Analysis of my adaptaion

I adapted the jaguar and fire story to make it a childrens tale. I decided that some elements of the original story had to be canged in order for it to be made into a childrens story, such as the jaguar. I decided that a dragon would be more fairytale and appealing to children. I also had to change the plot slightly so that instead of Monan killing th jaguar for his fire I decided that Monan would have good intentions by going to the mountains to seek food and mean no harm to the dragon. The villagers think that the dragon is bad because of the sterotypical view of dragons and that a creature who breathes fire couldnt possible be good natured. I decided to show that Monan makes friends with the dragon after he descovers that he is good and the dragon agrees to share his food and help the people to cook their food during the winter with his breath. I wanted the story to appear to have a moral at the end by saying that you shoudlnt judge something by appearance. Te villagers didnt give the dragon a chance but presumed him to be bad because he was a dragon. But because Monan was an innocent child he had the good nature to resolve the situation with the dragon and save the village from the food shortage.
The original story was very short and had very short sentences and not much description and no dialogue between charcters. I included some dialogue to show character personality and included more background information to the village and situation. Monan became a hero as opposed to a bad person that he was in the original story because it appeals more for children. The original story wouldnt have been sitable for children as it showed Monan stealing and killing the jaguar for no good reason which gives a bad influence to childrens behaviour. My adaptation serves a purpose of teaching children to treat people with respect and not to judge others by appearance or stereotypical views. I gave names to the village and added other characters such as the mother and sister to give Monan a reason for going to the mountains and show him to be doing a good deed for his family.