The Search
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Last published Thu, Apr 25, 2013
In a future world, Adelaide has to search for her own meaning as she progresses on her journey to different worlds, each more intriguing than the last. Will she find a place where she truly feels she belongs?
Loosely based off of Dennis Ford's nonfiction "The Search for Meaning: A Short History." This was a project done for a critical thinking class at college and does not have much of an overall plot. Read at own risk.
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