W&M ScholarWorks Undergraduate Honors Theses Theses, Dissertations, & Master Projects 5-2010 Open Water: A Collection Emily Newhook College of William and Mary Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wm.edu/honorstheses Part of the Fiction Commons Recommended Citation Newhook, Emily, "Open Water: A Collection" (2010). Undergraduate Honors Theses. Paper 730. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/honorstheses/730 This Honors Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses, Dissertations, & Master Projects at W&M ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Undergraduate Honors Theses by an authorized administrator of W&M ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Open Water: A Collection A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Bachelors of Arts / Science in English from The College of William and Mary by Emily Breton Newhook Accepted for ___________________________________ (Honors, High Honors, Highest Honors) _Ava Coibion____________________________ Director _Anita Angelone__________________________ _Joanne Braxton___________________________ _Hermine Pinson__________________________ Williamsburg, VA April 22, 2010 MAJOR CHARACTERS Miri Wheelan, 63. Married to Jack Wheelan, mother of Eli, Richie, Malcolm and Amy Jack Wheelan, 63 Lester Boyle, 60. Unmarried brother of Miri Eli Wheelan, deceased. Fraternal twin of Richie and the oldest child. Richie Wheelan, 37. Married to Hannah, father of Olive and Anna Malcolm Wheelan, 36. Jack and Miri‟s second youngest. Unmarried. Amy Wheelan, 33. Jack and Miri‟s youngest child and only daughter Olive Wheelan, 14. Richie and Hannah‟s oldest daughter. 2 ONE Richie and I were born three minutes apart in 1960, the same year the Lockheed- Electra crashed into Winthrop Bay.