Ideas for Genealogy

My first idea is to write about the book to movie adaptation Divergent, or possibly a different story that has been adapted either from book to movie or even movie to movie. I could look at how Divergent is a transformation in its adaptation and how the transformation affects the story and the viewers perception of it. Another way to write about Divergent is how it's a remix of other dystopian movies, such as the Hunger Games. Dystopian films are becoming especially popular with today's youth.

My second idea is to write about the connections between Moses, Hamlet, and the Lion King, Hamlet was based off the story of Moses and the Lion King was based off the story of Hamlet. Several Disney movies are "remixes" of stories from the Bible or older movies, etc. For my idea on the Lion King, I could talk about how different characters are transformed as they represent the same characters in Moses and Hamlet, but in a different way.

My third idea is to write my paper on music. I can write about how the hip-hop/rap genre has developed over the years, and many songs have references to or are simply remixes of a different song. Almost all hip-hop/rap artists have sampled music from other artists and copied, transformed, or combined their music in some way to create a new song or beat. This also applies to lyrics; it's very common to hear a hip-hop artists quote another artist in their song, either by directly quoting them or applying a twist to the lyrics.