A: I feel like the most prominent piece of symbolism is this story is Newsworld itself. Newsworld was a symbol for a major piece of anyone’s childhood, that feeling of growing up, and not knowing where you’re headed in life. It represents that piece of your childhood that was so important to you when you were younger.
Q: What connections did you make with the story?
A: We’ve all had that feeling of seeing something nostalgic and wishing we could go back to a time where we enjoyed it so thoroughly. Like the kids in this story I think we’ve all tried at one point in our lives to revisit something nostalgic that made us happy as kids and it just doesn’t deliver the same satisfaction we wish it did. The kids in this story experience that feeling when exploring Newsworld at night and seeing the exhibits they have so many stories about, off and empty.
Q: What changes would you make to adapt this story into another medium? What medium would you use?
A: If I were to take this story and turn it into a film I would try and keep the experiences as vague as possible while still maintaining visually stimulating images on screen. I’d like to make the main character’s experiences relatively ambiguous for the sake of an audience being able to relate to the feelings of nostalgia. I’d add a little more about the fact that the kids are getting ready to apply for colleges and go their separate ways because that was a difficult.
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