No, Camp Green Lake does not live up to its name in the present day. The name is ironic, the opposite of what actually faces the boys, like Zero, when they arrive at this remote locale. The name Camp Green Lake suggests a summer camp, full of swimming, fun, and frolics, but what the boys find is actually a prison environment full of hard labor in which they dig five-by-five holes every day in a desert. Rather than the abundance of water suggested by the words "green lake," the boys are constantly thirsty and pouring the water out of their water bottles in front of them becomes a form of punishment meant to keep them in line.
However, a hundred years in the past, the name accurately reflected the setting, as there was a lake on the spot that has now become a desert.
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