Honors Theses
Date of Award
2007
Document Type
Undergraduate Thesis
Department
English
First Advisor
Ben McClelland
Relational Format
Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract
Sentence fragment. As an English major and an amateur writer. I am told never to use one ot these, that I have not earned the right to use them yet. I don't know when ril earn that right, but I suppose it is too late now'. I hope this tells you a little about me. about w'hat I am doing. I would have never tried a stunt like that before, but things are different now. Last summer, the last one before graduating college, I set out to find a story: instead, the story found me. like God found Noah. It gave me no choice. I landed on an island off the coast of Honduras called Utila—I fell in love. I had always considered myself to be a writer, told others the same. At best. I knew I was decent, but it didn't matter because I had no story. Grow ing up as a white kid in the suburbs never lent itself to much adventure, and after only one fiction class in college, I realized I had no place in the genre, so I made the decision to live a life with stories. At my mother's suggestion, I decided to go to Costa Rica to study Spanish as part of a study abroad program through my university in Mississippi. It was meant to be simply a neat experience before heading to graduate school: however, in secret, I began to prepare. I saved up money. 1 studied nautical navigation, boat mechanics, and boat maintenance because I was told these things could make me more employable as a scuba divi’ig guide. I prepared to Jump off, to find my story to travel.
Recommended Citation
Mogabgab, Blake Savier, "Life on Utila" (2007). Honors Theses. 2380.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/hon_thesis/2380
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