Read the excerpt from "The Flood” by James Baldwin.
And so they walked on, down the steep slope of Mount Parnassus, and as they walked they picked up the loose stones in their way and cast them over their shoulders; and strange to say, the stones which Deucalion threw sprang up as full-grown men, strong, and handsome, and brave; and the stones which Pyrrha threw sprang up as full-grown women, lovely and fair. When at last they reached the plain they found themselves at the head of a noble company of human beings, all eager to serve them.
So Deucalion became their king, and he set them in homes, and taught them how to till the ground, and how to do many useful things; and the land was filled with people who were happier and far better than those who had dwelt there before the flood.
Read the excerpt from "Deucalion and Pyrrha” by Carla Nappi.
He gave "besides little” to the earth, and when it fell it bounced the memories of tiny little mosses into the soil.
She gave "a great number of men” to the air, and each of the letters grew arms that grew fingers that grew huge filmy membranes between them that buoyed each letter higher and higher and higher until it broke open into a cloud in the shape of the face of a man who had perished in the flood.
Which statement best explains how the two adaptations differ?
Nappi focuses on the interaction between the new creatures and the creators, while Baldwin emphasizes only the creators.
Baldwin focuses on a broader setting that the new creation inhabits, while Nappi’s setting is more specific to one location.
Baldwin dismisses those who died in the flood and believes that the new people are better, while Nappi mourns those who died.
Nappi describes a supernatural series of events that occur in the creation of the new world, while Baldwin describes the creation as a natural progression.
