The theme gives the central idea of the story. Adaptation changes the theme of the story, by reinforcing the element that supports and makes the older stories weaker and by changing the elements. Thus, options 3, 5, and 6 are correct.
<h3>What is adaptation?</h3>
Story adaptation is the way of retelling the old story, based on an already existing story. It alters the theme of the older stories by the use of reinforcing elements that support the meaning of the older stories.
The use of the reinforcing elements in the stories weakens the older stories and by changing the elements the theme and the meaning of the story get altered.
Therefore, the adaptation changes the theme.
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Internal Coherence: the quality of being logically integrated, consistent, and intelligible on the inside. (knowledge/educated)
External Coherence: the quality of being logically integrated, consistent, and intelligible on the outside. (looks/personality) <span>
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The elements of society the story 'The Happy Man' is criticizing are: demands of jobs, death, and politics.
<u>Explanation:</u>
‘The Happy Man’ is a short story written by Naguib Mahfouz which gives its readers a deep message. The author have made use of satire wherein he criticizes some aspects of society by using humor.
This is a story about a man who finds himself extremely happy one morning. As the story moves forward, the author depicts that there’s no such thing as a perfect life or perfect happiness, because happiness is a myth.
Through the example of the happy man, the author criticizes the demands of job that is put to an employees, in the story the happy man works as a writer at local newspaper. Apart from this, the other elements of society are also been criticized which includes death, and the politics.
A. Portentous is the correct answer