From Holes by Louis Sachar, page 45 "Can you teach me?" Stanley didn't know what he was talking about. "Teach you what, to rock climb?" Zero stared at him with penetrating eyes. "I want to learn to read and write," said Zero. Stanley let out a short laugh. He wasn't laughing at Zero. He was just surprised. All this time he had thought Zero was reading over his shoulder. "Sorry," he said. "I don't know how to teach." After digging all day, he didn't have the strength to try to teach Zero to read and write. He needed to save his energy for the people who counted. "You don't have to teach me to write," said Zero. "Just to read. I don't have anybody to write to." "Sorry," Stanley said again. His muscles and hands weren't the only parts of his body that had toughened over the past several weeks. His heart had hardened as well. He finished his letter. He barely had enough moisture in his mouth to seal and stamp the envelope. It seemed that no matter how much water he drank, he was always thirsty. Thesis: Being at Camp Green Lake has made Stanley less generous. Which of the following is the best context and integration for the quote? * Zero admits that he doesn't know how to read and asks Stanley to teach him. Stanley refuses, thinking that "his muscles and hands weren't the only parts of his body that had toughened over the past several weeks. His heart had hardened as well" (Sachar 45). "Sorry," Stanley said again. "His muscles and hands weren't the only parts of his body that had toughened over the past several weeks. His heart had hardened as well" (Sachar 45). Stanley refuses, thinking that "his muscles and hands weren't the only parts of his body that had toughened over the past several weeks. His heart had hardened as well" (Sachar 45). Zero admits that he doesn't know how to read and asks Stanley to teach him. "His muscles and hands weren't the only parts of his body that had toughened over the past several weeks. His heart had hardened as well" (Sachar 45).
Stanley refuses, thinking that "his muscles and hands weren't the only parts of his body that had toughened over the past several weeks. His heart had hardened as well" (Sachar 45).
