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Mr. Sir is a nasty middle manager at Camp Green Lake. He's especially grumpy because, when Stanley arrives, Mr. Sir has recently quit smoking; instead, he eats sunflower seeds by the bag. His favorite catchphrase is to say that Camp Green Lake isn't a Girl Scout camp, and he loves telling campers that they're not in the Girl Scouts anymore. Mr. Sir is a callous man who thinks little of the lives of the boys at camp; he tells Stanley outright that he's not worth wasting bullets on. He's also extremely vindictive. When Stanley takes the blame for stealing Mr. Sir's sunflower seeds, the Warden believes that bringing the matter to her is a waste of her time, so she hits and scratches Mr. Sir across the face with her rattlesnake venom-infused nail polish. This causes Mr. Sir's face to swell painfully, and he goes on to punish Stanley by depriving him of water for more than a week. He's later complicit in destroying Zero's records. Much to Mr. Sir's chagrin, after the Attorney General shuts Camp Green Lake down, it eventually becomes a Girl Scout camp.
Mr. Sir Quotes in Holes
The Holes quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Sir or refer to Mr. Sir. 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:
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Part 1, Chapter 4
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"I see you're looking at my gun. Don't worry. I'm not going to shoot you. "He tapped his holster. "This is for yellow-spotted lizards. I wouldn't waste a bullet on you."
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Part 1, Chapter 19
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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.
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Part 1, Chapter 27
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Fortunately, Mr. Pendanski delivered the water more often than Mr. Sir. Mr. Pendanski was obviously aware of what Mr. Sir was doing, because he always gave Stanley a little extra. He'd fill Stanley's canteen, then let Stanley take a long drink, then top it off for him.
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Part 2, Chapter 31
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"I don't think I can erase him completely from all the state files, said Mr. Pendanski. "Too many cross-references. But I can so make it so it would be very difficult for anyone to ever find a record of him. Like I said, though, no one will ever look. No one cares about Hector Zeroni."
"Good," said the Warden.
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Part 2, Chapter 47
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"It's got his name on it," said Zero.
Stanley's lawyer pushed past the tall man to have a look.
"See," Zero showed her. "Stanley Yelnats."
Stanley looked, too. There, in big black letters, was STANLEY YELNATS.
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Mr. Sir Quotes in Holes
The Holes quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Sir or refer to Mr. Sir. 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:
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Part 1, Chapter 4
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"I see you're looking at my gun. Don't worry. I'm not going to shoot you. "He tapped his holster. "This is for yellow-spotted lizards. I wouldn't waste a bullet on you."
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Part 1, Chapter 19
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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.
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Part 1, Chapter 27
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Fortunately, Mr. Pendanski delivered the water more often than Mr. Sir. Mr. Pendanski was obviously aware of what Mr. Sir was doing, because he always gave Stanley a little extra. He'd fill Stanley's canteen, then let Stanley take a long drink, then top it off for him.
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Part 2, Chapter 31
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"I don't think I can erase him completely from all the state files, said Mr. Pendanski. "Too many cross-references. But I can so make it so it would be very difficult for anyone to ever find a record of him. Like I said, though, no one will ever look. No one cares about Hector Zeroni."
"Good," said the Warden.
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Part 2, Chapter 47
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"It's got his name on it," said Zero.
Stanley's lawyer pushed past the tall man to have a look.
"See," Zero showed her. "Stanley Yelnats."
Stanley looked, too. There, in big black letters, was STANLEY YELNATS.
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