UNMASKING
A Project
Presented to the faculty of the Department of English
California State University, Sacramento
Submitted in partial satisfaction of
the requirements for the degree of
MASTER OF ARTS
In
English
(Creative Writing)
by
Jeffery Lee Pressnell
FALL
2012
UNMASKING
A Project
by
Jeffery Lee Pressnell
Approved by:
__________________________________, Committee Chair
Professor Douglas Rice
____________________________
Date
__________________________________, Second Reader
Professor Joshua McKinney
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Date
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Student: Jeffery Lee Pressnell
I certify that this student has met the requirements for format contained in the University
format manual, and that this project is suitable for shelving in the Library and credit is to
be awarded for the project.
__________________________, Graduate Coordinator
Professor David Toise
Department of English
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Date
Abstract
of
UNMASKING
by
Jeffery Pressnell
Unmasking is a memoir about the way that lying can affect an individual and the where
the lies and falsehoods come from for the narrator. This story continues on to discuss the
way that the narrator deals with his problem and discusses the history behind his specific
issues. He realizes that they stem from his familial history, and by the end, the narrator
begins to cope and deal with this.
_______________________, Committee Chair
Douglas Rice
_______________________
Date
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
1.
BIRTHING… ...............…………………………………………………….. 1
2. WHERE LIES COME FROM .......................................................................... 5
3. THE PAIN OF LIES ....................................................................................... 11
4. BEGINNINGS OF ACCOUNTABILITY ...................................................... 21
5. WHY I MUST QUIT ...................................................................................... 26
6. HEALING ....................................................................................................... 33
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