My name is Emily Tester. I am a Sohpomore nursing student at Clemson University and I am currently in 21st Century Literature. Throughout this course, I have learned how to connect pieces of literature to real world concepts. Being a nursing major, I like nothing about literature and was absolutely dreading this course from the day I walked into the classroom. However, my professor, Stephanie Stripling has turned a torturing general education class into a wonderful learning experience. With that being said, my capstone project will focus on the novel The Optimist's Daughter. I will create a "Literature Patient History" form on one of the main characters, analyze others, and look deep into the "southern culture." I hope you all enjoy this site as much as I have enjoyed creating it.