Abstract
Set in a world where natural disasters start increasing in both intensity and frequency, this work examines what it means to be self-reliant when the world is falling apart. As the largest recorded hurricane heads for the eastern coast of the United States, Sierra Egan evacuates her Florida home with her boyfriend and makes her way toward safety - a shelter in Atlanta, Georgia. When Sierra and her boyfriend breakup and part ways along the evacuation route, Sierra assumes her history of self-reliance will work to her benefit. But an anti-government couple, a beach cult, a lonely storm chaser, an interdependent family, and a pregnancy call this into question, forcing Sierra to ask whether or not it's possible to survive a world like this alone.
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Graduation Date
2019
Semester
Spring
Advisor
Peynado, Brenda
Degree
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
College
College of Arts and Humanities
Department
English
Degree Program
Creative Writing
Format
application/pdf
Identifier
CFE0007450
URL
http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0007450
Language
English
Release Date
5-15-2024
Length of Campus-only Access
5 years
Access Status
Masters Thesis (Open Access)
STARS Citation
Delemeester, Kara, "The Storm" (2019). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 6415.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/6415