This occurred in both versions and Stanley was required to hand it over as a clue. In exchange Stanley didn't have to finish everything that day and had extra time to shower. In both versions of the story, Stanley and Zero find a chest marked "Stanley Yelnats" early one morning. Stanley doesn't give the treasure to the warden because it has his name on it. The lawyer assists by claiming that the trunk rightfully belongs to Stanley. Also, an important difference towards the end of the story is when Trout Walker finds Kate. In the book Kate is in a cabin on the dried up Green Lake. Trout threatens her with a gun and demands she tell him where she buried the treasure. In the film, Trout finds Kate leaning against Sam's boat that was left in the desert. Also in the book., 4(1), 58–69.