Fiction Adaptation - Idea Feedback

In a group session where everyone's ideas were looked at, I presented the idea for my fiction adaptation to everyone in hope of receiving feedback on what my idea does well as well as what more my idea needed. When presenting the idea of a young boy seeking acceptance, and visibly alone in the adaptation, the group liked the idea of showing the poem in a different light. The idea of having the poem flipped on its head and showing the opposite of what the words were saying would enable the audience to feel uncomfortable and somewhat uneasy. The character doesn't have the same unity that the poem is telling us he should have.

However the idea of having a younger character was changed after the idea seemed a bit too easy. The character was probably young because I know young people. The idea the group had was to have the character be an old, lonely person instead. It's a situation we all see and can engage with. You can come up with your own ideas as to who this person is and why he is alone with relying on a set narrative like you probably would with a younger person.

All round the feedback was positive, all that was needed was a bit more depth and a small change of casting ideas. The idea of an urban location was well received and the idea of the adaptation conveying something different from the poem was also well received, especially as I wasn't the only person doing the poem "100%".