Holes

Holes

by

Louis Sachar

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X-Ray is a small boy in Tent D. Despite his size, he's the leader of the group and is always first in line for water. Though he allows others to believe that he got his nickname because he has sharp eyesight, in reality, X-Ray is just Rex in pig Latin and he has terrible eyesight. After Stanley finds the fossil, X-Ray asks that if Stanley finds anything else, he give it to him—he's been at Camp Green Lake a year and believes he's the most deserving of a day off.

X-Ray/Rex Quotes in Holes

The Holes quotes below are all either spoken by X-Ray/Rex or refer to X-Ray/Rex. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Fate and Destiny Theme Icon
).
Part 1, Chapter 11 Quotes

The more he thought about it, the more he was glad that he agreed to let X-Ray have anything he might find. If he was going to survive at Camp Green Lake, it was far more important that X-Ray think he was a good guy than it was for him to get one day off.

Related Characters: Stanley Yelnats, The Warden, X-Ray/Rex
Page Number: 53
Explanation and Analysis:
Part 1, Chapter 19 Quotes

Stanley kept his mouth shut most of the time. He didn't talk too much to any of the boys, afraid that he might say the wrong thing. They called him Caveman and all that, but he couldn't forget that they were dangerous, too. They were all here for a reason. As Mr. Sir would say, this wasn't a Girl Scout camp.

Related Characters: Stanley Yelnats, Zero/Hector Zeroni, Mr. Sir, X-Ray/Rex, Zigzag/Ricky, Squid/Alan, Magnet/José, Armpit/Theodore
Page Number: 84
Explanation and Analysis:
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X-Ray/Rex Quotes in Holes

The Holes quotes below are all either spoken by X-Ray/Rex or refer to X-Ray/Rex. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Fate and Destiny Theme Icon
).
Part 1, Chapter 11 Quotes

The more he thought about it, the more he was glad that he agreed to let X-Ray have anything he might find. If he was going to survive at Camp Green Lake, it was far more important that X-Ray think he was a good guy than it was for him to get one day off.

Related Characters: Stanley Yelnats, The Warden, X-Ray/Rex
Page Number: 53
Explanation and Analysis:
Part 1, Chapter 19 Quotes

Stanley kept his mouth shut most of the time. He didn't talk too much to any of the boys, afraid that he might say the wrong thing. They called him Caveman and all that, but he couldn't forget that they were dangerous, too. They were all here for a reason. As Mr. Sir would say, this wasn't a Girl Scout camp.

Related Characters: Stanley Yelnats, Zero/Hector Zeroni, Mr. Sir, X-Ray/Rex, Zigzag/Ricky, Squid/Alan, Magnet/José, Armpit/Theodore
Page Number: 84
Explanation and Analysis: