An Anthology: The Connectedness Of Life Happenings

This is a creative thesis that considers the connectedness of the events of one\u27s life. It includes an introduction that examines the author\u27s theory that there is no such thing as coincidence, and further explains the process by which the author came to write the selections in the anthology. The introduction cites examples of tools employed by the author, as well as other noted authors, to lessen the emotional discomfort that can be experienced when writing about particularly poignant subjects. The thesis employs these tools, which include reverting to fiction, to third person, and to poetry, while still fulfilling their autobiographical purpose. A collection of short works, the thesis attempts to bear out the author\u27s perception that life happenings set the stage for subsequent events and actually predict, attract, and build on one another in a sometimes loosely, sometimes closely, knit pattern