Books vs Movies. Razan Ahmed. 201500775 Alanoud Alsulaiman 201400294 Yosa Alsagri 201103062 Oral communication Dr. Runna Alghazo 212

Outlines. Introduction. Overview of books. Overview of movies. Advantages of reading books and watching a movies. Disadvantages of reading books and watching a movies. Final opinion. Summary. References. Outlines.

Most of us can enjoy both books and movies as well as the amount of information that we get from them.  Introduction: 

 Overview of books. 

Deftintion of books: A written or printed work it consists of pages.

Types of books: Non-fiction Fiction

We can find the books everywhere. Where we can find books?

 Overview of movies. 

A movie is a Recording of moving images that can tell a story. Deftintion of movies:

Types of movies: Action Drama Comedy Adventure Horror Science fiction

Where do people watch movies? Online websites TV Laptops Cinema Where do people watch movies?

Advantages of reading books and watching a movies.

Advantages of reading books: It takes your mind off your troubles Improve your health Can help people solve their problems Improve your quality of conversations Reading a book can stimulate your creativity Advantages of reading books:

Advantages of watching a movies: Inspiration Entertainment Time pass Know more about history Learn Other culture’s languages Advantages of watching a movies:

Disadvantages of reading books and watching a movies.

Disadvantages of books: It takes long time to finish: as we all know a book could take a week or more to finish. Especially with the busy schedules that people have now a days.  Less visually appealing: books lack the special effects that movies have. Which could support the words or the story that you are reading. Less social: as they say: “reading a book is an individual act.” most people chose to read when they are alone and without any company. Disadvantages of books:

Written in difficult language: most of the books are written in a high or academic level using smart words. Which might place a challenge for some people. Especially young people. ​Less entertaining: when you reading a book it is mostly only words, it does not have the entertainment part of the soundtrack or the costumes.

Disadvantages of movies: Limit your imagination: there would not be a space for you to imagine certain character or scene, everything is there by a vision of someone else. Delete a lot of details from the written story: because movies are limited by time, therefore it would never include the details that books contain. Expensive to make: movies require a lot of money to make and not everybody can afford it. Disadvantages of movies:

Bound by time: movies meant to end in one setting, with no pauses or breaks since it has a maximum of three hours to finish. Could cause addiction: when you get used to be entertained by a movie to escape your reality, you could depend on that most of the times to build your happiness.

We have come to a clear decision that we prefer books over movies for five reasons:​ Books can let a person beats his trouble instead of just trying to escape them, which you would be doing when watching a movie. That books can take you out the busy lifestyle to a relaxing and peaceful mood, unlike movies which always stimulating your different moods. Final opinion:

Books can also teach you to be critical and wise which would help you to solve your own problems, unlike movies, which draw you a complete vision without any participation from you. ​ When you reading a book you are reading different scenarios between the characters, which help to improve your conversational skills unlike movies, which keep you distracted by the music and the special effects. ​ Books stimulate your imagination and give you a space to create your own scenes and characters, unlike movies, where everything is given from the scenes to the characters. ​

We hope that we could have helped you to determine your preferable choice between movies and books based on the comparison we did​. Which we started it with overview for both books and movies, followed by discussing the advantages and disadvantages of them.​ And last but not least our final opinion which was : “preferring books over movies for five reasons”. Summary.

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References. Nguyen, T. (2009). Reading book vs. watching movies. List of Book Types or Genres. (n.d.). Retrieved August 2nd, 2016, from http://reference.yourdictionary.com/books-literature/different-types- of-books.html​ Read more at http://reference.yourdictionary.com/books- literature/different-types-of-books.html#UTtzSCHUL3FM8H3a.99 References.