What, By Your Understanding, Is Adaptation?

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WHAT, BY YOUR UNDERSTANDING, IS ADAPTATION?
Introduction
Literary adaptation refers to the conversion or transformation of literary sources such as a film, and a novel to another medium such as a stage play. Additionally, sometimes it may involve transforming the same literary work in the same medium. Adaptation in literature is essential since it helps in the understanding of particular works which are deemed as being difficult because of the language or the form used. It makes it easy for the readers to understand literary works.
Critics argue that adaptations kill the reading habit of the people. However, I strongly disagree with this view since transforming and converting literary forms facilitate a better understanding of the different forms. There are different reasons why adaptation is common in literature- it helps in converting the work to a various demographic group such as children, reducing the cast used in a literary work and easing the under...