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Abstract

A poetic examination of violence and how it interacts with myth, youth, perspective, and family. The goal of these poems is to get at how we value, portray, and deal with violence as a society, and how that affects us as individuals. This thesis operates through a specific lens of Protestant Christianity as myth, and is focused on American violence and its representation in particular.

Table of Contents

Appraisal………………………………………………………………1

I

Eden……………………………………………………………………3

Adam Enters…………………………………………… .…………..4

Bleating…………………………………………………… ………….5

Judgement…………………………………………………………….6

Blood Over the Door………………………………………………. 7

Scales Piling Up……………………………………………………..8

Foundation…………………………………………………………..9

II

Cartoon Violence…………………………………………………..11

1st Grade…………………………………………………………....12

Harvest……………………………………………………………...13

Soitenly!……………………………………………………….……14

Shoe-Box Blues……………………………………………….…..15

Detour…………………………………………………………….…16

Running From It…………………………………………… …....17

May 2020…………………………………………………… ……..18

III

A Rurality…………………………………………………… …....20

My Blood……………………………………………… ……........21

Cracks in the Cement………………………………… ………..22

Worms………………………………………………...... ..........23

Bird House………………………………...…………… …........24

Predicting the Past………………………………….… .…......25

Separatist………………………………………………… ………26

Passing On the Double Yellow Line..…….......…… .........27

By the Way……………………………………………..……......28

Wasted…………………………………………………… …….…29

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School	Emory College
Department	English and Creative Writing
Degree	B.A.
Submission	Honors Thesis
Language	English
Research Field	Fine Arts
Keyword	Cut
Committee Chair / Thesis Advisor	Brown, Jericho, Emory University
Committee Members	Christle, Heather, Emory University Suhr-Sytsma, Nathan, Emory University

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