Question

Adam is staging one of his own creative writing stories at a local theater festival. Compare his original story to the adaptation:
Original: They moved through the riverbed, mud sucking at their galoshes and turning each step to slow motion. Pedro paused, squinted into the rain, and wrung a gush of water out of his cloth cap before planting it soggily back on his head. He told Benjamin that this was absolutely the last time that he would ever go fishing.

Staged: (Riverbed. Sound of rainfall. PEDRO and BENJAMIN move awkwardly, with large steps, as though stuck in the mud.) PEDRO: I’m telling you, Benjamin, this is the last time. (takes off his hat and wrings it out, puts it back on his head.) The absolute last time. BENJAMIN: The last time what? PEDRO: The last time that I ever, ever, go fishing with you.

How does Adam develop the setting in his adaptation?
A. By adding new dialogue that was not in the original.
B. By changing the setting to a different one from the original.
C. By changing the story’s descriptions of the setting into dialogue.
D. By changing the story’s descriptions of the setting into stage directions.

Answer 1

Answer:

D

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct option is D)  By changing the story’s descriptions of the setting into stage directions.

Explanation:

The scenario depicted in the original story was different as compared to the adaptation that had to be made. Usually, adaptations have to be made in a story while staging it because not all acts mentioned in the original story can be easily performed on stage.

In the above scenario, changes were made in the story's description of the setting into stage directions.