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The Origins of a Circle
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Skipper, Jason E.
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1077306765
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Year and Degree
2004, Master of Arts, Miami University, English: Creative Writing.
Abstract
The Origins of a Circle
is a collection of short stories almost entirely interconnected by a first person narrator, Christopher Saxton. The primary focus of this compilation is the relationship between the narrator and his father, a seafood salesman who deals with his life, as well as his illness, though silence, adultery, and alcoholism. With these stories, I attempt to examine the often problematic, circular courses of behavioral characteristics, such as inclinations toward absence and silence that pass from one generation to the next. By putting characters in situations where they must choose to speak or choose to stay silent and by primarily using first person narration, I seek to show how these decisions are sometimes made. I have chosen to focus on the notion of how passive-aggressiveness can be used within familial relationships as a means of both cruelty and survival.
Committee
Kay Sloan (Advisor)
Pages
132 p.
Subject Headings
Literature, American
Keywords
Texas
;
Florida
;
Alcohol
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Shrimp
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Adolescence
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Father and Son Relationships
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Small Business
;
Adultery
;
Coming of Age
;
Fort Worth
;
Dallas
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Skipper, J. E. (2004).
The Origins of a Circle
[Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1077306765
APA Style (7th edition)
Skipper, Jason.
The Origins of a Circle.
2004. Miami University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1077306765.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Skipper, Jason. "The Origins of a Circle." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1077306765
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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This open access ETD is published by Miami University and OhioLINK.