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INNOCENCE AGAIN
University of West Florida
Master of Arts (MA), University of West Florida
2011
Abstract
Mercy is personified in this novelette and is examined particularly in relational and redemptive aspects. The two main characters, Mercy and Corey, are initially depicted at a middle school dance, showing their innocence and the depth of Mercy's feelings for Corey. As the story progresses, Corey complicates his relationship with Mercy by murdering his younger brother in a drunken rage. Mercy witnesses the fiasco, unable to step in and stop Corey from the act he comes to regret. Corey's father abducts Mercy- angry at her for not stopping the murder-but Corey's younger brother comes back to life to rescue Mercy. After the rescue, she once again interacts with Corey as he comes to her, seeking redemption. The two reconcile on Mercy's journey toward an oil spill. Once at the sight of the spill, Mercy finds a mourning dove, symbolic of Corey, that is covered in black oil. She scrubs all the oil off the bird, redeeming its ability to fly past the destruction of the spill, and watches as the dove takes flight.
Details
- Title
- INNOCENCE AGAIN
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Publisher
- University of West Florida
- Format
- text
- Identifiers
- 99380090857606600
- Academic Unit
- English
- Language
- English
- Awarding Institution
- University of West Florida; Master of Arts (MA)
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), University of West Florida