Date of Award
Fall 1991
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Humanities
Committee Director
Wayne Ude
Committee Member
Carolyn H. Rhodes
Call Number for Print
Special Collections LD4331.H85W55
Abstract
Ninety-nine and One-half is a novella about a young man's journey from self-doubt to self-revelation which parallels his physical journey from a coma to an awakening. In twenty spare chapters the memories of his life before the coma are intertwined with the actions of his family and friends after he becomes comatose. Through the young man's memories and the reflections about him by the other characters, the reader sees what has led the young man to an almost fatal indecision. The resolution of the novella comes when the young man adequately distances himself from the guilt, fear, and unhappiness that restrained him in life before the coma and then chooses to master his fate.
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DOI
10.25777/xdt0-gg52
Recommended Citation
Williamson, Deborah R..
"Ninety-Nine and One-Half"
(1991). Master of Arts (MA), Thesis, Humanities, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/xdt0-gg52
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/humanities_etds/93