Holes

 In my book Holes by Louis Sachar there is a kid named Stanley Yelnats and he is under a curse. I think in this part of the book Stanley is facing a Contrast and Contradiction in a good way. Stanley has always been a friendly guy but also really mean. He has lately seen the people working with him digging holes as family.  He says something like "I know this all has been hell but honestly I couldn't do any of it with out any of your motivation. I'm really glad I met some of you." I can see that Stanley is really starting to care for his friends and realize that's even though it's hard it takes time and it will all be alright.