Holes Louis Sachar Research Paper

Becoming a Murderer What leads a person to murder? Is it jealousy or the desire for revenge? The book Holes, by Louis Sachar is the story of how a person becomes a murderer. Sachar reveals that love is a strong emotion that can change a person’s life. A fictional character, Katherine Barlow was the only school teacher in the small town of Green Lake, Texas. She was an innocent and beautiful woman who was admired by children and men who wanted more, but only got an education. Katherine Barlow, later known as Kissin’ Kate’s life circumstances created a motive to drive her to pursue the life of an outlaw. The first event that led to Katherine Barlow to becoming Kissin’ Kate the outlaw was the burning of the town’s only schoolhouse, where Katherine taught at. Sam the onion picker would fix the leaking roof, the window that would not open, the door that does not hang straight, her desk that wobbles, and anything else that would have needed to be fixed. Everyone in town was proud of the “new” schoolhouse, except for Katherine. She longed to see Sam again, wishing there was something else that needed to be fixed. Hearing Sam on the street selling onions, she ran to him and they kissed. In the rain, there was no one else

Emotions and life experiences will affect future life decisions. One hundred and ten years ago at Green Lake, Texas, it was law that a Negro could not kiss a white woman. The sheriff was going to hang Sam for kissing Katherine.“‘I always get drunk before a hanging”’(Sachar 113). Katherine quickly found Sam and let him know the sheriff was going to hang him. She told him that someone must have seen them kissing. They got on to Sam’s boat and made it halfway across the river. Trout Walker, son of the richest man in the country, smashed his boat against Sam’s boat and shot and killed him in the water. Katherine was later rescued against her wishes. Her heart was broken. Katherine had lost