Writing can also be used to change people’s perspectives. One of the most known speeches ever presented happened at the Lincoln Memorial. The words stated by Martin Luther King Jr. in the ‘I Have a Dream Speech” broadcast to America, changed the way people of America viewed African American’s. All of this was done by one speech, presented by one man with a dream. Writing can also be used as a strong statement, or a purpose. The Declaration of Independence is America’s statement of freedom to the world. The whole document was just written on a piece of parchment paper and written in ink with a feather pen. Yet to this day, our country lives by its meaning and the foundation of our freedom. When it was created by the American people, it was our
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They range from a wide range of topics. Some movies are based on a previously published books. Although a movie may be about the same topic in a book and have the same scenes, people’s perspectives change if they're watching a movie. To further explain, the information that is perceived in a book can affect the reader differently than if it was viewed on a big screen. When someone reads a book, their imagination makes up a great part of the story. Their imagination makes a character look a certain way, or a situation happen in a certain way. Our minds might relate the information perceived in the story to real life. Some people might picture a character described in a book to look or act like a family member or a friend. When you watch a movie all of that is erased, because the movie tells the viewer all of the information. For example, if someone were to read a book that contains a violent war scene, they may picture the scene to be less violent than if they were to see it play out in a movie. That is because the mind protects you from visualizing it in the way it really is in the story. If you don’t want to see a gruesome or violent scene then you will picture it less violent or gory. In a movie the information that you watch is the information you process in your mind and you can’t change it. The authors message that they are trying to get across to the reader may be perceived more strongly through a visual representation. So a movie is another way to get a strong message about social inequality across to
They range from a wide range of topics. Some movies are based on a previously published books. Although a movie may be about the same topic in a book and have the same scenes, people’s perspectives change if they're watching a movie. To further explain, the information that is perceived in a book can affect the reader differently than if it was viewed on a big screen. When someone reads a book, their imagination makes up a great part of the story. Their imagination makes a character look a certain way, or a situation happen in a certain way. Our minds might relate the information perceived in the story to real life. Some people might picture a character described in a book to look or act like a family member or a friend. When you watch a movie all of that is erased, because the movie tells the viewer all of the information. For example, if someone were to read a book that contains a violent war scene, they may picture the scene to be less violent than if they were to see it play out in a movie. That is because the mind protects you from visualizing it in the way it really is in the story. If you don’t want to see a gruesome or violent scene then you will picture it less violent or gory. In a movie the information that you watch is the information you process in your mind and you can’t change it. The authors message that they are trying to get across to the reader may be perceived more strongly through a visual representation. So a movie is another way to get a strong message about social inequality across to