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Through Their Eyes: Exploring Severe Mental Illness Through Short Stories, Emily N. Adkins
Through Their Eyes: Exploring Severe Mental Illness Through Short Stories, Emily N. Adkins
Honors Theses
This process statement describes my Honors thesis, which consists of three short stories with characters who each deal with severe mental illness, along with this process statement. Mental illness affects one in every five people in the United States at any given time (NAMI, n.d.). While mental illness is extremely prevalent, there is stigma against it, which has dramatic implications on quality of life for those with mental illness. Research has shown, however, that media can serve as an active intervention in decreasing that stigma. The purpose of this project is that my short stories may lead to decreased stigma …
Les Chroniques De Toi / The Chronicles Of You, Marc Mazza
Les Chroniques De Toi / The Chronicles Of You, Marc Mazza
Honors Theses
In an alternate reality, technological advancements have enabled people to instantly access their memories. Everyone has a memory implant that records everything humans do, see, and hear. Although having instantaneous access to memory logs may appear to be a privilege, a certain couple will soon find out that the ability to replay past events is only damaging to one's psyche. Therefore this thesis proposes an analysis of how certain technological advancements can be detrimental to society rather than beneficial. Based on this context, I have used creative writing to address this topic. The following narrative explores the relationship between a …
Choosing America's Story: How The Pulitzer Prize For Fiction Has Defined The Way Americans Think About America And Themselves, Rebecca Kathryn Chambers
Choosing America's Story: How The Pulitzer Prize For Fiction Has Defined The Way Americans Think About America And Themselves, Rebecca Kathryn Chambers
Honors Theses
This thesis looks at the first fifty years of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1918-1968) and the books interaction with nostalgia, critique, popularity, and ideology.
La Bete Noire Et Le Beau, Hannah Wright
La Bete Noire Et Le Beau, Hannah Wright
Honors Theses
Betrayed by the one who is supposed to care for her most Marceline must find a way to reverse her curse before she loses everything that makes her human and her mind reverts to that of a beast.