1. What is your reaction to the text you just read?
Very interesting, although some names and in world dialect is a little hard to pronounce, the amount of description for every character, every movement is unique and really describes the action being portrayed. An example would be T'Gatoi when getting up from the couch, they described her movement as almost aquatic, very freeform and smooth, as if not bounded by gravity. They describe the main character from which the stories perspective is told from, how hard it is for him to shoot the animal his mother requested. How stilted it felt for him to walk back into the house with the carcass and how much harder it was than all of that to grab the unconscious mans shoulders. The descriptions of the family change frequently, almost sounding more like spiders than humans, however its mentioned in the text when performing on the thin man, its described as "never hearing such a sound from anything human". They are described with multiple limbs, sometimes more than four, they are described with stingers that apparently have many purposes, and with large pointed claws, which can be used for medical purposes in an almost primal way. They have a sort of sharing of eggs which can help give you a longer life. Something that must be a rarity to have since it must be split and that certain family members like the mother in her old age choose to ignore. Parts of it do seem more human however, like the underlying want to help the skeletally thin man at the door and the way T'Gatoi talks about how thin her kids have been.
2. What connections did you make to the story? Discuss the elements of the work which you were able to connect.
Some connections I made were as stated before, with T'Gatoi's need to put her kids first before ever indulging in eating the egg. The egg helps with keeping you strong and vigor as the work puts it, something I just related to food. Most people would agree that mother's usually have an innate sense of selflessness for their kids and the mother in this story is no different, outright refusing to have anything until all of her kids have had something first. The mother later remarks on the main protagonist's weight, commenting that he has finally gotten better and is no longer as thin. Still making a comment on how bad being thin is.
3. What changes would you make to adapt this story into another medium? What medium would you use? What changes would you make?
I would adapt this story into stop motion, much to the likes of Coroline, Nightmare before Christmas and Kubo. Something that can truly depict the descriptions used in the story. I know not what the authors idea of the type of creature the family is but I would want to stay consistent to the descriptions presented. As for changes, I don't know if I would make more changes other than add more to the stories start and pad it out so theres more to say about them before the man arrives at the door. The descriptions and storytelling at the start I feel is very strong and I would like to see more of it so we can connect more to the characters and get to know there names a little bit better. Other than that I don't think I would want to change anything.
Very interesting, although some names and in world dialect is a little hard to pronounce, the amount of description for every character, every movement is unique and really describes the action being portrayed. An example would be T'Gatoi when getting up from the couch, they described her movement as almost aquatic, very freeform and smooth, as if not bounded by gravity. They describe the main character from which the stories perspective is told from, how hard it is for him to shoot the animal his mother requested. How stilted it felt for him to walk back into the house with the carcass and how much harder it was than all of that to grab the unconscious mans shoulders. The descriptions of the family change frequently, almost sounding more like spiders than humans, however its mentioned in the text when performing on the thin man, its described as "never hearing such a sound from anything human". They are described with multiple limbs, sometimes more than four, they are described with stingers that apparently have many purposes, and with large pointed claws, which can be used for medical purposes in an almost primal way. They have a sort of sharing of eggs which can help give you a longer life. Something that must be a rarity to have since it must be split and that certain family members like the mother in her old age choose to ignore. Parts of it do seem more human however, like the underlying want to help the skeletally thin man at the door and the way T'Gatoi talks about how thin her kids have been.
2. What connections did you make to the story? Discuss the elements of the work which you were able to connect.
Some connections I made were as stated before, with T'Gatoi's need to put her kids first before ever indulging in eating the egg. The egg helps with keeping you strong and vigor as the work puts it, something I just related to food. Most people would agree that mother's usually have an innate sense of selflessness for their kids and the mother in this story is no different, outright refusing to have anything until all of her kids have had something first. The mother later remarks on the main protagonist's weight, commenting that he has finally gotten better and is no longer as thin. Still making a comment on how bad being thin is.
3. What changes would you make to adapt this story into another medium? What medium would you use? What changes would you make?
I would adapt this story into stop motion, much to the likes of Coroline, Nightmare before Christmas and Kubo. Something that can truly depict the descriptions used in the story. I know not what the authors idea of the type of creature the family is but I would want to stay consistent to the descriptions presented. As for changes, I don't know if I would make more changes other than add more to the stories start and pad it out so theres more to say about them before the man arrives at the door. The descriptions and storytelling at the start I feel is very strong and I would like to see more of it so we can connect more to the characters and get to know there names a little bit better. Other than that I don't think I would want to change anything.
I never considered the thought of making this story into a stop motion picture but I think that is a genius idea. It would be so creepy which is definitely the vibe that I get from this story. I also agree with you that I think the story would benefit from focusing a little more on the background. The world that the author creates is very interesting and I'd love to know more about the society.
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