Keywords
Addiction, drug and alcohol abuse, family dynamic
Abstract
Calamity of the White Picket is a collection of essays that portray how perfection-whether a perfect image, perfect relationship, perfect friendship, or perfect family-becomes withered down, destroyed, and turned into something else. They explore how the idealized image of a family surrounded by a cute white picket fence is dismantled and rearranged through theft, addiction, and a disintegrated family. The essays explore drug addictions, childhood nostalgia, the relationship between heritage and property, innocence, and a stolen best friend. The collection is a train ride of family problems, broken friendships, lying and stealing, and hidden secrets about love and sex. Through these essays, I let go of my versions of the white picket fence, and embrace the new and complicated life that replaces it, ultimately still trying to maintain happiness.
Notes
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Graduation Date
2014
Semester
Spring
Advisor
Bartkevicius, Jocelyn
Degree
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
College
College of Arts and Humanities
Department
English
Degree Program
Creative Writing
Format
application/pdf
Identifier
CFE0005219
URL
http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0005219
Language
English
Release Date
5-15-2019
Length of Campus-only Access
5 years
Access Status
Masters Thesis (Open Access)
Subjects
Arts and Humanities -- Dissertations, Academic; Dissertations, Academic -- Arts and Humanities
STARS Citation
Nagengast, Gabrielle, "Calamity of the White Picket" (2014). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 4651.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/4651