A Very Short Preface

My Multi-Genre Project is on the American Modernist Period. The central book to my

project is The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway which was written at the very end of

the American Modernist Period. Hemingway is an American Modernist writer completely so his

novel fits into the period anyways. I chose this period because of live the times from WWI to

WWII and I love reading Hemingway’s works.

To navigate the website four parts must be discussed: Home page, store part, About page,

and Contact page. The smallest page is the Contact page where if someone needs to contact me,

they can go there to find out how to. The About page is where someone finds this document, so

this needs little explanation. The Home page contains all of the rest of the project. Click on the

images to go to the specific parts of the project to view and download. To see the Bibliography,

go to the Catch of the Day and hit the Click Me button. At the very bottom is a review of my

website and products.

The Timeline is 15 events from the year 1914, the start of World War One, to 1945, the

end of World War Two. Events include scientific discoveries like Relativity, musical recordings

like Jazz music, meaningful political policies like the New Deal, and influential literature such as

Grapes of Wrath. The Timeline is worth 50 points because it is very informative and relatively

in-depth of the period becoming a backbone of the whole project. This genre provides a good

basis of knowledge for the reader to understand the rest of the project.

These Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) provide an in-depth explanation to intriguing

and possible questions the reader could have. The topics the FAQ looks at are the changes

throughout the period filling in any gaps of the timeline, the methods and messages of the

authors exploring the more general literature side of the period, and common themes in this
period’s literature. It mostly investigates the literature to back away from the history heavy

genres like the Timeline and the genre after this. The FAQ is worth 30 points because I spent a

good amount of time on it, and it is very informative to the reader about the genre.

The Three by Three is 15 rows of three-word sentences describing different aspect of the

Roaring 20s leading into the Great Depression. The aspects it covers includes prohibition, the

Lost Generation, the mindset of the American people, and the aftermath of the war. This genre

takes the general knowledge of the Roaring 20s and explores them a little bit in a very fun but

simplistic way. I included this genre because it informs the viewer about an integral part of the

period I chose, but in a fun way. I say this genre is worth 20 points because it did not take that

much time to make, and it is relatively simple but still important.

Ode to the Cocktail explores the reasoning for the cocktail’s creation. I was researching

the Roaring 20s for the other genres and I found that during Prohibition was when the cocktail

was created, and it inspired me to make a genre about it. This one was very fun to write, and I

like it because it is kind of silly and kind of serious. I gave it 30 points not because it is that

important took a long time but because it was very fun to make, and I am very proud of it.

The Newspaper describes the general plot of Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea but

from a perspective after the story has ended. It took me sometime just because I tried very hard

to fill the whole page and get the format correct but overall, it is just a plot summary with some

opinion added in for flare and a bit of meaning created out of Santiago’s journey. It is worth only

10 points because it took some time, but it is only a plot summary. I am including it though

because it leads the way into the genres about the book and gives a quick plot summary for the

other genres to make sense.

 My analysis essay covers the fish’s role in the story as an important symbol and how that

leads to the conclusion of an allegory of a man’s journey through life. It covers the three days

Santiago is at sea and how that relates to three stages in a man’s life. It is a cool look into the

meaning of The Old Man and the Sea that I enjoyed a great amount. It also is the main genre

discussing the meaning of the book and not just a theme like with the next genre. This analysis

put the book into a better perspective for me than other books I have read; I got the message

Hemingway was trying to say in some capacity. This genre is worth 50 points because it is very

informative, took a good amount of time, and in an integral part in my project for explaining the

book.

The Museum Accordion Booklet shows the theme of isolation in Hemingway’s The Old

man and the Sea which was not discussed in any other genre. It took some time, but I am also

proud of the finished product, and I love it as much as Ode to the Cocktail. It is worth 20 points

because it is one of my favorite genres I made, because I spent a good amount of time making it,

and it shows an important theme of the book. It also links back to another genre talking about the

isolation theme in the American Modernist period which is why I am ending on it.

For 5 bonus points my Proxy Magic the Gathering deck because I spent time on it, and it

is kind of cool. It showcases some art from the book, a bit of plot through specific scenes, and

several quotes from the book. I love Magic the Gathering, so I just decided to make some cards

around The Old Man and the Sea but beyond that I had no in-depth purpose for this project.

Throughout the project I have learned about historical moments, scientific discoveries

still relevant to this day, and musical and artistical discoveries and creations through the decades.

There is too much information to discuss here in full so I shall let the genres speak for

themselves.