I think that the situation in the world right now relates directly to the novel. For instance, the different types of magazines are increasing, with more television shows. 
You can see for yourself if you walk down the street, that there are more pictures than words. People are more comfortable with looking at pictures than to read the text and imagine using their creativity. There are many awesome novels out there, and some of the most famous novels, come out as a movie. People rather watch the movies of the books than to actually read the book. They don’t want to look up in the dictionary what the definition means for each word they don’t understand. People prefer to watch what is happening than to imagine every single scene that actually is described very detailed in the book. I think sometimes looking at a picture is clearer to me because you might not understand everything in the text, and you sometimes want to get an understanding of it before reading it. And you know what they say, "A picture is worth a thousand words." But, in this case, it’s not always about the "imagining", it’s also about gaining knowledge, and to have critical thinking. You don’t know what a copper is even if you see it, you only find out how it looks like. Is a picture going to show all the chemical/physical properties it has? In these areas, I think reading is a lot easier to understand than to watch. Also, I read in an article that the average amount of books a person above the age of 13 reads is decreasing. This is a bad sign that people are not paying attention to literature, and reading. Yes, the society has become more comfortable over the years, but don’t you think it is because of all the books and knowledge people earned to make the world become like this? I think people should appreciate books more and more throughout the years. The novel is telling us indirectly to pay attention to what is happening to us. We are becoming more lazy and weak minded. We should try to attain as much knowledge as you can and reading is one of the major ways you can attain knowledge! I think that current situation can be resolved if people start reading more books and ask questions to one another. I noticed this after I read Fahrenheit 451 and now I am trying to achieve more knowledge by reading books, and asking teachers about the areas that I am curious about.
You can see for yourself if you walk down the street, that there are more pictures than words. People are more comfortable with looking at pictures than to read the text and imagine using their creativity. There are many awesome novels out there, and some of the most famous novels, come out as a movie. People rather watch the movies of the books than to actually read the book. They don’t want to look up in the dictionary what the definition means for each word they don’t understand. People prefer to watch what is happening than to imagine every single scene that actually is described very detailed in the book. I think sometimes looking at a picture is clearer to me because you might not understand everything in the text, and you sometimes want to get an understanding of it before reading it. And you know what they say, "A picture is worth a thousand words." But, in this case, it’s not always about the "imagining", it’s also about gaining knowledge, and to have critical thinking. You don’t know what a copper is even if you see it, you only find out how it looks like. Is a picture going to show all the chemical/physical properties it has? In these areas, I think reading is a lot easier to understand than to watch. Also, I read in an article that the average amount of books a person above the age of 13 reads is decreasing. This is a bad sign that people are not paying attention to literature, and reading. Yes, the society has become more comfortable over the years, but don’t you think it is because of all the books and knowledge people earned to make the world become like this? I think people should appreciate books more and more throughout the years. The novel is telling us indirectly to pay attention to what is happening to us. We are becoming more lazy and weak minded. We should try to attain as much knowledge as you can and reading is one of the major ways you can attain knowledge! I think that current situation can be resolved if people start reading more books and ask questions to one another. I noticed this after I read Fahrenheit 451 and now I am trying to achieve more knowledge by reading books, and asking teachers about the areas that I am curious about.
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I truly agree with what you think. These days, almost all popular books get made into movies. Although people may not realize this, Pride and Prejudice, Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, The Da Vinci Code, The Shining, and The Mist were all books.
What you said about people watching the movie adaptations of books rather than reading the actual books reminded me of my grade school years. When I was in grade school, kids watched Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings in the cinemas and then took the Accelerated Reader quizzes on them in order to get points. They should have actually read the books in order to increase their knowledge, but instead, they took the easy way out and watched the movies. This shows just how society is starting to shy away from books. Frankly, I'm quite disappointed.
Anyhow, good job with this post. I agree with many of the points that you stated in your posts. Keep up the good work!
When some books are made into movies, some people think that the movie is better and some think the the book is. It is based on what kind of movie it is and what kind of person they are. Now, people are getting lazy and not valuing books, so they make the great stories in films so they can watch it instead of reading it. But, I think that when there is a movie for a certain movie, I think it is better when we can compare two things and think much more deeper in it. Anyways, good job with your blogging.
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