It is eventually his empathy and caring that will help him to break the curse - in the chapters set on God's Thumb, Stanley has developed so much compassion that we see him putting himself in Zero's shoes, and understanding why his friend might feel the way he does. Later, he teaches Zero to read - he doesn't give up on the silent, strange boy, even when the rest of the world has. He doesn't want to worry his parents, so in Chapter 9 he writes a letter home to his mother that is full of lies about all the fun he is having at Camp Green Lake. Stanley is an empathetic character: he is a loyal friend to Zero, and a caring son to his parents. Therefore Stanley's personal character development eventually cultivates in him the knowledge of his own worth and place in the world - he realizes in Chapter 42, with some surprise, that "he like himself now" (186). At the end of the novel, Stanley is a self-confident young man who is clearly going places. However, this does not stay true for the whole novel, since eventually Stanley's bravery and perseverance lead him to discover the treasure and break the curse. Stanley has developed a worldview in which he cannot really change his circumstances, since they are predetermined by the actions of his ancestors. This reluctance to interfere with external events may be traced back to the family curse to which he and the other members of the Yelnats family attribute all their misfortunes. It is worthwhile remembering that Stanley should not be at Camp Green Lake in the first place because he has not committed any crime. The book details an account of how Derek, a boy half his size, picks on him without fear of retaliation, and when Stanley is incorrectly thought of as a thief at Camp Green Lake, he does not attempt to defend himself. Stanley doesn’t often speak unless spoken to, and at the start of the novel he is usually content to let things happen around him without trying to affect them, even if it means being treated unfairly. The physical labor at the camp - the endless digging of huge holes in the desert - is exhausting for him at first, but he has the mental resilience to push through, and eventually becomes physically stronger as well. At Camp Green Lake he finds it much easier to fit in, and within a couple days of arriving already has a nickname and a few friends. He is described early on as soft and pudgy, and a natural target for bullies at his Texas high school, notably a nasty boy named Derrick Dunne. Stanley is the protagonist of this story, a shy, unpopular high school student.
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