Goodwin, StephenPoirot, Janet Myung Ha2014-10-102014-10-102014-10-10https://hdl.handle.net/1920/9055This thesis is a collection of short stories that deal with grief or loss in some form and the many different ways these emotions manifest in people’s lives. Following these short stories are three chapters of a novel in progress called “A Knight in Tin Armor.”enGriefLossAlienationMaterialismConsumerismModern life absurditiesThesis