Prompt 1: Reading Literature 9 - Analyze how an author draws on and transforms source material in a specific
work.
Watch the excerpted version of O Brother Where Art Thou and write an open response where
you analyze the ways in which the film draws inspiration from the epic (minimum of 3 ways).
Then explain how the film differs from the epic in order to better fit the time period, the
characters, and/or the theme of the adaptation.