A Spot of GrayThere is a frequently cited adage that a picture is worth a thousand words. People often don't consider the opposite: whether a thousand words are worth a picture. In another way, is it possible for an author to be able to produce a work that is effective in immersing a person in a complicated and detailed world? Unless it is a nonfiction story, it takes great writing skills to transport the reader into a setting while providing clear aspects that are striking and have a lasting impact. To make this challenge even more demanding, the author must also consider how the biases he or she possesses may affect the manner in which the narrative is performed. Prejudices are very difficult to end, both for the reader and the writer. The way people perceive the world and the events that occur are the result of biases formed from their life experiences. To counter this, some see the solution in creating a film based on the literary work to help better capture the accuracy that the book attempts to achieve in visualizing the events. A common debate that often arises is whether the book or movie offers a better narrative. Rather, it would be more interesting to analyze the historical accuracy of a novel and a film set in the same time period and location. A Patch of Blue is an award-winning and critically acclaimed film released in 1965. It was based on the 1961 novel Be Ready with Bells and Drums by Elizabeth Kata. It is a fictional story about the relationship that develops between a black man and a blind white woman, which takes place during the events of the civil rights movement in the United States. This contrasts with Black Like Me, ...... middle of paper ......es. “Take it to the Streets”: A 1960s Reader. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. Print. Farrington, Brenda. “Elizabeth Kata and the Great Society.” The sixties. Chapman University. Beckman 203, Orange. April 4, 2014. Griffin, John Howard. Black like me. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1961. Print.Kata, Elizabeth, author. A spot of blue. Real. Guy Green. Perf. Sidney Poitier and Shelley Winters. MGM, 1965. DVD. Kringas, Damian. “Kata, Elizabeth.” . Dictionary of Sydney, January 1, 2012. Web. April 27, 2014. .Loving v. Virginia. The Oyez Project at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. April 27, 2014. .Snopes. “Dead like me.” snopes.com: John Howard Griffin dies. Snopes.com, May 21, 2013. Web. April 26. 2014. .