The theme of violence was emphasized the most in Yust’s adaption. There are close ups of everyone getting a stone. The next shot Tessie is getting stoned to death by the villagers. The film shows the villager’s random act of rage. On the other hand, Kennady’s adaption of the story emphasizes the theme of blind traditions. In the film everyone stops what they are doing …show more content…
Yust’s decided to emphasize family and violence because he probably wanted to illustrate the unnecessary violence of the Vietnam War, Cold War and the Civil Rights Movement. During the time of these wars and movements, it brought people together so they can make a change in society. Plus, the communities that were created during this time criticized the government for the unwanted wars and violence. Similarly, Kennady decided to emphasize the themes of family and blind traditions to also criticize WWII. During WWII, America start having concentration camps for the Japanese who lived in California. Many people saw the concentration camps as a horrific thing, but silently let the event occur, similarly to the tradition in the short