Prompt #4

The relationship between writer and reader is a very important aspect of any story. The writer is meant to fuel this visual image within the readers mind with an enticing story and interesting characters. The author does this by using vivid wordage which will help to paint the visual image of characters or a setting. This concept of imagining characters will most likely differ from person to person. Different people will interpret a character features differently. But this is what adds a little more excitement and fun to a story. There have been countless times in which I personally have gone to see a movie based on a book and the actor cast as the main star looked nothing like I imagined the character in the book. This typically goes in one of two ways. The first being the watcher understands and accepts this is what the character could potentially look like and the other being they are totally disgusted and typically have some sort of resentment towards the movie for butchering their favorite book. With all this being said, the sheer fact that an author can create this feeling and emotional reactions to seeing different people’s interpretation of characters is amazing. This builds a relationship between author and reader that tends to create a reader’s love for an author. This process shows how powerful and important writing and literature can be, as well as how big of an impact it can have on a life.

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  1. UnknownJuly 30, 2017 at 10:49 AM

    I love your point about how much literature can affect someone’s life due to the relationship that develops between a writer and their audience. Your point about how a reader views the character being different from the actor chosen to play them can also work in the other direction. Since the first Harry Potter book came out years before I was born and the movie came out when I was still very young I saw clips of the films before reading the books and because of this I only ever saw the actors when reading the books.

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  2. UnknownJuly 31, 2017 at 8:45 AM

    I agree with what you are saying, when reading we piece together images of the texts. The details that the author use help our minds to have the text come alive in our minds, and that makes for a better reading experience. It is interesting to me how people can read the same description but picture it differently. I think it is really shown with movies. Films can show the characters and scenes exactly how we pictured, or completely different. It is all on how each person sees the text.

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