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Ordinary Apocalypse, Anthony Villella
Ordinary Apocalypse, Anthony Villella
Master's Theses, Dissertations, Graduate Research and Major Papers Overview
Work of short fiction, in which a young man, struggling with contempt for his family and himself, makes a terrible mistake and is forced to deal with who and what he has become.
American Suburban, James Michael Ashworth
American Suburban, James Michael Ashworth
Master's Theses, Dissertations, Graduate Research and Major Papers Overview
A collection of poetry that examines contemporary American suburban life through the author's reflections on his own working class consciousness and aspirations for a middle class lifestyle.
Motherhood:Portrayals In American Literature, Christine J. O'Leary
Motherhood:Portrayals In American Literature, Christine J. O'Leary
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The purpose of this Thesis is to illustrate five categories of motherhood in American literature. The five categories chosen are: the self-absorbed mother, the self-martyred mother, the child-sacrificing mother, the self-sacrificing mother, and the substitute mother. I chose these five categories because they appear frequently in texts written by people of multiple ethnicities who represent several larger American cultures.
1. The self-absorbed mother lives for her personal pleasures. Her children are a burden. She prefers her happiness over the day to day care of the children.
2. The self-martyred mother believes that she is responsible for all the difficulties …