There is a myth about an exodus of a group of lemmings roaming the streets and committing a mass suicide by jumping off the cliff every few years. The myth started when a Disney documentary called White Wilderness was produced in 1958. Since the movie has been released, people have assumed or believe that the myth is true. The original says there is no reason to why the Lemmings jumped of the cliff. However, author Isobelle Carmody recreated the myth The Lemmings factor into a story and drama in her perspective making the lemmings jump off the cliff with a reason - following someone powerful. She turns the drama base on religion, she also includes doubts and strong belief in God from a rodent's point of view and how her perspective of the drama links to human lifestyle.
Carmody turns the myth into a drama. Her drama uses the concept of religion to interpret the myth in her own way. Religions are very diverse. In most religions that exists today, a certain spiritual idol or a God is followed. In the drama, she uses different terms to refer to the concept of religion such as the Piper which refers to God because the rodents in the drama always look up to the Piper who will bring the rodents happiness if they follow the Piper's music to Evermore, …show more content…
The rodents are following a belief by following the Piper's music and going to Evermore. This shows similarities to human life style, people who are following a trend whether its fashion, stories or the latest music hit. However, following without considering the consequences doesn't apply to all trends. The author seems to put her point of view on the story as a sad but bad choice making type of attitude to the drama. She makes it seems like Gods aren’t real and nothing but fake stories to manipulate other people. But she also respects other people's beliefs at the same
Carmody turns the myth into a drama. Her drama uses the concept of religion to interpret the myth in her own way. Religions are very diverse. In most religions that exists today, a certain spiritual idol or a God is followed. In the drama, she uses different terms to refer to the concept of religion such as the Piper which refers to God because the rodents in the drama always look up to the Piper who will bring the rodents happiness if they follow the Piper's music to Evermore, …show more content…
The rodents are following a belief by following the Piper's music and going to Evermore. This shows similarities to human life style, people who are following a trend whether its fashion, stories or the latest music hit. However, following without considering the consequences doesn't apply to all trends. The author seems to put her point of view on the story as a sad but bad choice making type of attitude to the drama. She makes it seems like Gods aren’t real and nothing but fake stories to manipulate other people. But she also respects other people's beliefs at the same