Date of Award
7-31-2006
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
English
First Advisor
Mary Carroll-Hackett, M.F.A
Second Advisor
Robert "Brett" Hursey, Ph.D
Third Advisor
Craig A. Challender, Ph.D
Abstract
The purpose is to conduct an examination of what it means to survive, specifically in terms of overcoming the expectation to fail. The focus of each narrative is to be a struggle for survival by means of reconciling public opinion, assumed or real, with an individual’s perception of what it means to fail. The reconciliation emerges from understanding of identity, ideas about failure, and relationships between characters. In each story, moments exist where the character chooses between accepting other’s expectations or becoming something different. The characters struggled to survive emotionally and physically in a world with skewed value systems and unspoken social norms, however, they survived.
Recommended Citation
Stubbs, Frances A., "THINGS WE DON'T SAY & OTHER STORIES" (2006). Theses & Honors Papers. 83.
https://digitalcommons.longwood.edu/etd/83
