Cornelia FunkeWhich of us has not felt that the character we are reading in the printed page is more real than the person standing beside us?
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Most of us have felt this way at least once. When reading a great book or watching a great movie, the characters seem to be more real than the people standing beside you. After all, the characters are living their own lives, while most of us are just living ours. Of course, that’s not to say that it’s impossible to connect with the characters in a book or on screen; it’s just that they might feel like separate beings from you.
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