LE CHAPTER THREE: CHARACTER ANALYSIS: HECTOR "ZERO" ZERONI

I guess I picked one of the two people one would expect that one would pick for analysis. Zero: the fastest digger of the D tent. The small, illiterate, black kid had been known by inmates as being dumb and socially adept, whereas he is -to the contrary- very smart and friendly, but just does not want/need to create close relations with the other people at camp. It is only when Stanley arrives in camp that Zero begins his case of "public relations"(cheers yiğit!). I guess his family history being related to Stanley's in certain ways might have a subconscious effect on that (yes, that s**t exists). So anywhore, you know this kid is a good kid when he takes up stanley's work for teaching him to read and write. He is also shown to be a natural born mathematician, and he can instantaneously solve rather complicated equations. His demeanor that could make him appear stupid and asocial, comes from his high intellect and his silent nature, caused by the circumstances of his early life, which are apparently far from ideal. The same circumstances lead to Zero being lonely and lovethirsty his whole life. This brings about an ideal condition for the friendship between Stanley and Zero. Zero is desperately in need of affection and Stanley is in desperate need of a friend to survive in an environment he does not belong. To close it off, I think Zero is potential wasted, and i am glad he will end up with a much better life (they always do).