Chapter 10

For this one I will be referring to one of my all time favs: Holes by Louis Sachar.

Rain can mean destruction, flooding and fear, as mentioned in chapter 10. But rain can also be a very uplifting element of nature too. If you are familiar with the great novel Holes, then you already know what part I am about to mention. When Stanley and Zero finally find their way back to the camp with their treasure chest and are about to head home, a sudden downpour starts, which was very unsuspected at Camp Green Lake. All the boys there rejoice and celebrate this stroke of good fortune. This rain is very symbolic, as mentioned in chapter 10. The two boys, Stanley and Zero have been lost for many days, and the rain does serve as a cleanser, and refresher, almost as if everything is starting over again. The Yelnats family's streak of bad luck has ended since the curse broke, Hector (Zero) is finally where he belongs, and the Yelnats family is wealthy and is assumed to live happily ever after. But it is the rain that starts this trend of good fortune, and don't forget, Green Lake has been in a drought for a very long time. In fact, this rain is almost symbolic to spring because a new life is begining for the main characters. In this story there are no actually rainbows that come from the rain, but there are figurative rainbows such as the reuniting of Hector and his mother and the end of the Yelnats' bad luck. This all, of course, happens immediately following the downpoor of rain. Holes is a perfect example of how rain represents more than just weather, but in fact can change the whole mood and outcome of a story, sometimes for worse, but in this case for the better.