Reading books keeps a person’s mind active, whereas watching films and TV is passive and does not require a person to use their imaginations. To what extent do you agree or disagree.

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perspective that reading requires
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of attention
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whereas
watching movies and TV would not require that much person's attention. In my
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I partially agree
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the fact that reading does involve
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of activeness of the brain compared to
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watching TV and films and I will explain my standpoint with valid examples in the following essay. Reading is
such
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activity which demands
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of presence of mind .
For example
, if you are reading a
book
and if you just skim over the
content
of the
book
, you might not be able to understand the context unless you read it thoroughly and
then
visualize based on what you read and understood.
On the other hand
,
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or
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content
, you don't have to build the imagination of what is being shown as it is already visible and you just have to
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. There
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or zero brain efforts to understand the dynamics of what is being shown.
however
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while
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reading a
book
with pictures and images,
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could involve less activeness of
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as we all know "pictures speak
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words".
However
, the above statement is not completely true , unless you are watching a highly intense sci-fi movie or thriller show which keeps you on the thinking edge to understand or predict the upcoming scene in the film to uncover the suspense.
Also
, while reading if the
content
is too boring or not interesting,
then
you might lose
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complete track of the plot and won't find the
book
worth reading .
On the other hand
, in
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if certain portions are not intriguing or
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fascinating
facinating
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fascinating
then
you always go over those sections and eventually in the end you would find the conclusion of the movie
Therefore
, In my closing statement for the essay , would say it altogether depends upon the
content
which
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reading and watching determines the level of your attentiveness.
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