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Inner strength through adversity-Zero Hector Zeroni , or Zero , in Lois Sachar?s book Holes has been homeless for most of his life, and his mother abandoned (or lost) him when he was still small. Zero has not had much of an education so he does not know how to read or write. Despite all the adversity that he has faced, Zero knows that he is smart and he has a sense of standing up for himself , this helps Zero to gain tremendous inner strength. At first Zero is presented as a strange character. He rarely spoke and always walked around with a scowl on his face. Right away Zero is labeled as an idiot. Before everyone got know Zero they thought he wasn?t very smart. Not being able to read nor write doesn?t help Zero?s social problems either. This is a great example of how much adversity Zero is having to stare down. Zero has a tough time at camp until Stanley arrives . Eventually, when Zero becomes friends with Stanley, the reader learns that Zero is silent because he does not like answering questions. Most likely because he is wary of people like Mr. Pendanski, who always mock him. Zero overcomes this adversity and builds enough inner strength to ignore all of the things the Mr. Pendanski does to him. It is harder than it s