Read the excerpt from "Deucalion and Pyrrha" by Carla
Nappi.
The man and the woman found themselves in a library.
And they began opening the books. They scooped out
phrases like small stones and threw them out the
window. As each one landed on the ground or in the
water, or as it took flight, it grew into a being that could
inhabit this new world and populate its then, its now, and
its to-come.
First they made the past. ...
And then they opened their eyes, and made the present.
He gave "a spreading wilderness of sudden waters" to
the air. Each word grew liquid in a wet way that took on
its character: sheets of moisture that bled out over the
earth, and fogs of water that grew wild worlds inside
them, and flashings of saturation. And in this way, he
How does Nappi's decision to adapt the original story by
including images of books and words affect the theme?
O She shows that nature speaks to humanity.
O She emphasizes that life cannot exist without
language.
O She shows that language is the base of civilization.
O She emphasizes the creative power of language.