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Rewriting the story : videogames within the Post-Gamergate Society
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2017)
Staring through the scope in Call of Duty Modern Warfare (2007), as you navigate through the boggy swamps of some exotic jungle, there is never any doubt that you are in control. The operator's thumbs roll over the toggles ...
Rape and censorship in Tess of the D’Urbervilles in the late 1800s
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2017)
In my thesis I argue that the limitations of the publishing environment during the late-Victorian era led Thomas Hardy to practice self-censorship when writing the rape scene in Tess of the D’Urbervilles. Though a close ...
Fearing the unknown : mental health in current day America
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2017)
Throughout American history, the issue of mental health has ebbed and flowed with importance and acceptance. Even though there is a consistent record of mental illness in history, stigma toward those with mental illnesses ...
The role of the first-person narrator when dealing with mental illness
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2017)
This thesis examines how the first-person narrator alters reader perception in a story about mental illness. The role genre plays with the first-person narrator when talking about mental illness is also important when ...