Hollis Sanders
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I currently pursue journalistic and fiction writing full time while working as a freelancer and as an educator for a nonprofit organization that works to educate young people and combat the effects of poverty on literacy. In college, I studied writing with strong focuses on literature, criticism, and poetry. I am an amateur poet with work featured in a handful of publications.
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Answered a Question in Naomi
After Joji finds out that Naomi has been carrying on intimate relationships with other, younger men, he is immediately broken and humiliated. He kicks Naomi out of his home and wishes to remove her... -
Answered a Question in Burning a Book
While there is no tangible "regime" within the immediately apparent verse of William Stafford's "Burning a Book," the context is largely thought of as an allusion to Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451.... -
Answered a Question in Barn Burning
To Faulkner, the violence and conflict that occurred during this particular era of American history was often inherited. In many of his works, Faulkner explored the toxicity that came with the... -
Answered a Question in Tears of a Tiger
The first and most readily apparent lesson that Tears of a Tiger teaches students before the conflicts of the novel even begin is one regarding the dangers of drinking and driving. Robbie's death... -
Answered a Question in Everyday Use
The conflict of intellectualism and experience is clear and present in the story "Everyday Use," though it is not quite as one-sided as it appears at first glance. The story details the conflict... -
Answered a Question in Rastafarian
Rastafarianism, or as it more commonly referred to by practitioners, Rastafari, is a religion that developed in Jamaica in the early 1900s. The religion is Abrahamic, meaning that it focuses on the... -
Answered a Question in A Worn Path
These two characters are far more similar than you would suspect from first glance, and first glance itself does indeed offer many similarities. Both the doctor and Phoenix are doing everything... -
Answered a Question in Educated
The obstacles that Tara Westover was forced to overcome to receive an education were numerous, but none were so oppressive and challenging as her incredibly unusual family. Living in an... -
Answered a Question in Everyman
In the play The Summoning of Everyman, commonly known as Everyman, the play itself and the primary character serve as an allegory for all of mankind and its eventual judgement. The main character,... -
Answered a Question in Hamlet
One of the biggest questions in Hamlet is on the subject of the mental state of the protagonist. Hamlet pledges early in the play to "put an antic disposition on." In other words, he means to act... -
Answered a Question in Dubliners
One of the primary recurring themes when speaking broadly about Dubliners is the idea of slow stagnation or complete paralysis in one's personal development and how that might relate to a larger... -
Answered a Question in A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings
The most prominent theme of "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" is selfishness. From the moment that "the angel" first lands in the lives of of Pelayo, Elisenda, and their numerous neighbors, the... -
Answered a Question in A Grain of Wheat
In John 12:24 of the New International Bible, Jesus is quoted as saying: Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies,... -
Answered a Question in Life of Pi
Mamaji is a term that translates to "Honored Uncle," and it is Pi's nickname for Francis Adirubasamy, who was a close family friend to Pi's parents. Mamaji is a world class swimmer, and relates... -
Answered a Question in Of Mice and Men
The primary antagonist of Of Mice and Men is, of course, the crippling poverty of the depression era. However, Curly is about as close as you'll come to finding a human antagonist. He is cruel and... -
Answered a Question in The Furnished Room
The reveal at the end of "The Furnished Room" is a textbook example of dramatic irony. The protagonist, having searched tirelessly for an excruciating amount of time for his lover, visits the room... -
Answered a Question in History
This is an incredibly broad question, as imperialism has been implemented both officially and unofficially in many nations throughout the centuries. Generally speaking, the nations that benefit... -
Answered a Question in What You Pawn I Will Redeem
On the surface, it might not seem like Jackson Jackson makes much of a visible change. It is not even remotely implied that his physical circumstances will improve. He will likely not receive any... -
Answered a Question in Life of Pi
The first quote is a commentary on the universal struggle between good and evil. It states that the evil that we see in the world is only a representation of what is within ourselves. It is not... -
Answered a Question in The Lion and the Jewel
The bride price is a dowry that has to be paid in order for Lakunle to be allowed to marry Sidi. Sidi, like most people in her community, takes the bride price very seriously. To her, it is what... -
Answered a Question in Robinson Crusoe
A picaresque novel is one that is a reaction and counterpart to works that revolved around knights and strict adherence to the code of chivalry. Typically, a picaresque work concerns a protagonist... -
Answered a Question in The Lottery
Surface level humor is hard to come by in this story. As the suspense builds, the reader discovers slowly and with horror that there is nothing humorous about this story at all. The entirety of the... -
Answered a Question in A Christmas Carol
There are several ways that Scrooge treats people badly in A Christmas Carol. First of all, Scrooge is treating people badly simply by being abrasive and openly spiteful towards them. Most members... -
Answered a Question in Atonement
While this question is certainly a subjective one, an answer at which you might most logically arrive would be "only vaguely." The guilt that wracks Briony lasts for a lifetime, and she will never... -
Answered a Question in Mark Twain
"The Californian's Tale" concerns a prospector that comes across a cottage home that is surprisingly well taken care of among the homes in the region. He meets a man in his 40's named Henry that is... -
Answered a Question in The Color of Water
The irony of chapter 5 being referred to as "The Old Testament" is, first and foremost, the many similarities it shares with the biblical text to which it is a reference. The chapter largely... -
Answered a Question in The Handmaid's Tale
Gilead seems to be a downright miserable place for everyone involved. Even the ruling class shows signs of discontent and unhappiness. However, there is no evidence to suggest that men experience a... -
Answered a Question in An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
The first and most obvious example of naturalism in "The Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" is the narrator's commitment to detachment. Without question, the death experienced by the primary character... -
Answered a Question in Rhapsody on a Windy Night
"Rhapsody on a Windy Night" is likely the best poem of Eliot's to explore the theme of time, as it is first and foremost an exploration of time, how it contributes to our experience with life, and,... -
Answered a Question in To Kill a Mockingbird
There are a couple of instances of this distinction and contrast in chapter five. The first is Jem's developing sense of manipulating semantics. Jem and Dill want to continue playing their "Boo... -
Answered a Question in The Cask of Amontillado
The three parts of psychoanalytic theory are the id, the ego, and the superego. These three parts of the psyche are said to function together to create a living, acting human being. The id is... -
Answered a Question in Beowulf
The primary concern about Beowulf's adoption by Hrothgar as "one of his own" concerns the line of succession. Wealhtheow, the queen of the Danes, feels a sense of unease when Beowulf is being... -
Answered a Question in A Christmas Carol
One of the most frequently asked questions when teaching young people "A Christmas Carol" is the question as to why Bob Cratchit would ever keep a job under such an insufferable employer. This... -
Answered a Question in Dragonwings
The "demons" that's are commonly mentioned in several passages of the story refer specifically to white Americans. Indeed, the terms "demons" and "white demons" are often interchangeable. America... -
Answered a Question in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" is a short story with an unusual narrative progression. It features a hen-picked protagonist who, while demure and nervous in his day-to-day life, finds himself... -
Answered a Question in The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
1. This is a reference to moving on from the past. It connects to the line before it, which reads, "In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy." When you are starting out something, you... -
Answered a Question in Clearances
The poem "Clearances" is an ode to the poet's mother, meant to function as a reconciliation with her death. After Heaney clearly establishes her death, he goes on to explore several private moments... -
Answered a Question in The Wednesday Wars
This event occurs during the chapter titled "January," which is the fifth chapter in the book. A large part of the chapter revolves around Holling dealing with the embarrassment of a photo in the... -
Answered a Question in A Man of the People
Chief Nanga is portrayed as an obviously and overwhelmingly corrupt man, and functions as the primary antagonist of the story. He is described as a natural and effortless politician, and is said to... -
Answered a Question in The Great Gatsby
The passage is in reference to Gatsby's youth, and the first time that he and Daisy had engaged sexually, before Gatsby went off to war. Gatsby had for some time been in search of a "nice" girl,... -
Answered a Question in Home
Frank and Cee have both lived their entire lives without any physical or geographical sense of belonging. The threat of homelessness and repeated instances of being uprooted are constant throughout... -
Answered a Question in King Lear
"Horrifying" is certainly a word that comes to mind when reading and discussing King Lear. Over the course of the play, we see an old man completely betrayed by everyone around him, most notably... -
Answered a Question in The House on Mango Street
In the incredibly short story "Papa Wakes Up Tired in the Dark," a brief but incredibly dense scene plays out wherein Esperanza's papa informs her that his own father has passed away. Esperanza has... -
Answered a Question in Little Brother
True to the title of the book, Little Brother is a reference to many of the conflicts present in George Orwell's 1984, it presents them on a far more diminished and therefore more intimate scale.... -
Answered a Question in A Streetcar Named Desire
The two "romances" that are at the heart of A Streetcar Named Desire are between Stella and Stanley and between Blanche and the imaginary idea of romance that she has created within her own... -
Answered a Question in Common Sense
Thomas Paine was a noteworthy patriot of the revolutionary period of American history. His famous pamphlet, titled Common Sense, can be summarized as a challenge to the rule of the British... -
Answered a Question in Tom's Midnight Garden
The agency and freedom of children in the world of Tom's Midnight Garden is portrayed as incredibly repressed and seldom allowed to be explored. This point carries even greater truth the further... -
Answered a Question in William Shakespeare
New Historicism is a relatively new form of literary criticism that became part of the widespread vernacular in the 1990s. New Historicism stands in sharp contrast to the more romantic inclinations... -
Answered a Question in The Way to Rainy Mountain
The title The Way to Rainy Mountain is significant on two levels. First, it represents the final area which the Kiowa tribe settled after their many tribulations and contentions with the US... -
Answered a Question in Animal Farm
The PEE technique is a method for constructing arguments in paragraphs that revolves around three steps: Point, Example, and Explanation. It is a good way to articulate your thoughts in a clear and...
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