English
The first similarity between madam Zeroni and zero as can be deduced from the novel holes is their social standing. In camp green lake, Zero is an outcast mainly because people do not see him as worth anything at all. He is underestimated and deemed by his colleague as stupid and not worth the time of day of anyone. Madam Zeroni was also viewed as a social deviant. The fact that she was a gypsy dictated how people responded to her and treated her. She was an outcast who people only turned to when they had problems that they desperately needed ...