| Title |
Evjen, Natalie Shaw_MENG_2025 |
| Alternative Title |
Sister |
| Creator |
Evjen, Natalie Shaw |
| Contributors |
Griffiths, Sian (advisor) |
| Collection Name |
Master of English |
| Description |
Sister tells the intertwined stories of a young Latter-day Saint missionary and her convert mother, exploring how faith, family, and identity evolve over time. Through their contrasting journeys of belief, doubt, and transformation, the novel reveals that authenticity is forged in the continual negotiation between personal conviction and inherited tradition. |
| Abstract |
Sister follows the intersecting journeys of Sadie Banks, a young missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and her mother Rebecca, who converted to the faith decades earlier. The novel examines how personal and spiritual identities are shaped, tested, and redefined over time. Rebecca's narrative explores conversion as both transformation and resistance to her upbringing, while Sadie's arc centers on questioning the faith she inherited.; ; Drawing on literary comparisons and cultural analysis, the work situates Sister within three common treatments of religion in literature-joining, leaving, and replacing belief systems-revealing how these categories often overlap. By pairing two contrasting yet interconnected perspectives, the story disrupts simplistic notions of religious affiliation, showing faith as a dynamic, negotiated process. Ultimately, Sister reflects on the courage required to embrace or challenge inherited traditions, suggesting that authenticity arises through ongoing dialogue between internal convictions and external expectations. |
| Subject |
Creative writing; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; Religion |
| Digital Publisher |
Digitized by Special Collections & University Archives, Stewart Library, Weber State University. |
| Date |
2025-07 |
| Medium |
Thesis |
| Type |
Text |
| Access Extent |
89 page pdf |
| Conversion Specifications |
Adobe Acrobat |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
The author has granted Weber State University Archives a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to reproduce his or her thesis, in whole or in part, in electronic or paper form and to make it available to the general public at no charge. The author retains all other rights. For further information:  |
| Source |
University Archives Electronic Records: Master of Education. Stewart Library, Weber State University |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s67tzjz5 |
| Setname |
wsu_smt |
| ID |
154960 |
| Reference URL |
https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s67tzjz5 |
