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2009 Upper School Thesis Project

Below are the students, plus their topics, in the thesis project. Several of the students have submitted their projects to be viewed online.

Ashley Smith: “Women Breaking Away From the Traditional Role of Society in Search of Individuality”

Hunt Magee: “The Psychology of the Hero”

Laura Micetich: “Effects of Religion on Contemporary Culture”

Ann Marie Graham:  “The Role of Women in Dystopian Literature” (Read thesis)

Elizabeth Crowder: “An Analysis of Isolation in Romantic Literature”

Thomas Head: “The Significance of the Rebellious Figure”

Andrew Wagner: “Love, Death, and Violence in English Renaissance Literature”

Connor Gilroy: “From Duality to Unity” (Read thesis)

Lexie Poole: “Political Satire: A Modern Perspective”

Artem Slyusarenko: “Antagonists in Modern Literature”

Emma Centurion: “Isolation and the Schizophrenic Psyche”

Emily Gilmour: “Violence, Redemption, and the Grotesque: A Portrait of the Southern Gothic Novel”

Katie Mansfield: “Self-Discovery in Twentieth Century Literature” (Read thesis)

Jordan Perchik: “The Adolescent Protagonist” (Read thesis)

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