Some Kind of Animal
Date of Award
5-1-2017
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts
Department
English
First Advisor
Benedict, Pinckney
Abstract
Some Kind of Animal is a novel about Jo, a teenage girl with a secret twin sister who lives in the woods. It explores themes of rural poverty, familial neglect, and the shaping, often limiting, influence of societal gender roles on girls.
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