Octavia Butler’s short story, “The Evening and the Morning and the Night” has a fairly long title for being a short story. This story, like most of Butler’s works is one that brings a fictional scenario to life in a grim and dark manner. Octavia Butler is not one to use euphemisms or sensor her work. Her audience is that of an adult who is mature enough to handle the content of her stories. Because of this I thought it would be a good idea to adapt “The Evening and the Morning and the Night” into a short children’s book. I presume controversy is imminent, but I believe that children, although not ready for certain mature topics, should begin to understand important life skills they will need as adults.
Besides so many children these days …show more content…
This will allow children better understand the story and the situation making it easier to put themselves in the shoes of the main character.
“The Evening and the Morning and the Night” has some very gruesome and descriptive sections that I, obviously, would not include in the children’s story, but instead diminish the raw carnage. For example, instead of having the main character see someone tearing at their own flesh and digging into it I might have a women pulling out her own hair. In place of her parents dying from self-mutilation, perhaps it would be more easily grasped by children to have her parents pass away in an accident before they have the chance to commit any self-harm on themselves.
Emphasizing the relationship and friendship between Lynn and Alan and how they support one another would be a better for a children’s book as well. Children, at least in my experiences, prefer happy endings as well as stories filled with friendships and love. Lynn and Alan would be the perfect couple to portray that in the children’s …show more content…
In my opinion, kids are too young to think about those things and not just that. The way Alan talks about himself and the others with DGD is so negative, a children’s book should have the opposite attitude. I want kids to feel like no matter their situation, they have something good in store for them. Although, in my point of view, “The Evening and the Morning and the Night” is has a sad ending, I wanted the children’s book version to end in a more positive light. I feel like this would be encouraging kids to think optimistically even if they feel isolated like the characters in the story. In order to achieve a happy ending, I wanted to craft the affiliation between Lynn and Alan in the children’s book to teach kids that they need to be kind and supportive people themselves. I figured that the diet restriction part of Lynn’s life was important to also include in the children’s book because there are some kids out there that cannot just eat anything they please like Lynn. Some children may not even know that others have diet restrictions so making it part of the story may increase acceptance for kids that it applies
Besides so many children these days …show more content…
This will allow children better understand the story and the situation making it easier to put themselves in the shoes of the main character.
“The Evening and the Morning and the Night” has some very gruesome and descriptive sections that I, obviously, would not include in the children’s story, but instead diminish the raw carnage. For example, instead of having the main character see someone tearing at their own flesh and digging into it I might have a women pulling out her own hair. In place of her parents dying from self-mutilation, perhaps it would be more easily grasped by children to have her parents pass away in an accident before they have the chance to commit any self-harm on themselves.
Emphasizing the relationship and friendship between Lynn and Alan and how they support one another would be a better for a children’s book as well. Children, at least in my experiences, prefer happy endings as well as stories filled with friendships and love. Lynn and Alan would be the perfect couple to portray that in the children’s …show more content…
In my opinion, kids are too young to think about those things and not just that. The way Alan talks about himself and the others with DGD is so negative, a children’s book should have the opposite attitude. I want kids to feel like no matter their situation, they have something good in store for them. Although, in my point of view, “The Evening and the Morning and the Night” is has a sad ending, I wanted the children’s book version to end in a more positive light. I feel like this would be encouraging kids to think optimistically even if they feel isolated like the characters in the story. In order to achieve a happy ending, I wanted to craft the affiliation between Lynn and Alan in the children’s book to teach kids that they need to be kind and supportive people themselves. I figured that the diet restriction part of Lynn’s life was important to also include in the children’s book because there are some kids out there that cannot just eat anything they please like Lynn. Some children may not even know that others have diet restrictions so making it part of the story may increase acceptance for kids that it applies