Presidents & Assholes
by Luebke, Heather, M.A., NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY, 2010, 58 pages; 1474841

Abstract:

This thesis is a fiction piece set in a futuristic, dystopian United States of America. This story follows three characters in their struggles to cope with a world heavily segregated by class in which the most important thing to know about a person is the corporation or city he or she represents – not his or her name. The President of Stillwater, Minnesota and the President of Emerald Island Entertainment must deal with their responsibilities as leaders, while Tom Wedelman must cope with being a lower class person in a world dominated by the upper class. This story is told mostly in first-person point-of-view alternating between the three main characters, and is intended to make a commentary on today's business and political arenas.
 
AdviserLesley Larkin
SchoolNORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
SourceMAI/ 48-04, p. , May 2010
Source TypeThesis
SubjectsAmerican literature; Rhetoric
Publication Number1474841
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