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Mr. Wicker: A Horror Novel, David Viergutz Sep 2023

Mr. Wicker: A Horror Novel, David Viergutz

Masters Theses

This thesis analyzes writing in the horror genre that uses characterization and symbolism as literary elements to explore the depiction of good versus evil. The author’s creative writing includes instances of characterization and symbolism and identifies the use of those elements in acclaimed horror novels.


Visions Of Aline: A Foreshadow Of The Past, Allison King Sep 2023

Visions Of Aline: A Foreshadow Of The Past, Allison King

Masters Theses

This thesis focuses on the first act of a coming-of-age YA novel. Visions of Aline is about a high school senior, Joey Astor. Having been diagnosed with schizophrenia four years ago, he’s been under a grand delusion that he is the school’s most feared bully. Unhappy that Joey is copying him, the real bully, Kaleb Kane, fights back. For four years, Joey and Kaleb have had a bitter and fierce rivalry. With the end of high school near, the two are determined to prove who rightfully deserves the title of the most feared. When Joey’s schizophrenic episodes start to worsen, …


Constructing Reality: Finding Realism And Finding Jessica, Amy J. Vallotton Sep 2023

Constructing Reality: Finding Realism And Finding Jessica, Amy J. Vallotton

Masters Theses

Movies are very influential. They provide enjoyable entertainment and affect the viewer's brain and how it processes the scenes, characters, and plot. Because these processes are often the direct result of the script, the screenwriter needs to understand the effect the camera shots, lighting, pacing, and other techniques have on cognition. The narrative is the script's backbone and a movie's primary source of influence. Movies' effects on the viewer will be discussed through current research and different techniques and narrative examples, as seen in well-known movies and original screenplay. Because movies are so influential, the screenwriter will understand how to …


Thesis Submission Assignment, Monica Cookson Sep 2023

Thesis Submission Assignment, Monica Cookson

Masters Theses

This paper focuses on the importance of complex character development to form connections with the reader. Readers develop connections to characters who are relatable, so writers need to be aware of what makes a character emotionally important to the reader.


Empires Rise: An Approach To Worldbuilding In Modern Fantasy Fiction, Anthony John Rudd Sep 2023

Empires Rise: An Approach To Worldbuilding In Modern Fantasy Fiction, Anthony John Rudd

Masters Theses

Worldbuilding is a critical element to storytelling and involves much more than creating a setting for a narrative – it serves to establish a credible foundation on which authors give life to their creation. There are many great authors who have mastered the art of worldbuilding and their creations can serve as a primer for aspiring authors. This thesis explores critical elements of worldbuilding, provides examples from notable fantasy and science fiction authors such as Tolkien, Jordan, King, and others and explores my approach to incorporating those elements into my own writing.


Turning Heartache Into Hope: How Fantasy Reveals Spiritual Truth About Sin, Suffering, And Redemption, Sophia Raffaelle Bricker Sep 2023

Turning Heartache Into Hope: How Fantasy Reveals Spiritual Truth About Sin, Suffering, And Redemption, Sophia Raffaelle Bricker

Masters Theses

This paper examines the problem of evil and suffering through the literary genre of fantasy. Seminal texts written by Christians in this genre present the problem of sin and death through themes and representative characters but also tempers the reality of suffering with the presence of Christ figures, who bring redemption to the characters and story world through an act of sacrifice. Following the examples of these seminal fantasies and building on my personal experience of loss, I approach the problem of sin and suffering in excerpts from my novel in progress, The Mountain Pass Keeper, by presenting an older …


Still Life With Light Polllution, Todd Davis Sep 2023

Still Life With Light Polllution, Todd Davis

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Accident Report, Eric Colburn Sep 2023

Accident Report, Eric Colburn

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Tenting On Mount Morgan, Marcyn Del Clements Sep 2023

Tenting On Mount Morgan, Marcyn Del Clements

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Hailstorm In Water Canyon, Robin Chapman Sep 2023

Hailstorm In Water Canyon, Robin Chapman

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Government Peak, Trail Crew, August, Russ Capaldi Sep 2023

Government Peak, Trail Crew, August, Russ Capaldi

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Red-Eyed Vireo At Work, Polly Brown Sep 2023

Red-Eyed Vireo At Work, Polly Brown

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


A Peak Ahead: The Engines Of Adventure: What Compels People To Go, Christine Woodside Sep 2023

A Peak Ahead: The Engines Of Adventure: What Compels People To Go, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Books And Media Sep 2023

Books And Media

Appalachia

Reviews of: White Mountain Guide: AMC's Comprehensive Guide to Hiking Trails in the White Mountain National Forest, 31st edition, compiled and edited by Ken MacGray and Steven D. Smith; The World Atlas of Trees and Forests: Exploring Earth's Forest Ecosystems, by Herman Shugart, Peter White, Sassan Saatchi, and Jérôme Chave; Conversations with Birds, by Priyanka Kumar; Hidden Mountains: Survival and Reckoning After a Climb Gone Wrong, by Michael Wejchert; Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas, by Harley Rustad; Wolfish: Wolf, Self, and the Stories We …


Skyline Sketch Sep 2023

Skyline Sketch

Appalachia

Hiking alone to and from Lonesome Lake Hut above Franconia Notch challenges a woman’s sense of time and strength.


News And Notes Sep 2023

News And Notes

Appalachia

Nicole Zussman appointed president and CEO of the Appalachian Mountain Club. Bears close U.S. Forest Service’s busy Hancock Campground in New Hampshire.


In Memoriam Sep 2023

In Memoriam

Appalachia

An obituary of former Appalachian Mountain Club President Charles Burnham, who was instrumental in negotiating matters related to the Highland Center.


Research Sep 2023

Research

Appalachia

Sheila Myers visits the Little River Railroad and Lumber Company Museum in Townsend, Tennessee, which tells the story of the logging of giant trees a century ago.


Alpina: A Semiannual Review Of Mountaineering In The Greater Ranges Sep 2023

Alpina: A Semiannual Review Of Mountaineering In The Greater Ranges

Appalachia

Among the many updates on mountaineering in the greater ranges is a report of Griffin Post’s discovery of a 1937 equipment cache left by Bradford Washburn and Robert Bates in the St. Elias Mountains. Hordes of climbers, and garbage, land on K2. An all-Black party, the Full Circle Everest Expedition, climbs the world’s highest peak. Colin Haley makes the first solo winter ascent of the Supercanaleta route on Cerro Fitz Roy in Patagonia. Climber Ed Webster is memorialized.


Accidents: Analysis From The White Mountains Of New Hampshire And Occasionally Elsewhere Sep 2023

Accidents: Analysis From The White Mountains Of New Hampshire And Occasionally Elsewhere

Appalachia

Reports of rescues and accidents in New Hampshire’s White Mountains during the late spring, summer, and fall of 2022. Two casual hikers who “had nothing” with them (in the words of New Hampshire Fish & Game officers) get stuck on a cliff off Greenleaf Trail. An attempted June 17 traverse of the Presidentials ends in tragedy. A lightly-equipped trail runner falls near Mount Isolation and cannot get out on his own. A skier accessing May snow from the Mount Washington Auto Road falls 700 feet. An Appalachian Trail thru-hiker is badly injured near Mount Eisenhower. A hiker who had eaten …


Letters Sep 2023

Letters

Appalachia

Letters from Candi Fletcher about William Geller's "White Mountain Mysteries" (Winter/Spring 2023); Jeff Tarling about indigenous mountain names; and Charles Sampson correcting an editorial error about the location of Carter Notch Hut from Winter/Spring 2023 Accidents


Lizard Dreams And Our Same Hearts: Waterman Fund Essay Contest Runner-Up, Liesl Magnus Sep 2023

Lizard Dreams And Our Same Hearts: Waterman Fund Essay Contest Runner-Up, Liesl Magnus

Appalachia

A winter caretaker at New Hampshire’s Carter Notch Hut connects to humans from a beautiful, frozen world.


Happy Birthday From Tuckerman Ravine—? A Boulder Changes The Trajectory Of An Idyllic Hike, John Stifler Sep 2023

Happy Birthday From Tuckerman Ravine—? A Boulder Changes The Trajectory Of An Idyllic Hike, John Stifler

Appalachia

Two seasoned hikers effect a self-rescue after a freak accident on New Hampshire’s Mount Washington.


Mutual Worrying: What The Mountain And The Pool Pavement Have In Common, Elissa Ely Sep 2023

Mutual Worrying: What The Mountain And The Pool Pavement Have In Common, Elissa Ely

Appalachia

Newly recovered from an injury, a mother listens to her daughter's advice as they navigate boulders near Mount Washington's Alpine Garden.


From The White Mountain Huts To The Giant Races: Meet Katie Schide And Hillary Gerardi, Doug Mayer Sep 2023

From The White Mountain Huts To The Giant Races: Meet Katie Schide And Hillary Gerardi, Doug Mayer

Appalachia

For two former Appalachian Mountain Club hut croo (crew) members, who got their trail-running starts packing loads down steep New Hampshire trails, each won a major mountain race in the Alps in 2022, the Ultra Trail de Mont Blanc and the Trofeo Kima.


A Wartime Scar On Canada's Soil: Tragic Artifacts On A Mountain Haunt A Hiker, Christopher Johnson Sep 2023

A Wartime Scar On Canada's Soil: Tragic Artifacts On A Mountain Haunt A Hiker, Christopher Johnson

Appalachia

While hiking, a father and daughter stumble upon the haunting remains of the Liberator Harry, the Canadian military transport plane that crashed on Montagne Noire, or Black Mountain, north of Saint-Donat, Quebec, in 1943.


"Through The Trance Of Silence:" Hill Walking The History Of Glen Coe, Katy Dycus Sep 2023

"Through The Trance Of Silence:" Hill Walking The History Of Glen Coe, Katy Dycus

Appalachia

The author recounts long, rainy, foggy walks in Glencoe, Scotland, revisiting its history and some of its writers, including Robert Burns, Robert Macfarlane, and Nan Shepherd.


The Settling Of Lobster Lake: Sporting Families Built Wilderness Enclaves In A Remote Part Of Maine, William Geller Sep 2023

The Settling Of Lobster Lake: Sporting Families Built Wilderness Enclaves In A Remote Part Of Maine, William Geller

Appalachia

This history traces the early twentieth-century origins of off-grid family camps on a remote lake in Maine.


One New England Thread: An 800-Mile Bike And Kayak Trip Through The Northeast Avoids Automobiles, Tom Fagin Sep 2023

One New England Thread: An 800-Mile Bike And Kayak Trip Through The Northeast Avoids Automobiles, Tom Fagin

Appalachia

Starting in Mystic, Connecticut, an adventurer bent on a low-carbon journey bicycles up the East Coast Greenway and kayaks home via Rangeley and Mooselookmeguntic Lakes and the Androscoggin, Connecticut, and Mystic Rivers, with debacles along the way and detours to climb New Hampshire’s Mount Washington and Maine’s Saddleback Mountain.


Running The River Stupid: Swiftwater Rescue Training Proves Relevant To Leading Middle Schoolers, A Teacher Discovers, Anna Hager Loome Sep 2023

Running The River Stupid: Swiftwater Rescue Training Proves Relevant To Leading Middle Schoolers, A Teacher Discovers, Anna Hager Loome

Appalachia

The author takes readers on her training course in canoe rescue techniques, and then shows how often she uses water rescue to motivate her work with adolescents.