Compare and Contrast Reading a Book and Watching a Film Essay Example

and get most of the story fitted into that time. While books can take days maybe weeks to read, and during the times you are not reading the book you can forget what happened last time you read it and end up rereading the same part over and over. Movies are far more visually appealing; in “touching the Void” I felt that you got the full effect of what was happening by watching the movie, because there was narrative speaking I also felt I could feel their emotions, and feel what they were feeling.

Whereas in the book the part that the class read I felt that it was very blunt, and I had to read it a couple of times to understand what was happening. When reading the book first, such as “my sister’s keeper” and then watching the film, I always find the movie very disappointing. I think this is because I have already created an image of what it is supposed to look like and when it is different it is very saddening. But when I just watch the movie and not the book I always think the movie is fantastic and very descriptive. However, books and films also have similarities. Both books and films can utilize themes, symbols foreshadow, etc. They also both have a beginning, rising action, and resolution. Even though in “my sister's keeper” the endings were different in the book and movie they both had the power to make me emotionally attached to the story. They also both use the writer’s words to create an image.