
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 H. G. Wells
The story opens with three "pursuers" trying to track down a group of escaped slaves. They happen upon an eerie and desolate valley. In fact, one of the riders contemplates for a long time that the... -
Answered a Question in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Angelou states that, at one point in her childhood, the "angel of the candy counter" was exacting its revenge upon her for all of the stolen candy she had taken over the course of her life. This... -
Answered a Question in Africa Kills Her Sun
Though it is written as a final communication between man condemned to death and his previous lover, "Africa Kills her Sun" is actually a piece of satire that discusses the corruption in Nigeria... -
Answered a Question in Gathering Blue
Kira begins the story with a great deal of internal focus, and she can hardly be blamed for this. Through a combination of her mother and grandfather's efforts, she has been allowed to live in a... -
Answered a Question in He-y, Come On Ou-t!
I'm not quite sure how to answer this question. Social issues do not very greatly affect the characters in the story "He-y, Come On Ou-t," and the characters themselves are unnamed and various... -
Answered a Question in Into the Wild
Chris McCandless, or as he was also known, Alexander Supertramp, had a rather unique idea of the American Dream. While, at it's core, it was certainly modeled after "life, liberty and the pursuit... -
Answered a Question in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
In The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, the idea of family is explored from a uniquely objective viewpoint due to the mind of the protagonist. Christopher's autism causes him to be... -
Answered a Question in Everyday Use
Though Alice Walker was obviously a strong proponent of racial equality and building positive racial identity, there were a few aspects of the Black Power movement at large that she found to be... -
Answered a Question in Stargirl
While the narrator, Leo, could certainly be considered to be a protagonist of Stargirl, it seems more apt that the novel's namesake and central focus be considered, as she faces the central... -
Answered a Question in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The theme of achievement and the idea that it is attainable for everyone is most directly explored through the plight of the protagonist himself. Christopher, as an autistic young man in a less... -
Answered a Question in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Christopher meets his mother at a time when his relationship with his father is at its most contentious. In fact, if his father had had his way, Christopher may have never known that his mother was... -
Answered a Question in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time revolves around Christopher, who is a young autistic savant. Christopher is frequently baffled and frustrated by types of thinking that aren't... -
Answered a Question in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
In the original short story "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," there is no mention whatsoever of Greenland. All of the action of the narrative takes place in a single day, during which Mitty's... -
Answered a Question in The Great Gatsby
In chapter 7 of The Great Gatsby, conflicts that have been building for the entire book finally come to a head. Tom and Gatsby begin fighting about Gatsby's past and his intentions with Daisy, and... -
Answered a Question in Death, be not proud
"Holy Sonnet X," or as it is more traditionally known, "Death be not proud," is a personification of death as a living entity as well as a challenge to the supposedly proud being of conquest and... -
Answered a Question in Out of the Dust
By the time that Billie Jo meets the man on the boxcar, she and her father are at such incredible odds that it seems as though they may never reconcile. It is clear to Billie Jo that against his... -
Answered a Question in The Flowers
As it is more implied that "The Flowers" takes place during the Reconstruction era and that Myop is the daughter of sharecroppers, it is safe to say that she herself is not a slave. The most... -
Answered a Question in Schindler's List
While Schindler did not greatly alter the course of the war, it is absolutely fair to say that he did as much as any individual could do in terms of changing history. Though his actions were more... -
Answered a Question in The Guide
After helping his lover, Rosie, become an accomplished dancer, Raju begins his short-lived stint as "Raj," a man of elevated social status. Soon after, however, Raju gets caught up in a case of... -
Answered a Question in A Hunger Artist
Kafka's style is one of literary modernism. Like most of Kafka's works, "A Hunger Artist" is an absurdist work in which an unlikely protagonist tries to make sense of the nonsensical world around... -
Answered a Question in The Witch of Blackbird Pond
In the novel The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Kit is originally living in Barbados but has to move to Wethersfield, Connecticut after the death of her grandfather and an attempt by an unsavory and... -
Answered a Question in Who Has Seen the Wind
In the poem "Who Has Seen the Wind" by Christina Rossetti, the narrator asserts that while the wind is completely invisible and no one can see it, we can know that that it is there because of how... -
Answered a Question in To Kill a Mockingbird
It is unsure whether or not Dill and Scout ever become husband and wife, but if we are to make a guess, the match seems unlikely. The arrangement was an innocent and uniformed one, made out of a... -
Answered a Question in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Trust among friends and friendship in general are huge themes in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The sense of isolation and loneliness that Dorothy feels when she first starts out on her quest may not... -
Answered a Question in Wuthering Heights
Heathcliff is first discovered by the Earnshaw family on the streets of Liverpool, where they decide to take him in and raise him as their own. In this most external of respects, Catherine is his... -
Answered a Question in July's People
The answer to the question, in its most literal sense, is left entirely up to the reader's interpretation. When Maureen and her family's comfortable lives in Johannesburg are uprooted by social... -
Answered a Question in Great Expectations
Herbert Pocket is the son of Matthew Pocket, who is the cousin of Miss Havisham. Perhaps exclusively, the Pocket family does not seem to lust after Miss Havisham's fortune. Herbert puts a great... -
Answered a Question in O Captain! My Captain!
An elegiac poem, or simply an elegy, is considered a work of serious reflection upon a loss: a lamentation mourning the dead. "O Captain! My Captain!" falls squarely into this categorization... -
Answered a Question in Brown Girl Dreaming
The story of Brown Girl Dreaming comes to a climax and begins to reach its conclusion when it is revealed to the family that Robert, Jacqueline's uncle, has gotten into trouble and been put into... -
Answered a Question in The Odyssey
In the Odyssey, Ulysses, his crew, and presumably all of humankind detested and reviled the entire cyclops race. The general consensus about the cyclopes and their culture was that they were a race... -
Answered a Question in The Pulley
In "The Pulley," the narrator imagines himself as a witness at the moment of creation, seeing God Himself puzzle over what to bestow upon mankind, and how to go about doing it. God has a series of... -
Answered a Question in The Picture of Dorian Gray
One could say that the change that occurs within Dorian Gray is the element that drives the entire narrative of the novel. One could also say that every thing that Dorian Gray does, no matter how... -
Answered a Question in The Inheritance of Loss
The significance of the title of Kiran Desai's The Inheritance of Loss is to be understood as plainly and literally as it appears in the title. The book deals largely with the long-term effects of... -
Answered a Question in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
The two primary characters of the novel display incredibly contrasting traits that ultimately contribute to the novel's theme of friendship conquering societal differences. Bruno's most glaring... -
Answered a Question in Julius Caesar
Perhaps one of the most famous speeches in the history of theater, Marc Antony's speech to the Romans contains examples of every rhetorical device imaginable. In terms of logos, Antony utilizes an... -
Answered a Question in Treasure Island
If by "the hero" you are referring to the protagonist, then the answer is Jim Hawkins. Jim is a young innkeepers son who, through a bizarre series of events, finds himself on a quest for the... -
Answered a Question in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
During the welcoming feast of Harry's fifth year at Hogwarts, Dolores Umbridge, the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, interrupts Dumbledore to give a long winded speech filled with... -
Answered a Question in The Glass Menagerie
In a play that concerns characters who are often embroiled in their own illusions and fantasies while carrying out a remarkably dysfunctional existence, Jim serves as something of an ambassador... -
Answered a Question in A Gentleman in Moscow
Nina informs the Count that she is leaving in 1930, eight years after the Count was first sentenced to his lifelong house-arrest in the Metropol Hotel. Nina is seventeen at this point, having been... -
Answered a Question in Lord of the Flies
The novel Lord of the Flies does a brilliant job of showcasing issues of power that often occur on a global scale in the hyper-focused instance of young boys left without any governing authority... -
Answered a Question in Trash
The entire thematic core of Andy Mulligan's Trash is one of seemingly hopeless economic and social desolation. The narrative follows a group of people who live on a dumpsite and make their entire... -
Answered a Question in Good Omens
In Neil Gaiman's Good Omens, Adam Young, the child who is actually the Antichrist in the making, is sent a hellhound for his 11th birthday by the denizens of Hell who watch over him. Not only does... -
Answered a Question in Lord of the Flies
Given the setting and circumstance of Lord of the Flies, it is actually somewhat difficult to place blame on any of the characters on the island, given that they have been put in a life-or-death... -
Answered a Question in Brave New World
There are a number of motifs in Brave New World, the most primary of which is isolation or alienation. Bernard and Hemholtz are two characters whose very friendship revolves around alienation. In... -
Answered a Question in My Side of the Mountain
While Sam Gribley does originally plan to run away from home, his father discovers his plans and tells him that he will be allowed to travel to the abandoned Gribley farm to attempt to live off of... -
Answered a Question in To Kill a Mockingbird
With the Robinson trial impending, it becomes inevitably necessary that the defendant, Tom Robinson, be kept in the Maycomb jail. Heck Tate, and some other concerned citizens pay Atticus a visit to... -
Answered a Question in The Glass Menagerie
Perhaps the least functional member of the family, Laura is plagued by crippling doubt and anxiety, leaving her unable to hold even the most menial of jobs. Incredibly impartial to the worry of the... -
Answered a Question in Marriage Is a Private Affair
Okeke is a man who has attached all of his personal morality to the dogmatic rules of his religion. Because of this, he is a man that is incredibly severe, strict, and resistant to any external... -
Answered a Question in No Country for Old Men
Throughout the story of No Country for Old Men, Ed Tom Bell makes references to Anton Chigurh as though he is some kind of supernatural entity rather than a simple hitman. Bell consistently has... -
Answered a Question in The Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis is often considered to be one of the most classic examples of literary surrealism. Surrealism often explores abstract and dream-like narratives not only by including events that...
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