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| - Katherine Barlow was Green Lake's school teacher. She made the best spiced peaches in Texas. The children loved Miss Katherine, as did the men she taught. Barlow had a friendship with the black onion picker, Sam; they'd often exchange a jar of peaches for a bag of onions, respectively. One day, when Sam went to go deliver some onions to her, he noticed the leaking roof of the schoolhouse. He told her he'd fix it for her in exchange for three jars of peaches. Every time he fixed one thing, Miss Katherine would find another thing for him to fix because she liked his company. This made them develop a relationship together, and they discovered mutual affection. One day, she and Sam were discovered kissing each other. This was not allowed in the town at the time, due to the racism in the South
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| - Katherine Barlow was Green Lake's school teacher. She made the best spiced peaches in Texas. The children loved Miss Katherine, as did the men she taught. Barlow had a friendship with the black onion picker, Sam; they'd often exchange a jar of peaches for a bag of onions, respectively. One day, when Sam went to go deliver some onions to her, he noticed the leaking roof of the schoolhouse. He told her he'd fix it for her in exchange for three jars of peaches. Every time he fixed one thing, Miss Katherine would find another thing for him to fix because she liked his company. This made them develop a relationship together, and they discovered mutual affection. One day, she and Sam were discovered kissing each other. This was not allowed in the town at the time, due to the racism in the South. Sam was going to be hanged for this crime, so Barlow tried to reason with the drunk sheriff. He did nothing to appease the situation, and even asked her to kiss him in exchange for her boyfriend Sam's life (in the film he didn't make the exchange for Sam's life offer), which she refused. In the book Miss Katherine insisted that he go across the lake, leaving Mary Lou behind. Katherine came with him and Trout shot him, Katherine was rescued unwillingly. In the movie, however, Sam was coming back from the onion field across the lake and Katherine was on the shore watching him. Katherine witnessed him being shot, and was so mournful and mad at his death, that the next day, she shot the sheriff and giving him the kiss he had asked for, leaving a red lipstick mark. Louis Sachar stated in an interview that Kate Barlow is his favourite character from Holes.
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