DOI
https://doi.org/10.25772/QVRT-GA21
Defense Date
2017
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts
Department
English
First Advisor
Tom De Haven
Abstract
This thesis is a portion of a novel manuscript. The novel is tentatively titled The Better World Movement. These thirteen chapters introduce the reader to the main character, Smith Anderson, who is banished from his dream college after the first semester of his freshman year. Forced to start again at a different college, Smith becomes close with his roommates, meets a girl, and begins assisting an ethically ambiguous professor. When the professor implements troublesome social experiments on the student body, Smith and his friends must reconcile the mistakes of their pasts and decided what is best for the world as they know it—transparency, or improvement at great cost.
Rights
© The Author
Is Part Of
VCU University Archives
Is Part Of
VCU Theses and Dissertations
Date of Submission
5-8-2017