Being born in the time of your grandparents has its many advantages and disadvantages. One advantage is that during their time, things were less expensive and life was simple. On those times, people were not yet into televisions, video games and the internet, that they rather read books in their past times. Children get to help in the chores as they had nothing better to do.

The disadvantages are that there were no machines to help in their everyday tasks. The absence of a mode of communication made it difficult to find out what is happening to the world, even to your neighbors. People will have to rely on words of mouth and a walk here and there, for transfer of information. Children will have to create their own source of entertainment to spend their free time.

And no cartoons.

Cartoon lovers ranges from small children to teens and finally to adults. The grown up people would rather die than admit it, but cartoon can still be interesting once in awhile. Face it. Cartoons are easy to understand, can tickle your funny bone and make one forget the harsh reality of life.

Try to picture Mickey Mouse or Bugs Bunny before. Notice anything? They still look the same. They still have the same voice, same face and the same lines. And they and the others are still the same characters that everybody loves to love and hate.

It can note though that some of their appearances may have been changed, or shall I say, developed. The colors, for once, was made from plain black and white, to attractive and enticing ones. The movements were made more realistic than before. New and exciting concepts were added to bring more enjoyment.

Thanks to the modern technologies that are applied into cartoon making, the children now can enjoy cartoons, with more colors than before. And computer animation combined with masterful artistry to create award-winning animations. Making use of technologies into cartoon-making has added zest to some of the newest addition to the movie industries. Old industries were given another shot in getting to entertain the people by trying to put cartoons into movies. Some films that were a combination of cartoons and real stars made it to the box-office. How they did it is something only these cartoonists know. Just think of the wonders animation and actors can do. This is digital animation and talent at its finest.

Cartoons are famous now and then because they are like humans and they are made to act like them. But three things about cartoons that make them what they are today are; they never seem to grow old, they never die and they are here to stay.

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Florie Lyn Masarate got her first article printed in the school newsletter in the third grade. Her hobbies include reading any book she can get her hands on.