here's some homework!

Make a list of the stories that you hear, read, see, or tell in one day & the subjects of those stories.

  - A drunk man sees a submarine  and tries to tell everyone in town;but no one believes him because 

     he's the town drunk.

  - A friend misses a day of class because one of her kids became violently ill, "it was coming out 

     both ends", she's never had to do so much laundry and cleaning in such a short time span. "It was 

     so gross I'm actually excited to be back in class."

  -A mother wants to start a new tradition of having a "happy hour" cocktail on the nights before her 

    day off work. She isn't really a big drinker so hasn't had to buy alcohol in a long time, the only 

    thing worth drinking in the house was peppermint schnapps, so her and her middle daughter ended 

    up only having a shot...while her new tradition has hit a bit of a rough start, their breath is minty

    fresh.

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Pick two stories from different media - what are the similarities and difference between the ways the two stories are told? How does medium affect the story telling in each case, what would change about each narrative if it were presented in a different medium?

The song Submarines by the Lumineers is about a town drunk who sees a Japanese submarine and tries to tell everyone, but no one will listen to him because he's just a drunk, and he ends up dying "with the secrets of the sea". 

Since this is a song it paints a quick picture of events. Time and details are relative and left up to the listeners to interpret. Had the song been a book, or movie there wouldn't have been the same limited plot. More of a background could have been developed and we could maybe find out if the submarine was a friend or foe and how its presence impacted the town, even after they didn't listen to the drunk.

In the book Enders Game, a kid is molded into semi-unknowingly saving the world.

Because it’s a book the author is able to go into great detail to paint each and every scene with incredible detail, thus allowing the reader to really get into the book.  However when the book was turned into a movie, some key parts of the story were lost due to time and budget constraints. While the actual visual picture may have been more developed, the actual story became a little harder to follow and thus the audience may have lost interest in the wonderful story.

Similar to the song it is the audience’s job to use their own imagination to create the visual details for themselves and maybe even make connections that had either been in any different medium not been possible.  The main difference between the two stories is the availability of the audience... if a song we were to be told in great enough detail to be as fully developed as a novel, then the majority of listeners may lose interest in their fast paced lives.