Writing & Literature
DANIEL DERMODY
2021
Coming from both Irish and Polish backgrounds, culture and identity shape the questions asked about society in my works, specifically the roles they have in moulding an individual. My fiction explores the process of coming of age in a hyper-developed era. At 21 years old, I am wary of the dangers ahead in these uncharted territories, especially the consequences of an ever-expanding consumer-driven society. I have a particular interest in politics, grassroots movements and anti-capitalist theory. In my novel Times like These, the protagonist is a young runaway lost and disillusioned both by the brutality at home and the consumption that surrounds him. In the novel, his lens is muddled by frustration with the modern the world, leaving him adrift and questioning social conventions.