Aquatic Uncle

1. Are there any prominent symbols in the story?  How are they used?

Well there are many themes/symbols in Aquatic Uncle.  One example is the symbols of aquatic life and terrestrial life or more specifically, the land and the sea.  They use dry land here as like the new frontier that people are now getting used to while they used the sea or ponds or lakes etc, as the old generations living area.  Everyone in the new generation sees that being on land and evolving past what they were as moving forward while the Great Uncle N'ba N'ga will defend his position say that there isn't necessarily wrong with aquatic life and though it has its problems, it isn't behind in any sense of the word.  It's just different.

2. What connections did you make with the story?  Discuss elements of the story with which you were able to connect.

I was able to connect with this story due to my own prejudices.  It made sense that the newer generation would view the past unfavorably and even I dismiss the past's way of life as being outdated. Lll questioned it though.  She was trying to make sure that what she was living was actually in fact better than what she had.  She came to the conclusion that it wasn't better.  Perhaps the progress we see today is really just an illusion and that we're actually stunted, and it takes reflecting upon the past to help up actually progress.

3. What changes would you make to adapt this story into another medium? What medium would you use?  What changes would you make?

I think most of the changes would be to the setting.  The symbolism holds very well and only the face of it would need to be changed.  For fun, let's make it a romance.  The Sea would be the nerdy girl/guy that has a crush on the main character.  The Land would represent the hottest girl/guy in school that the main character was chasing after.  Although the land seems to have unending appeal, the Sea has to persuade the main character that what they have to offer is more than enough, not with out problems, but still could be considered ideal.