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Give Them Bread, Mara E. Kneafsey Jan 2024

Give Them Bread, Mara E. Kneafsey

Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts

The title, Give Them Bread, is based off a quote by Roman poet, Juvenal: “Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt.” The story contains elements of horror, dream-like imagery, and surrealism—a mode of art that, topically, emerged in the early 20th century. It contains accounts of Italian history, references to commedia dell’arte, and inspired by Italian literary works such as Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy and Curzio Malaparte’s macabre novels, Kaputt and La Pelle. The grander purpose of Give Them Bread is to examine the meaning of truth in a political, moral, philosophical, spiritual, and …


Too Old For Monsters : A Collection Of Stories, L. A. Hause Jan 2024

Too Old For Monsters : A Collection Of Stories, L. A. Hause

Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts

In The Wind's Twelve Quarters, Ursula K. Le Guin writes, “We're each of us alone, to be sure. What can you do but hold your hand out in the dark?” In my collection of short stories, Too Old for Monsters, I hold out my hands to every reader—the lonely and suffering person, the uncertain and wavering, the joyous and the brave, the growing and the stalling, and the myriad in-betweens. Writing explores the human experience, but this collection also explores the tangled mess of life beyond the merely human. These stories address the bone-saw sharp ache of loss and …


Adolescence: A Collection Of Short Stories ; Title Pending: A Novel, Dylan Siegel Jan 2024

Adolescence: A Collection Of Short Stories ; Title Pending: A Novel, Dylan Siegel

EWU Masters Thesis Collection

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Opposition Man, Theodore John Stratton Jan 2024

Opposition Man, Theodore John Stratton

Dartmouth College Master’s Theses

Michael M. Morris is an oppositional researcher searching not only for dirt to take down those he feels are unworthy to hold political office, but also for his own direction in life. After the tragic loss of his wife and only child, he begins to put the pieces of his life back together, only to be pulled back into both destructive old habits and into the very town he hoped to avoid. Persuaded to return to Tallahassee, Florida, Mike finds himself not only fighting the wealthy and politically powerful family responsible for his misery but also the guilt that keeps …


My Time At A Concert And Disney On Ice, Charlotte Mcgrew Jan 2024

My Time At A Concert And Disney On Ice, Charlotte Mcgrew

Celebrating Writers and Writing in our Communities

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The Egg Hunt, Brayden Ford Jan 2024

The Egg Hunt, Brayden Ford

Celebrating Writers and Writing in our Communities

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The Perfect Clearing, Kona Bettenhausen Jan 2024

The Perfect Clearing, Kona Bettenhausen

Celebrating Writers and Writing in our Communities

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Ihuk, Hazel Marshall Jan 2024

Ihuk, Hazel Marshall

Celebrating Writers and Writing in our Communities

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Trundle On The Ranch, Leola Griffith Jan 2024

Trundle On The Ranch, Leola Griffith

Celebrating Writers and Writing in our Communities

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Mother Sun, Greg Pronovost-Carlson Jan 2024

Mother Sun, Greg Pronovost-Carlson

Celebrating Writers and Writing in our Communities

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Crimson River, Sierra Blakeslee Jan 2024

Crimson River, Sierra Blakeslee

Celebrating Writers and Writing in our Communities

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Adventures At Fish Lake, Braedon Simpson Jan 2024

Adventures At Fish Lake, Braedon Simpson

Celebrating Writers and Writing in our Communities

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Genie Duty, Savannah S. Franklin Jan 2024

Genie Duty, Savannah S. Franklin

Graduate Theses/Dissertations

“The Magic in My Writing” follows the writing, inspiration, and brainstorming for an excerpt of the novel Genie Duty. Genie Duty follows the protagonist, who is later renamed Jane, with her newfound genie companion, Gene. She is put on trial after using her final wish to wish for more genies, against the rules. Her sentence to serve as a genie “temporarily.” Together they strive to fight their genie punishment and get to the root of the origins of genie-kind. Scholarly influences of the work include Lubomír Doležel, Franz Kafka, John Gardner and Wolf Schmid, who describe the unique first-person narration …


The Boy With The Pet Dog, Allan N. Derain, Christian Jil Benitez Jan 2024

The Boy With The Pet Dog, Allan N. Derain, Christian Jil Benitez

Filipino Faculty Publications

Set at the beginning of the hot season in the Philippines, when heat starts to crawl on skin, the short fiction “The Boy with the Pet Dog” (“Ang Batang May Alagang Aso”) stages an encounter between the titular character and a young man from the province who intends to work on his family’s farm. Queerness figures in the narrative as intimately entangled with class, and becomes articulable only through a language made possible by the tropics itself, in the form of butterflies coming out of chrysalises, brown bodies glowing with sweat, and swiftlets flocking mango trees. At the heart of …


We Are Dust, Emily Niebuhr Jan 2024

We Are Dust, Emily Niebuhr

Intertidal

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Table Top Roleplaying & Communication: Rituals, Rhetoric & Reclamation, Logan Cyrus Sayles Jan 2024

Table Top Roleplaying & Communication: Rituals, Rhetoric & Reclamation, Logan Cyrus Sayles

Undergraduate Scholarship

Broadly the topic is about the effect reclaiming a passionate will to play, act, and tell stories has on our lives and how doing so changes communication practices and the way people communicate. Narrowed further the focus is on the observable effects of Table Top Role Playing Games (linguistically narrowed down to the most popular Table Top Role Playing Game, Dungeons & Dragons) as a kind of social tool, with a further sub-focus on the stimulation and promotion of the following values and activities; acting, creative thinking, critical thinking, public speaking, self-confidence, self-empowerment, risk-taking, experimentation, active listening, teamwork/group work, storytelling, …


Power Dynamics And Oppression: Analyzing Structural Control In Suzanne Collins’S The Hunger Games, Hannah Micciolo Jan 2024

Power Dynamics And Oppression: Analyzing Structural Control In Suzanne Collins’S The Hunger Games, Hannah Micciolo

Capstone Showcase

The Hunger Games is a popular novel universe that describes a totalitarian dictatorship through the lens of the oppressed. Through the book, the viewer is given insight into how Panem operates the way it does even though the majority of its citizens are oppressed by the minority in a much more obvious manner. However, within modern society, the tactics used by the oppressors are much more ambiguous and distorted. This essay will explore the structures put in place by the Capitol in tandem with modern examples to mirror each other and increase awareness of the the tactics governments use both …


Green Grass: A Collection Of Short Stories, Julia Wynne Jan 2024

Green Grass: A Collection Of Short Stories, Julia Wynne

Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts

Within the country club setting, the levels of financial wealth span greatly, from young adults in search of summer employment to businessmen sealing deals on the 18th hole while retired couples vacation in spacious homes situated directly on the course. Often associated with privilege and luxury, golf is much more than just a game, involving defined dress codes, social events, organized leagues, and tournaments. Centered around the lives of staff and members of an Arizona country club, Green Grass is a collection of short stories that uses the game of golf to explore privilege, money, and motivation. Golf is a …


Guns Can't Kill Ghosts, Krista B. Ruffo Jan 2024

Guns Can't Kill Ghosts, Krista B. Ruffo

Honors Undergraduate Theses

This thesis explores the grieving process of a child, 6-year-old Maple, in a fictional way. As Maple attempts to carry on with daily life, such as attending first grade, after the death of her father, she experiences supernatural visions that cause her to consider what life and, consequently, death is. She also contends with her mother’s unwillingness to tell Maple why her father is dead, since her mother believes that keeping Maple shielded from the full truth is the best course of action. Maple struggles with sleeping issues, reoccurring dreams of her father, depression, lack of interest in formerly exciting …


Binder 1, Caleb Brooks Jan 2024

Binder 1, Caleb Brooks

Intertidal

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Girls Who Dance In The Weeds, Bailee Isackson Jan 2024

Girls Who Dance In The Weeds, Bailee Isackson

Intertidal

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The Mulberry Tree, Aydin Gulle Jan 2024

The Mulberry Tree, Aydin Gulle

Intertidal

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One Shared Meal, Amy G. Dala Jan 2024

One Shared Meal, Amy G. Dala

Intertidal

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Untitled, Blake Maxon Jan 2024

Untitled, Blake Maxon

Intertidal

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Birdhouse, Vaishali Nair Jan 2024

Birdhouse, Vaishali Nair

Intertidal

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Untitled 2.2, Arabella Staufenberg Jan 2024

Untitled 2.2, Arabella Staufenberg

Intertidal

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Star Girls, Kylynn Mireles Jan 2024

Star Girls, Kylynn Mireles

Intertidal

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Stag, Johnny Elder Jan 2024

Stag, Johnny Elder

Intertidal

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Lizzy In Spring, Julia White Jan 2024

Lizzy In Spring, Julia White

Intertidal

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Untitled, Beverly Chang Jan 2024

Untitled, Beverly Chang

Intertidal

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