Books are precious pieces that improve one’s knowledge and help define one’s personality by relating themselves to characters within the text. As Vladimir Nabokov said in Good Readers and Good Writers “The reader should identify himself or herself with the hero or heroine.”(Nabokov, 973) I always believed that by reading a book you become one with yourself by somehow feeling all the problems of the characters and become completely absorbed in their world, therefore feeling like you have a purpose as you read.…
Why is it that when a book gets it’s own movie that there are several differences between the book and the movie? Some people argue that the book is always better than the movie. There is a reason for this. Firstly, in most book to movie adaptations small details are changed or are just not included. Secondly, the movie often takes short cuts and doesn’t touch on certain aspects that were described in the book. Lastly, when reading a book you are free to make your own subtext and fill in the blanks with your imagination. The movie adaptations of books have always lacked the detail that's in the book, some things are completely cut from the movie to maintain a well paced story, and it fills in the gaps for us making the experience less unique.…
When you read a book do you visualize the movie in your head? When books are turned into movies most the time the author’s message is ruined, and the integrity of the novel. When someone writes a novel they write it from their point of view, their vision, it’s their story. But when a director hears, or reads the book they see it differently and from their point of view. Novels become a different novel when turned into a Hollywood movie because no one visualizes the same characters, settings or themes.…
When it comes to either watching movies or reading books the latter is, by far, the better option. In countless situations books have been made into movies but in each instance the book prevails. There are many reasons for this but the strongest factor is imagination.…
Ever read a book, and then seen the movie? The book is usually better right? That’s most likely because of the differences. The book is more descriptive most of the time. Events in the book are missing from the movie. Or the movie adds some in.…
A book can get the message across much easier than a movie can. In a book you can write down what the characters are thinking, feeling, and etc. While in a movie, you can't…
Books and movies are very different, you can sit and watch a movie, but you have to read a book word by word. Books…
Honestly, movies are easier at trying figure out their theme then books. For books, you need to use more auditory focus to find the theme, but when watching a movie you need equal amount of visual and auditory to truly see the theme of that particular movie. Books take more time then movies, but they go more in depth. It adds more details and ideas to theme of a book then someone watching a movie. Honestly I prefer movies only for enjoyment and books for figuring out the structure that the author had put the time into for the reader to…
Authors let the readers figure out how the characters feels by showing how the characters react to certain events.…
Literature has been an amazing thing to do but for the past years’ technology has taken away its beauty. People had stop reading books and rather watch a movie of it instead. I recently read and watched a short novel called “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck. After I finished watching and reading the book I noticed many things. By reading the book you can experience imagination.…
My first reason is; the movie again had more visuals than the book. Expanding on this; the movie had more scenery to show the viewer where the story takes place. Additionally, the movie also showed the the time era it took place in through setting; this in turn gives the viewer a better idea of how to perceive the story in this aspect. Second the movie had the advantage of being able to show what was going on through setting. My first reason being the movie showed the position of the characters and their behavior; this in turn displayed the tension through setting. Moreover, the movie also showed the main character’s whereabouts better through visual transitions. Last but not least, the movie showed more setting changes than the book. The book could only tell the reader that there was a change in the setting; these are usually major changes; the movie could show the more subtle ones, adding to the quality of the experience. The movie also set the mood better than the book through setting changes or adjustments. Concluding this; I believe the movie expressed the setting better than the…
Finally a last disadvantage is you can't see what the environment is like and how the towns are like or even people in general you can't see what it looks like. One advantage to watching a movie is you can see what they are doing instead of imagining it. A second advantage is you cantell there tone when there speaking. The last advantage is you get to know the characters body language and attitude better. One disadvantage is you can't watch a movie at your own pace like a book.…
visual pictures we would see would be in our minds; but since we went to…
As a reader is submersed into the narrative, they may lose track of time and become unaware of their current environment (Green, 2004). Researchers have shown that while reading fiction, the simulation of social experience that occurs might engage the same social-cognitive processes employed during real-world social comprehension (Mar, Oately, Peterson, 2009). Therefore reading fiction stimulates social experience and allows the reader to feel emotions in conflicts and relationships of the stories characters (Mar et., 2009). Mar and colleagues found that stimulating social experiences through fiction allows individuals to improve social skills, especially empathy (Mar et.,…
Another point is that watching movies is an efficient way of teaching and learning. Every person learns in a different method and watching movies helps a visual learner in English class. By watching films, students can understand different points of view and perspectives of the characters whereas books rarely show more than one point of view. Furthermore, some learners can’t grab information efficiently when the teacher explains it to them as they need detailed…