Hoffman, Dory E.The following novel excerpt and story investigate the ways in which people cope. These works look closely at the way experience affects perception, memory and thought. Characters in these works willingly misinterpret reality and view the world through a lens distorted by their experience. These variations carve pathways in the mind's landscape, restructuring the way the world is understood.ThesisFine ArtsAlexander Popechronic paincopeJunepsychopharmacologysatire