Initial Thoughts

My initial thoughts for the Cicada idea were to focus around the theme of purpose. By looking at these insects who spend their entire life underground only to come up for 4 weeks to mate before dying. I was then going to explore this idea further through some of the human characters, being the boy and a brother. However as I've explored this idea I've come to see the relationship between the brothers as more important and the Cicada concept as merely a way of expressing this. This puts me in an awkward position as the concept evolves into something else. Some of the themes I'll be looking at now are sibling rivalry and brotherhood. Hopefully it will be something that I can weave into a story!