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Mount Your Pets

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Date Issued:
2008
Summary:
This novel is the first-person account of Max Rosenbloom, who has difficulty forming personal relationships, difficulty telling the truth. He enters a Work-Study program to graduate from High School, landing a job as an apprentice in a taxidermy shop operated by Richard, who becomes a strong influence in his life. Themes explored include what is art and what is not art within the framework of the modernization of taxidermy techniques. Another theme is how Max deals with death of his father and death of the animals that Max mounts in the course of his taxidermy training. Finally, a major theme is explored concerning the conflict within Max, who has trouble telling the truth and makes a conscious decision to lie in order to further his career.
Title: Mount Your Pets.
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Name(s): Goldberg, Arthur J.
Furman, Andrew, Thesis advisor
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Date Created: 2008
Date Issued: 2008
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 132 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: This novel is the first-person account of Max Rosenbloom, who has difficulty forming personal relationships, difficulty telling the truth. He enters a Work-Study program to graduate from High School, landing a job as an apprentice in a taxidermy shop operated by Richard, who becomes a strong influence in his life. Themes explored include what is art and what is not art within the framework of the modernization of taxidermy techniques. Another theme is how Max deals with death of his father and death of the animals that Max mounts in the course of his taxidermy training. Finally, a major theme is explored concerning the conflict within Max, who has trouble telling the truth and makes a conscious decision to lie in order to further his career.
Identifier: FA00000920 (IID)
Degree granted: Thesis (M.F.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2008.
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Subject(s): Symbolism in literature.
Taxidermy--Fiction.
Death and dying--Fiction.
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Sublocation: Digital Library
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