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The Things He Left Behind

Gomes, Jenna M.
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6362-4548
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1525359214648996

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2018, Master of Arts (M.A.), University of Dayton, English.
"The Things He Left Behind" is a short story cycle inspired by the consequences of war and the power of legacy. It follows a young soldier, Felix Rocha, through the eyes of the many friends, family, and strangers that he impacted throughout his short life. The character is based off of a real-life soldier, Felix Del Greco, who was the first Connecticut National Guardsman to be killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom. The incorporation of artifacts into the story is meant to mix fiction and reality; to present to the reader both the real Felix and the fictional Felix. As Tim O’Brien famously said, “story-truth is truer sometimes than happening-truth.” This short story cycle is meant to make a lasting impact on the reader, leaving them with the question, “What are the things that I will leave behind?”
Meredith Doench (Advisor)
David Fine (Committee Member)
Christopher Burnside (Committee Member)
67 p.
Families and Family Life; Literature; Military History; Military Studies; Personal Relationships
creative writing; war; iraq; operation iraqi freedom; connecticut; short story cycle; tim obrien; bruce springsteen; soldiers; national guard; family; friends; death; love; loss; military

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  • Gomes, J. M. (2018). The Things He Left Behind [Master's thesis, University of Dayton]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1525359214648996

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Gomes, Jenna. The Things He Left Behind. 2018. University of Dayton, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1525359214648996.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Gomes, Jenna. "The Things He Left Behind." Master's thesis, University of Dayton, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1525359214648996

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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© 2018, some rights reserved.Creative Commons License The Things He Left Behind by Jenna M. Gomes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at etd.ohiolink.edu.
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