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accent , all in the service of highlighting the humor in Till ’ s character .
Smet , in his work , adapts a different atmosphere and storyline compared to DeCoster . He makes his story , its language , and characters relatable to the present audience . Smet deletes the part of DeCoster ’ s story when Till is tortured by the Spanish and suffers in the same way as Christ . That heavy religious and symbolic treatment is simply unnecessary to Smet ’ s audience . The sad and painful experience of Till related by DeCoster becomes a comedy , with Till as a clown rather than a martyr or political champion . The living and breathing story of Till can be just as effective in entertaining an audience , even if Smet leaves out the civic and heroic acts of his subject .
CONCLUSION
Today , so many stories suffer from changes due to public demand . Storytelling has become a business ; hence , the public ought to get what they demand . So many storytellers like Smet are turning to traditional literature to create new work for today ’ s audience . However , there is an underlying question about the effect of the traditional literature on today ’ s audience . It is important to draw a line between keeping traditions and doing business .
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Dockrell , Julie and Vincent Connellly . “ The Impact of Oral Language Skills on the Production of Written Text .” Teaching and Learning Writing 2.6 ( 2009 ): 45-62 .
Filipi , A . “ The Emergence of Story-Telling .” Children ’ s Knowledge in Interaction ( 2016 ): 279-295 .
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