Books

Books have existed for centuries, from ancient scriptures to modern novels. They come in many genres and there is a book for everyone on various topics like sports, literature, and music. A book can preserve knowledge and stories for many years. Books are also imaginative as they stimulate creativity in children and adults alike. Many influential writers and filmmakers gain ideas from books, as many popular books become movies. Books can also lead to great financial success for authors. While some books contain harmful or illegal ideas, most books spread knowledge, ideas, and bring more good to the world. Overall, books will remain an important part of history.

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English Form 5 2011 MID-TERM, Paper 1, Section B, Question 5

Topic: BOOKS

Books are a part of historyfrom the scriptures of papyrus in the Egyptian

Civilisation to the creation of Pink Paper by a villager in the outskirts of China, paper was in existence, and this paper was eventually made into books. Just walk into a public library and be dazzled with what you see inside. Libraries are filled with books. Books are so magnificent because they are found in many genres; theyre as vast as the world of music itself. Theres even one for everyone in the room youre sitting in. There are sports books for the sporty, there are books on English and Literature for the class Shakespeare and theres even one music manuscript books for the next Michael Jackson. Have you ever just stop to think, isnt it amazing that a book can be preserved for so many years. Whenever I enter my grandfathers study I get agonized by the colour of pages and the value of the books. When I was younger, I used to lock myself in my grandfathers study and read old tales like Oliver Twist, Treasure Island and Lord of The Flies.

Books are imaginativeeveryone in this world has read at least one fairy
tale or at least one story book. To a child a book with a wild twist in its plot is more than enough to stimulate its creativity and draw on that wall with its crayon. Thus a significant and imaginative power is found in a storybook. Writers like Enid Blyton , J.K Rowling and C.S Lewis are all very attached to books. Books are important to children to teach them moral values. Children who have disciplinary problems can be calmed down by reading a book with them. It only makes sense if the child enjoys the story and not lament over it. Children again often enjoy their parents reading to them a book filled with bedtime stories for them.

Books are influential..Movie critics comment that a movie can be rather

bland and plain if it has no interesting plot. Due to this, directors who decide on what their next movie plot is will decide based on the review and response of a book first. Books and movies are always interrelated. I say that it is either a movie based on a book, or a book based on a movie .J.K Rowlings Harry Potter sevenbook saga was made into several multi-billion dollar blockbusters movies. All in all, books are always better because a book has the complete storyline and plot without missing any important details but in a movie, parts that were supposed to be there were removed due to the cost of production and other external factors.

Books are rich..there are people who have acquired success because of a
book. I refer to writers of books who draw out images and caricatures in their mind in the form of words. A book is an amazing medium of expressing ones feeling and spreading knowledge at the same time. Jack Canfield along with three other

partners made $ 997,300 after selling their first Chicken Soup for the Soul book. The book changed his life and gave him a beautiful and luxurious lifestyle, with the advancement of Science and Technology, E-books were created. E-books stand for electronic books. These books not only are cheaper but are even environmentally friendly because there are no cuttings of trees involved. Many authors nowadays, sell their masterpieces as E-Books too, to show that they too are responsible towards maintaining a greener environment.

Books are evil.Anything sweet like honey, is sure to swarmed by bees. The
same goes for books. There are those who use books in their journey of practicing the Dark Arts. Scriptures of black magic and voodoo torturing can be found in history of the eastern and western civilisations. These books were supposed to be only used for warding off spirits and healing of a person. These books were misused. I found a book in my friends house that was filled with satanic markings and rituals. The books were filled with the most spine-tingling of practices: cannibalism, human- sacrifice and torture punishment methods. My friends dad, who was a historian, mentioned of an antichrist movement in the United States of America. The dark arts are also an unfortunate part of books. Finally, bear in mind that books bring more good than harm, more triumph than sorrow and more love than hate. A book should be optimised by a person to use for gaining intelligence and opinions and not for the wrong purposes. If given a modal and an intrigued spirit, I would open up a bookshop myself and spread my joy of books to all the people around me. Books again are a medium of spreading emotions and should be preserved and not be extinct because of time. Who knows even this essay could even be published into a book someday. The fact remains that Books will always be a part of history, whether in the past, present or future.

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