To show that he was accepted in the group.
Caveman
The atmosphere is very dull at the start of the book ' Holes ' because Stanley Yelnats is having a miserable life. He has been cursed and is know realizing how bad it is. He then gets very upset about going to a Camp which is for bad boys, but after he is transferred to there Stanley then realizes that it isn't as bad as he thinks. The atmosphere is builds up halfway through the book when him and his new friends begin to discover more about each-other. Stanley settles in quickly and gets a Nickname ' Caveman '. The atmosphere then settles down but not too much when Stanley begins to dig holes. Hope I Helped Guys! Amaan Iqbal
Back in caveman times edges were quite hairy.
Stanley yelnats
zig, barth ,poo,Armpit:No no, Armpit, despite what the movie implies it is, was not named that because he smalls bad. Armpit was named that because he was bitten in the armpit by a scorpion, and would not stop complaining about it.ZigZag:He has zig-zaggy hairCaveman:He's the slowest digger, and the fact that he found a fossil with 'cave fish' on it. cjones's Answeralso because he is one of the biggest and fatest in campZero:People think he's nobodyX-ray:It's his real name in pig latinSquid:I have no idea.Was he the kid who took the sunflower seeds?If he was:He steals things(:Correct, Squid does not steal, he was nicknamed Squid because in his personal belongings trunk, he has a stuffed purple octopus, he want's to be a marine biologist.=Dalso..twitch is named so because he twitches when he is around a nice car and is stealing one (that's why he is at camp green lake)hector is also called zero because people think there is nothing going on in his head and hes is dumb, when he just doesn't like talking to them he really celever as he is good at maths and english.Stanley is called caveman because he is big and slow at digging his hole, i thought he was called caveman because of the fish fossil he found, but in the book the other boys call him caveman before he finds the fossil.Jose is called magnet because he steals thing, his fingers are like magnetsits also magnet who steals things, not just twich.
Stanley Yelnats (from the book Holes) was glad that the other kids gave him Caveman as a nickname because the giving of nicknames signified acceptance into the group.
caveman in the movie holes is Stanley yelnats IV
It indicates that he is now part of the group.
he was accused of stealing a famous basketball player's tennis shoes. the shoes were given to the needy. Zero stole them, but when he was about to get caught, he threw them and the ended up in Stanley's hands. Stanley got caught and went to the camp.
Stanley's nickname is caveman
Stanley likes the name "caveman" because it represents strength, simplicity, and a connection to our primal instincts. It may also appeal to his sense of ruggedness and adventure.
because he lives in a cave
caveman
Stanley is called "Caveman" in the book Holes because after he found a fossil of a fish all the boys from his tent all said he must be a Caveman being able to find that. Thats how he got his nickname :)
Wayne Gretzky
They named him that because he is dirty looking and he do his poor
The main characters are Stanley Yelnats and Hector Zorroni, also known as Caveman and Zero.