The Drought is a collection of six stories set mostly in South Florida. Each story focuses on a young man or young men as they enter the world. Overall, there are many themes at play across the collection, with the most notable being overcoming anxiety, coming of age, and life as a middle-class millennial. The young men in these stories are being ushered into the real world, and they must learn quickly in order to adapt, and in some cases, survive. The collection also showcases the range of the middle class, and how different a person's story can be when comparing the lower middle to the upper middle. In the title story, "The Drought," a boy with a dying mother must decide if he's going to become a drug kingpin to make the money he needs to care for his little brother. In "What's the Jwett?" three friends decide if they want to get into the local weed trade. In "Turbulence," an up-and-coming DJ learns about the importance of patience and developing one's craft. The Drought is a snapshot of life as a youth in South Florida.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ucf.edu/oai:stars.library.ucf.edu:etd2023-1259 |
| Date | 01 January 2024 |
| Creators | Stovel, Nicholas |
| Publisher | STARS |
| Source Sets | University of Central Florida |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | Graduate Thesis and Dissertation 2023-2024 |
| Rights | In copyright |
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