The Hollow

T.S. Eliot’s poem, “The Hollow Men,” reveals the loss of faith in God by veterans after enduring WWI. Eliot suggests that the modern loss of religion creates a desolate and faithless society. Following WWI, the veterans that returned home were faced with the reality that dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, which translates to “it is sweet and honorable to die for one’s country” was not their truth. After witnessing the horrors that took place in the war, the veterans realized that falling…

In his poem We Wear the Mask, Laurence Dunbar speaks rather elusively on the topic of human deceit. More specifically, the underlying message of the human tendency to hide emotions in suffering, reveals itself in the 15 line poem. Explored in the first two lines of the poem, Dunbar speaks about a figurative mask; a mask covering the face, hiding cheeks and eyes, with the mask taking over with its fake happiness, all a subdued lie. Continuing through the poem, the second stanza expresses grief…

What I gathered from the authors article called The Hollow and the Ghetto: Space, Race, and the Politics of Poverty by Julie Ann White is that she is examining intersectionality regarding who is considered poor and who is not as well as them being considered deserving enough within their poorness. She explains that blacks are not the only ones who are poor but are the face of poorness. Appalachians are denoted as the dirty, lazy, hillbilly poor white people who face some of the same…

Following these allusions, Eliot introduces the title’s “hollow men,” yet simultaneously describes them as being “stuffed” (3,4). Here, Eliot’s choices in adjectives convey his belief that the returning “violent souls” have a void in their lives that cannot properly be filled (18). Whether this void is from an absence of religious faith or even souls, these men clearly lack not only…

One day my mom had decided to let my brother and I take a couple of friends and go to Pumpkin Hollow. So we started talking to people and telling them about how we were going. A couple of friends turned into a huge group. There ended up being like 10-15 people going with us and meeting us there. We all met at Pumpkin Hollow so we could go through all the houses together. The first house that we went through was the Frightmare Farmhouse. There were a group of all girls and a group of all boys.…

Woods Hollow RCNC Here at Woods Hollow, we pride ourselves in provide the best care possible for all of our residents. Our residence here at Woods Hollow are a part of our family. We strive hard to provide each and every one of our residence with a beautiful and quality rich environment to enhance lifestyle at every level of independence. Recent events have surfaced that indicates the level of care that we provide is not up to par. Complaints regarding pressure sores on some of our residents…

forward and seize bigger moments. As well as destroying the motivation for growth as in a state of being, contentment also can ruin the changes to come personality wise. In her article, Begley shares, “the happy man is a hollow man” (qtd. in Begley 456). A happy individual can be a hollow individual, indeed. People become extremely self­absorbed when being satisfied with their state of being. Individuals will become unconsidered to everyone and everything around them, unwilling to make any…

Mitchell, Georgia has a population of about 250; five being my family. I have lived in Mitchell for my whole life. Love floods the atmosphere with every step on Main Street. From trick-or-treating, to yard sales, to the annual Mitchell Spring Fest, the city houses countless family traditions. The tattered, elderly buildings and what seems to be ancient railroad tracks tell their own stories and prove the city has a heart of its own. With a blink, Mitchell would be missed entirely, but within the…

Likewise, dogs kept indoors and those kept away from humans outside reacted with the same skills in understanding human pointing gestures. However, the wolves of Wolf Hollow did not perform well in the test. Further research concluded that wolves could not spontaneously use human gestures to find the location of hidden food items, yet, like chimpanzees, they could learn to use human communicative cues with proper training…

According to Haviland, “Verbal arts generally transmit and preserve a culture’s customs and values” (341). Throughout the United States, the story of the Headless Horseman, a verbal story described in “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” is well-known in American folklore. It is a scary story that many children tell around the campfire in an attempt to scare one another, saying that if someone is not careful, the Headless Horseman will come for them. However, many Americans do not realize that this…