purpose of the interlude is to summarize the overall matter of the previous chapters and sync all the ideas. One may delude that the first three chapters are more about the experiences of Siddhartha is the physical world, the next three about his experiences in the spiritual world and the final three about the synthesis of these experiences and eventual awakening.
The novel may be divided into three groups yet, it seems seamless. Like the river in the novel, the flow of the story is constant. The narrative is beautiful and like a story. One does not get the feel that one is being preached to. Yet a lot is absorbed and finds its way into our thoughts. There is a river in the novel that flows through all the three chapters and is like a character
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An adaptation that simply takes base material from the novel, but it very different in the treatment of the story and stands independently is called Analogue. The film made by Carlos Atanes runs for barely thirty minutes. What is most striking about this film adaptation, is that it really comes across as the director’s own work. No doubt, the film is based on the novel by Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis, but the film is very independent and is a personal expression of Carlos Atanes and his impression of the novel. Dudley Andrew’s types of adaptations are Borrowing, Intersection and Fidelity and Transformation and he also points out that adaptation is no easy task. This film can be categorized under the third category of Fidelity and Transformation. Andrew points out, that adaptation is a difficult task, let alone adapting what one interprets from the original. Here, the adaptation has to capture the ‘spirit’ of the text and yet maintain creativity. (Dudley) The filmmaker has shot this film so artistically, that one would want to view it over and over again. The ‘form’ of cinematic medium is fully explored in this film. As compared to the films like The Old Man and The Sea, Siddhartha, where, a viewer simply sees the visual …show more content…
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