A Divided Family : Examining The Physical Displacement In Robert Olen Butler’S A Good Scent From A Strange Mountain,
2010
Montclair State University
A Divided Family : Examining The Physical Displacement In Robert Olen Butler’S A Good Scent From A Strange Mountain, Alex William Csedrik
Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects
In Robert Olen Butler’s A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain, the collection focuses on the Vietnamese that emigrated to America because of the Vietnam War. Through these short stories, Butler illustrates the physical displacement of the characters, and their new role within their new home, America, as the Other.
Throughout examining the physical displacement and the characters’ status as the Other, this thesis focuses on the after effects of the Vietnam War. Each character attempts to cope with their displacement and Other-ness through a variety of methods including exploitation of their Other-ness for monetary gains, using their sexuality to …
Life Beyond The Scarlet Letter,
2010
Montclair State University
Life Beyond The Scarlet Letter, Shauna Ciarco Demarco
Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter recounts the events that occur during a time span of seven years that follows an adulterous encounter between two of the novel’s three protagonists. This act took place before the novel begins and details of it are never disclosed to the reader. The novel’s focus remains fixed on the events that occur after the symbol of this sin, the scarlet letter “A,” is placed upon the breast of Hester Prynne. While Hester boldly and steadfastly confronts a new life as a scorned woman and single mother, the father of her child, Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, is …
The Struggle Between The Self And Not-Self : The Influence Of Zen Buddhism And The Upanishads In Yeats’S Later Poetry,
2010
Montclair State University
The Struggle Between The Self And Not-Self : The Influence Of Zen Buddhism And The Upanishads In Yeats’S Later Poetry, William Paul Kadar
Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects
This thesis will examine questions about how William Butler Yeats was influenced by his exposure to eastern philosophical thinking. Yeats's work prior to 1927, before his significant and rather esoteric tome A Vision, could classify him as a proto-Romantic, but it was his work after this where we see the influence of an eastern way of thinking. Specifically, this thesis will focus on Yeats's poetry from 1927 on, with references to some of his earlier work to demonstrate how Yeats had already discovered some of the basic tenets of eastern thinking without having studied it. The initial analysis will locus …
Does Introductory Writing Instruction Help Students To Succeed At Montclair State University?,
2010
Montclair State University
Does Introductory Writing Instruction Help Students To Succeed At Montclair State University?, Sean Molloy
Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects
This study examines whether Montclair State University (MSU) students who were placed into an introductory writing course between 2005 and 2009 later succeeded as measured by retention rates, academic advancement and available grade data. While available data was limited, retention rates and grade data suggest that most of these students have succeeded so far at MSU. The study also submitted an online survey to former introductory writing course students which asked whether they believe that their experience in that course was an actual contributing cause to their academic success. Survey responses of 68 students confirm that most believe the course …
Freedom And Slavery,
2010
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
The Wisest Wizard,
2010
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
The Walker In Shadows,
2010
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
The Lay Of Aethernad,
2010
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Matins,
2010
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Dust,
2010
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
The Forgotten Wand,
2010
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Mythic Circle #32,
2010
Marshall University
Contributors,
2010
Marshall University
Editorial,
2010
Marshall University
The Warlock And The Nis,
2010
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
The Rose Prince,
2010
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
The Fall Of Anteaus,
2010
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
The Mer-Tree,
2010
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
The Wind Of Andrea Bocelli,
2010
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Arachne,
2010
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
