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Missouri State University

I-25 @ Exit 128

Abstract

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I-25 @ Exit 128 is a coming-of-age story of Kevin, a 20-year-old high school dropout who washes dishes at a Chinese restaurant in the small, blue-collar town of Fountain, Colorado. The initial conflicts are Kevin losing his job and his mother asking him to move out and find his own place. The reader discovers by the second section, though, that these problems are only the surface. Kevin eventually moves to Montana, where he is forced to confront his emotions concerning the death of his little brother and his role in that death. While in Montana, Kevin also tackles the issue of his father leaving him when he was a child. In Section 3, we discover, along with Kevin, that his father isn't really his father at all.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Arts in English
Level thesis:degree_level
Masters
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
English
Year
2000

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Eiler, Mike
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Wayne Blackmon

Subjects

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Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • © Mike Eiler

Identifiers

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Repository record dc:identifier
https://bearworks.missouristate.edu/theses/271
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:bearworks.missouristate.edu:theses-1272

Chain of custody

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Missouri State University
Base URL
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Last updated
2026-07-24
Source record
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citation

Eiler, Mike. I-25 @ Exit 128. Masters thesis, 2000. https://bearworks.missouristate.edu/theses/271