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Book Vs Movie Research Paper

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In the world of modern technology there are many ways to keep one entertained and informed. Two of the best ways are through the reading of books, and the watching of movies: both are eternal works of art designed for those who would wish to momentarily leave the existent of reality and dive into a world unknown or to question the known world through stories of factual relevance. Both take the entertained on a journey that has been created in the minds of a genius, but, it is the way they take the entertained into their imagery worlds that are different. Books, for example require the reader to use there imagination to mentally visualize the image the author is trying to perceive. Movies, on the other hand, will have the audience mesmerized as the picture comes to life right before their eyes. Both books and movies are great evening actives …show more content…

Books are the fathers of movies: Books came before movies, and (most) movies get there content from books the director has read. Take the "Harry Potter" series for example, the first book (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone) was created in 1995, the movie, however, was created in 2001. The books and the movies never tell the same story: Directors will always have to cut out some content from the movie just so they can complete the making of the movie whereas the books will always tell you more of the story. Take "Eargon" for example, in the movie after he finds the dragon egg and brings it back to the barn it begins to hatch, however in the books Eargon tries to sell it to the town butcher who is about to buy it until Eargon tells him it's from the Spine (a mountain range that separate's his hometown of Carvahll, and the outside world), Eargon then

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