Finding Home: A Character's Quest for Equilibrium
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Date
2013-12
Authors
Kaneko, Sachi
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Publisher
University of Oregon
Abstract
In an attempt to make sense of the vast cultural differences, and systems of sexism,
racism, and Westernization, that the author has experienced within their life, they have
decided to write a small compilation of short stories. The essay dissects the relationship
of character and self to place. The essay outlines the five basic plot lines that a place
story models itself after, as well as the undeniable presence of culture within place
stories. The three fictional stories following the essay concern a character's conflict
with either their own culture, or an encroaching one, as well as issues of individual
autonomy within that culture. The first story follows the inner turmoil of a young
woman arranged to be married to a man she does not love. The second story reimagines
the life of a Nissei couple decades after Internment. The third story retraces a young
man's history as an attempt to explain the rape he has committed. All stories, and their
characters, are entirely fictional.
Description
60 pages. A thesis presented to the Department of Creative Writing and the Clark Honors College of the University of Oregon in partial fulfillment of the requirements for degree of Bachelor of Arts, Fall 2013.
Keywords
Fiction, Place/Culture, Craft Essay, Rape, Arranged Marriage, Internment Camps, Creative Thesis