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 Literature
Both men are being patronized and taunted to varying degrees for their positions. On one hand, Orwell is a British police officer in Burma and is a symbol of authority that the Burmese have come to... -
Answered a Question in The Trial
Almost every narrative development within The Trial makes very little sense when approached rationally. Instead, much of the action of the story seems to operate under the trope of "dream logic."... -
Answered a Question in By the Waters of Babylon
This quote is spoken by John's father, who is also a priest in the post-apocalyptic society in which John lives. John has just returned from his fated pilgrimage wherein he entered the forbidden... -
Answered a Question in The Lovely Bones
The effect that Susie Salmon's death has on her family is life-changing to say the least. All are completely shaken and unable to function in their day-to-day lives to varying degrees. As Susie was... -
Answered a Question in To Kill a Mockingbird
It could be said that the entire narrative of To Kill a Mockingbird is a challenge against society's preconceived notions of certain marginalized people. This can be racial, such as in the case of... -
Answered a Question in Evicted
Matthew Desmond's Evicted is a critical look at extreme poverty in the United States, particularly in the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It paints a stark picture of those affected by the severe... -
Answered a Question in Trash
Over the course of the novel Trash, Raphael never "goes to prison" in the commonly understood meaning. That is to say, he is never convicted of a crime and sentenced to time in prison. However, he... -
Answered a Question in Monster
This is a tricky question, because we are only given firsthand insight into the world of the Diablos gang through Osvaldo Cruz, who is established as being unreliable as both a witness and as a... -
Answered a Question in The Crucible
This quote is derived from the book of Tobit, which is part of the Biblical apocrypha. An apocryphal book is one that is considered to be of dubious origin or authorship, particularly in the... -
Answered a Question in Rules of the Game
The primary conflict of Rules of the Game revolves around the theme of "hidden strength." Hidden strength is a concept that Waverly's mother, Lindo Jong, instills in her from an early age. It is... -
Answered a Question in Life of Pi
The relationship between science and religion is one of the most profound dichotomies that can be found within the work. Throughout his experience, Pi explores their apparent contrast,... -
Answered a Question in John F. Kennedy's Presidency
John F. Kennedy had a contentious relationship with Congress over the course of his presidency, to say the least. In terms of legislative action and reform, Kennedy was forced to find an often... -
Answered a Question in The Nonexistent Knight
The Nonexistent Knight is an allegory in every sense of the word. The title itself refers to the primary character, Agilulf, who lives up to his titular descriptor. He is so entrenched in... -
Answered a Question in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
In contrast to many dystopian novels that create situations the represent a physical and present threat to humanity, Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? is an exploration of an existential... -
Answered a Question in Fences
The primary characters of Fences are all suffering from the effects of poverty which are exacerbated by racial tensions in the United States. Much of the conflict of the play revolves around issues... -
Answered a Question in Grendel
The most striking and immediately obvious difference between the two works is the point of view. Similar to Milton's Paradise Lost, which tells the story of creation from the point of view of Satan... -
Answered a Question in Life of Pi
It's a bit of stretch to say that Pi completely disregards reason or "calls its usefulness" into question. In fact, it is reason that, on many occasions, allows him to survive. Indeed, Pi is able... -
Answered a Question in The Color of Water
It would not be a stretch to say that the entirety of The Color of Water is an effort on the part of McBride to come to terms with his racial identity, as well as the highly unusual circumstances... -
Answered a Question in The Count of Monte Cristo
This is a difficult hypothetical to explore and certainly one that would be completely subject to the interpretation of the reader. During his time in the dread fortress, the Chateau d'If, Dantes... -
Answered a Question in Othello
Many scholars consider Iago to be one of Shakespeare's most raw and sinister portrayals of evil, and one of the things that make him so terrifying is that we, as the audience, never really get a... -
Answered a Question in The Outsiders
Ponyboy says that he only has two things on his mind, "Paul Newman, and a ride home." By this evidence, we can assume that Paul Newman is someone that Ponyboy looks up to. It is also said that... -
Answered a Question in The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
The name "Weatherall" implies exactly what it seems to imply. Granny seems to have, over the course of her life, "weathered all" of life's hardships and disappointments. She recalls various... -
Answered a Question in Wonder
In Wonder, Via is the brother of August, the primary character. August suffers from severe birth defects that cause his face to appear deformed and mutated. As August's brother, Via sometimes feels... -
Answered a Question in Remember
The assumption that drives much of the analysis of Christina Rossetti's "Remember" is that she is giving instructions to a lover in the case of her death. This is evidenced strongly by several... -
Answered a Question in Rip Van Winkle
After Rip Van Winkle's strange ordeal with the men playing nine-pins on the mountain, he falls into a deep, drunken slumber. Upon waking, he is concerned that he may have slept on the mountain all... -
Answered a Question in Fahrenheit 451
If you would believe the powers that be in Fahrenheit 451, the importance of knowledge is immaterial. The authorities that control the government and, by extension, the firemen, seem to believe... -
Answered a Question in A Single Shard
The wording of this question implies that the answer is subjective, and indeed, it is never explicitly stated why Min laughs in this particular moment. We can, however, make a pretty good guess.... -
Answered a Question in The Travels of Marco Polo
The idea that Polo ever explored as far as China is one of historical debate. Historians, however, tend to give his account the benefit of the doubt based on his knowledge of the workings of the... -
Answered a Question in No Country for Old Men
Beneath Llewelyn Moss' grizzled exterior is a relatively extraordinary degree of compassion, enough so that it at least causes him to dangerously risk his life, and possibly seal his eventual fate,... -
Answered a Question in Socrates
Socrates searches for this answer due to a meeting with the Oracle at Delphi. The Oracle tells him that there is no one in the world that is wiser than Socrates, who is confused by this revelation.... -
Answered a Question in Walt Whitman
In this very simple poem, Whitman proclaims that he hears "America singing." He proceeds then to briefly describe the individual songs of everyday workers as they go about their daily business.... -
Answered a Question in I taste a liquor never brewed—
Emily Dickenson uses metaphor and imagery to create an excited, happy, and humorous tone in comparing the feeling of a summer day to becoming intoxicated in a tavern. The entirety of the poem "I... -
Answered a Question in The Hairy Ape
Yank does not give many specific details of his life as a child, but from what we can gather, it seems particularly brutal. Yank grew up relatively poor and had a miserable home life situation. His... -
Answered a Question in History
One of the unfortunate side effects of the great advancements made in the industrial revolution was an extraordinarily negative impact on the Earth's natural environment. With advances in living... -
Answered a Question in Hamlet
This is a question that is obviously very subjective to the person being asked. Anyone can have a lot of fun bouncing around ideas in regard to what animal traits they think that certain characters... -
Answered a Question in Les Misérables
In many ways, it is the tension between these two characters that creates much of the conflict of the story and outlines its message about the shortcomings of justice. Valjean is a man who has... -
Answered a Question in The Odyssey
Odysseus is certainly considered to be a hero by most classical definitions of the term. It could be said that he is the very standard of an epic hero. He is brave, valiant, and skilled in combat,... -
Answered a Question in 1984
The simple answer to your question is that Orwell does this in almost every way. From the point of view of Winston in regard to his own life to the behavior that he observes in others, the... -
Answered a Question in The Gettysburg Address
The irony of our fond remembrance of Lincoln's address at the site of the Battle of Gettysburg is that Lincoln was not even the featured speaker that day. In the wake of a two-hour speech by Edward... -
Answered a Question in Frankenstein
Mary Shelley was considered to be one of the foremost writers of Romanticism, and her most famous work is no exception. It does at many points, however, flip the ideals of Romanticism on their... -
Answered a Question in Their Eyes Were Watching God
This tragic point in the story of Their Eyes were Watching God represents a turning point in Janie that encapsulates the loss of her innocence. The "two different selves" that her internal dialogue... -
Answered a Question in Frankenstein
Mary Shelley was a leading voice in the Romantic movement of literature. Therefore, despite the oftentimes horrific subject matter of her novel Frankenstein, it is obvious that she places a high... -
Answered a Question in The Color of Water
The most important two aspects of The Color of Water are its individual functioning as a memoir of James McBride's life as well as a tribute to his mother. McBride makes the incredibly bold... -
Answered a Question in The Pit and the Pendulum
In Edgar Allen Poe's "The Lake," the effect of the titular body of water on the speaker seems strange and even contradictory at times. The speaker contrasts emotions that are typically considered... -
Answered a Question in A Christmas Carol
When we see the scene of Belle with her family, we have only just finished observing a scene wherein Belle breaks off her engagement with Scrooge. She insists that he is not the man that he once... -
Answered a Question in History
Lyndon Johnson's choice to engage in Vietnam was no doubt a difficult one, and one that he probably never wanted to make. Many political figures, including his own Vice President, advised him... -
Answered a Question in Poetry
This short poem by Benjamin Zephaniah is an account of the racism that he has experienced, documenting society's tendency to pigeonhole him into a specific role. The poem is careful to showcase... -
Answered a Question in The Alchemist
This quote largely revolves around the concept of dreams and the necessity to at least attempt to achieve them. In The Alchemist, Melchizedek tells this to Santiago in regard to his own dreams of... -
Answered a Question in The Bronze Bow
Simon is able to find Daniel because Joel takes a message to him from the outlaw camp, telling Daniel's old friend Simon where he is and not to worry. However, Simon is far from reassured by the... -
Answered a Question in A Horse and Two Goats
The confusion between Muni and the American would almost be tragic if it weren't so humorous. Muni is a down-on-his-luck herdsman whose best days are very well behind him. In fact, his herd is down...
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