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Written Works
Poems
Acrostic, Free Verse, and Short Story Poems
Acrostic Poems by Mikayla Young
A Collection of My Acrostic Poems
Free Verse Poems by Mikayla Young
A Collection of My
Free Verse
Poems
A Collection of My Short Story Poems
Short Stories
A Collection of My Short Stories
A short narrative about a young woman who goes to learn about the different possibilities that a person and artist might see on a white-painted canvas.
Essays/ Papers
Collection of My Essays and Papers
The Cherokee Legend of the Wampus Cat: Its Origins, Sightings, and Representations
A college research paper to help people understand the wampus cat legend and the creature itself, its origins in Cherokee legend, the three main versions of the legend told today, sightings around the world to understand its paths, and finally how its tale is told and represented today in the media and school mascots through a questionnaire (questions can be found in Appendix A), articles, and books.
Dionysus’s Reversal Play on Human Fears and Desires in Euripides’s “The Bacchae”
A college essay on how Euripides’s “The Bacchae” shows readers how Dionysus plays a distinct role in humanity in the form of a mother Agave and her son Pentheus, and masterfully directs a play about how human desires can quickly transform into fears, with the main theme of gender role reversal.
A college research paper and PowerPoint on bookmarks featuring a brief historical background that informs people about the types of bookmarks first used and made in history, leading them to the project's research methodology, participants, six types of bookmarks used and left behind by readers, interesting bookmarks librarians have discovered, bookmark importance, librarian bookmark recommendations, librarian observations of patron patterns, and the parallel and contrasts of librarians' work and personal reading patterns.
A college research paper about the history of bookmobiles from the Great Depression to the present day, as well as their effects on communities and library acts.
A personal essay documenting my junior year of high school journey from ankle and knee injury to knee surgery to recovery and discovery.
A college essay about how Theseus is transformed from a mythological hero to a loyal, respectful, and fighting fictional character hero in Mary Renault's The King Must Die.
A college research paper about Mark Edmundson's contention that writers, especially romance authors, are the world's loneliest authors, physically but not mentally, and why they write. The essay uses examples from books and authors to both support and refute Edmundson's claim.
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