| Title |
Catlin, Cheryl Lynn_MENG_2020 |
| Alternative Title |
EXPERIENCE AS LEVERAGE: CRITICAL MEMOIR IN FIRST- YEAR COMPOSITION |
| Creator |
Catlin, Cheryl |
| Collection Name |
Master of English |
| Description |
John Keats in "Ode on a Grecian Urn" contrasts the beautiful scenes found on the urn with actual human conditions which the artist might have portrayed. Keats charges the reader to look plainly at the truths of hardships in the world and see lessons to be found therein. He describes our world as the "vale of Soul-making," the very place we must have to "possess a bliss peculiar to each one's individual existence" (Keats, Letters 255 and 256); then he asks us to use knowledge of our experiences to become who we want to be. As a youth I watched my close friend abused until he suffered a heart attack and died. His health may have been failing and he might have died anyway; what happened to me as a result of watching his abuse and resultant death, however, caused me to suffer many years. That experience immediately blocked from my memory, I began to wonder why others around me smiled and laughed, and I couldn't. The stories and experiences of others told me how I should feel and react. These became damaging narratives that told me I was different and didn't belong. Those narratives destroyed my self-perception, and my discomfort silenced me. |
| Subject |
Personal narratives |
| Keywords |
Hardship; Abuse; Experience |
| Digital Publisher |
Stewart Library, Weber State University |
| Date |
2020 |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
The author has granted Weber State University Archives a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to reproduce their theses, 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. |
| Source |
University Archives Electronic Records; Master of Arts in English. Stewart Library, Weber State University |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6k9wvqx |
| Setname |
wsu_smt |
| ID |
96802 |
| Reference URL |
https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6k9wvqx |
