Date
5-2019
Department
College of Arts and Sciences
Degree
Master of Arts in English (MA)
Chair
Nicholas Olson
Keywords
Memoir, Non-fiction, Perfectionism, Performance, Expectation, Reality
Disciplines
Creative Writing | English Language and Literature | Nonfiction
Recommended Citation
Karram, Esther Elizabeth, "Breaking the Fourth Wall" (2019). Masters Theses. 574.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/masters/574
Abstract
This creative, non-fiction thesis is written in memoir form and analyzes how a person perceives reality, how that perception is broken, and how a person copes with the limitations of a new reality. In examining my life, I came to realize that many of my performative tendencies stemmed from a desire to be loved and the belief that love was contingent upon perfection. What follows is my struggle to try to maintain that perfection, the failure to do so, and the slow acceptance of being an imperfect person in an imperfect world.
