Document Type
Thesis
Degree
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Major/Program
Creative Writing
First Advisor's Name
Les Standiford
First Advisor's Committee Title
Committee Chair
Second Advisor's Name
Lynne Barrett
Third Advisor's Name
John Ernest
Date of Defense
5-21-1991
Abstract
This is the coming-of-age story of a twelve-year-old girl who lives in a Florida fishing village in 1968, and is thought to be retarded. On a birthday trip to see dolphins perform at a road side show she learns that they are captives simply because man believes he has the right of dominance over "dumb" animals. This emotionally conquered child develops a feeling of kinship to these dolphins and when, with outside help, she discovers that she is dyslexic, not retarded, it frees her to recognize that errors in thinking may exist at many levels. Her release from the trap of human ignorance allows her to devise a way to free the dolphins and guide them home to the sea.
Identifier
FI14061800
Recommended Citation
Oesterle, Virginia R., "Reaching home : a novel" (1991). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1390.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1390
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