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LOST IN MAYBERRY/MOUNT AIRY : IMPORTANCE OF TOURIST PROFILES IN SUSTAINABLE TOURISM PLANNING
(East Carolina University, 2011)
In sustainable tourism planning it is essential to understand the type of tourist attending and determine the temporal sustainability or longevity of pop-culture festivals, especially those focused around film and television. ...
Writing in My Language : Students' Perceptions of Informal Writing in the Composition Classroom
(East Carolina University, 2011)
This classroom study examines students' perceptions of informal writing in a first-year composition classroom. Informal writing, as defined in this study, includes any in-class exercises that provide students the freedom ...
ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY OF POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE) AND POLYSTYRENE USING SURFACE ACTIVE QUATERNARY AMMONIUM SALTS
(East Carolina University, 2011)
Electrospray ionization time of flight mass spectrometry (ESI-ToF-MS) is a powerful characterization technique for large nonvolatile compounds, but has found limited applicability in the synthetic polymer field. Two factors ...
RENOVATION
(East Carolina University, 2011)
This creative thesis consists of the beginning of a novel and sections that will be used in the creation of a whole narrative. RENOVATION is a story of several characters' experiences in the surrounding areas of the same ...
REPRESENTATIONS OF NATIVE AMERICAN CHARACTERS IN STEPHENIE MEYER'S TWILIGHT SAGA
(East Carolina University, 2011)
This thesis looks at Native American portrayals in the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer. How the Quileute people are portrayed in the series affects readers' perception of the real Quileute tribe. I argue that while ...
Ghosts in a Lighthouse
(East Carolina University, 2011)
This collection of poems represents my engagement with the notion of death and its' inevitable outcome in both the secular and Christian reference. It focuses on the unclear terms of death and the possible after-lives that ...
There Has Never Been Anything Truly Wrong with You
(East Carolina University, 2011)
These stories are about obsessive, lonely people. The characters might seem insane but really, they are just lonely and maybe a bit neurotic. They are introspective characters who began life as sweet children, but grew ...
Reimagining Hank Morgan and Billy Pilgrim as American Anti-Heroes : The Dystopian Satire of Mark Twain's A Connecticit Yankee in King Arthur's Court and Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five
(East Carolina University, 2011)
Many critics have noticed the ties linking the satirical novels of Mark Twain and Kurt Vonnegut. This is not surprising as Twain's influence on Vonnegut's work is virtually inescapable. However, thus far critics have not ...
An Immortal Science : Alchemy's Role in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
(East Carolina University, 2011)
I chose Hallows above any other novel in the series because it holds a stronger connection with alchemy than any of those before it. Hallows provides a density of alchemical symbols and imagery that far outshines any of ...
A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED STUDY OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CASUAL VIDEO GAMES IN REDUCING SYMPTOMS OF ANXIETY
(East Carolina University, 2011)
Anxiety is a natural reaction to stress. However, when anxiety becomes excessive it can develop into a debilitating disorder. Interventions are needed to ameliorate and prevent the development of anxiety related health ...