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1. Building bridges is a locative hypertext fiction that portrays connectedness and isolation occurring simultaneously amongst people, places, events and time periods. The setting is partially fictional, "The Island", and is mostly based on a real place, Staten Island which is the 5th boro of New York City. Its similarities and differences and connectedness, or lack thereof from the rest of the city is a small component of the story. Its primary characters are, a humble immigrant Grandfather, a dismissive, disconnected Father, and a grandson, or granddaughter who is uncertain about his/her own identity and place within his/ her world.
2. It is not intended to be purely linear and the reader can navigate wherever they wish through hypertext links. Some aspects of it are linear in nature and some internal links are author centered. Some of these recirculate to the same pages but with the hope of a slightly different perspective. The links are mostly within the site pages, however several of them lead to external links. The external links will hopefully lead to a more reader centered experience. The page titles that are in lower case letters do not lead to any additional links. Time, space, water, and culture/ family are some of the highlights of the text. Most of my historic images came from a website which coincides with a Facebook page. Most of my current images were taken by me. My maps are primarily web based. I hope you enjoy the work.
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