compare and contrast essay

For my compare and contrast essay I have chosen to use The Blind Side. The Blind Side is a book and a movie about the struggles Michael Oher went through during his childhood. He is taken in by a nice family and later on becomes and NFL player. I will compare and contrast the different ways the book conveys it's message from the ways the movie conveys it's message. I personally think that the movie is more effective than the book in delivering the message due to the amount of emotion that the actors show. The book describes how the characters would act very vividly but to me it doesn't give the reader the same feeling watching the movie does. Seeing the actors put all of their emotion into how the characters would act, and live, and actually seeing images of what Michael Oher's life would have been like really grabs my attention more than reading the book does. They do have many similarities that I will also be able to discuss. These include the people in Michael Oher's life, major events that are talked about, and how Michael is portrayed.