Document Type
Thesis
Degree
Master of Fine Arts
Major
Creative Writing
Date of Defense
4-26-2013
Graduate Advisor
John Dalton, MFA
Committee
Mary Troy
Steve Schreiner
Abstract
“This Is the Best I Can Do” is a collection of short stories and poems that explores the psychology of lost ideals. The characters in these stories hold convictions about how the world is and how people should be that are altered when they are placed in situations that prove reality is far more complex. With shaken faith comes the necessity of building a new understanding not only of the world around them as a whole but of their own lives and identities. These revisions are not necessarily improvements, but they are necessary. Whether the faith is in a deity, a philosophy, or a person, the works contained here seek to find out what happens to a person when his or her foundation crumbles.
OCLC Number
848834626
Recommended Citation
Milton, Amy Renee, "This Is the Best I Can Do" (2013). Theses. 150.
https://irl.umsl.edu/thesis/150