Read this excerpt from Holes Why does Sachar include this description of the shoes
in the flashback?
O to show where the shoes came from
O to show how valuable the shoes were
O to reveal why Stanley was arrested
to give background on the homeless shelter
A patrol car pulled alongside him. A policeman
asked him why he was running. Then he took the
shoes and made a call on his radio. Shortly
thereafter, Stanley was arrested.
It turned out the sneakers had been stolen from a
display at the homeless shelter. That evening rich
people were going to come to the shelter and pay a
hundred dollars to eat the food that the poor people
ate every day for free. Clyde Livingston, who had
once lived at the shelter when he was younger, was
going to speak and sign autographs. His shoes
would be auctioned, and it was expected that they
would sell for over five thousand dollars. All the
money would go to help the homeless.
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