Description
This collection explores the experience of members of the working class, living at the edge of poverty. Under constant financial strain, they exist in a state of uncertainty which breeds anger, anxiety, fear, and resentment. For the children born into these families, options are limited not only by their financial circumstances, but also pre-existing cultural expectations. Characters have a desire to understand their circumstances, their relationships with others, and on a larger scale, the world as they experience it. To avoid falling victim to an emotional fatalism that contributes to externalized violence against the self and others, characters must recognize that they have control in their lives, even if it is limited.
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Title
- Worse things
Contributors
- Irish, Jennifer Hanning (Author)
- McNally, Michael T (Thesis advisor)
- Pritchard, Melissa (Committee member)
- Ison, Tara (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
Date Created
The date the item was original created (prior to any relationship with the ASU Digital Repositories.)
2016
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thesisPartial requirement for: M.F.A., Arizona State University, 2016
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Field of study: Creative writing
Citation and reuse
Statement of Responsibility
by Jennifer Hanning Irish