Hi everyone!. Well for my first post I wanted to share an essay I wrote back when I was preparing to take my ECPE English test. Hope you like it...

Nowadays the proliferation of media has allowed most of the popular novels to be shown in the big screen. Some believe it seems better to read the books, others believe watching the movies gives them a better understanding of the main topic of the story. I personally think reading the books is better because of the following reasons.

     

     Firstly, It would be important to take into consideration that reading novels gives us a better understanding of everything related to the story. One gets to learn the details and important facts that sometimes are not shown in the movies. Moreover, imagination plays an important role in this topic. People can actually guess what is going on in the book while reading. For instance, when a person reads a science fiction novel book such as ¨Time Machine¨, and tries to recreate the events of the book in their mind.

     Second, some believe watching the movies seems more interesting. They claim that it is a waste of time to read the novels when one can actually avoid doing that. These people are mainly interested in just learning the main topic of the film. They are not interested in the details whatsoever. For instance, a group of people attends the theatre to see how the last ¨Harry Potter¨ movie turned out to be, rather than using their imagination.

Finally, I would say that nothing can be compared to the joy one gets while reading. Not only because a person feeds their imagination, but also they get to know a lot more about the story.