Question

Which element from hg wells's the war of the worlds does orson welles transform in the radio broadcast

A. The planet that martians invade
B. The names of the characters
C. the setting of the story
D. The theme of the story

Answer 1

C. The setting of the story

Answer 2

Orson Welles’ adaptation of The War of the Worlds transforms C. The setting of the story.

In the original novel, written by H. G. Wells, the Martian invasion of Earth begins in a farm near London in 1898. However, in Orson Welles’ adaptation, the landing of the Martian spacecraft occurs in Grover’s Mill, New Jersey, and the action of the story takes place in the moment of the broadcast, in 1938.