write a dialogue between you and your friend expressing agreement or disagreement on photography is an expensive hobby

Person A: Person B, photography is clearly a rather expensive hobby.

Person B: How come, Person A? Photography is a wonderful hobby because it isn't expensive.

Person A: For one, to take good, high-quality photos, you need a proper camera which can range from at least $900 to over one thousand. And if photography is your hobby, you most likely would want to aim for the quality of professional photographers, hence being forced to buy a thousand dollar camera instead of using your phone.

Person B: Exactly, Person A. Albeit, that may be expensive, but it's a hobby like you said. We're not aiming for a professionally taken photo, simply a good quality one. We can get that with the latest phones which are focusing on better camera range, magnification, filters, and quality in general.

Person A: And did you bother to check how much the average phone costs in comparison to a camera. The iPhone 12 is almost $999 alone cutting it extremely close to the price of a simple camera. And if we abide by what you said, then having the latest iPhone -- in this case, the iPhone 12 Pro Max -- ensures that we have the best camera coming in at almost the same price as a professional camera.

Person B: Well, an iPhone also has multiple other features, though. On top of a great quality camera, the phone will provide a person with apps, extra storage, custom wallpaper, etc. It's reasonable to charge more for the phone, but a legitimate camera only gives you a camera lens, maybe filters, a few options, and buttons, and that's it. It's evidently normal to charge the same amount as a camera for a high standard phone, proving that it's not expensive.

Person A: One thousand dollars just to take a couple of pictures is not expensive?

Person B: No, it's not. If you use an iPhone, you get the pictures and an added bonus of extra things, too, hence proving that photography is not an expensive hobby.

Person A: But I believe that it is an expensive hobby. Both of us stated incredibly strong points, don't you think?

Person B: Yes, I suppose so. Whether or not photography is an expensive hobby depends on whom is answering the question.

"character is what you are in the dark." dwight lyman moody, in this very witty quotation of his, states we act and think differently when we are "in the dark", that is, when the spotlight is not on us and everyone can see us and consequently judge us. when reading, we tend to be sympathetic to some characters and their dilemmas. by being so, we are saying to ourselves that we agree with those characters' acts and choices, even if they are morally questionable if we have common sense in mind. dwight lyman moody's quotation applies very well to "crime and punishment", by   19th century russian writer fiodor dostoyevsky. raskolnikov, the main character, a former law student who spends his days reflecting upon life and its misery, draws a fatal conclusion: mankind is divided in two main categories: ordinary and extraordinary people. the first are the ones who lead a run-of-the-mill existence and are full of imperfections; the latter are the ones who are spiritually superior, the ones who always know better, and have the right to judge the ordinary ones, as well as eliminate them if for common good. raskolnikov considers himself as belonging to the extraordinary category and decides to kill an old lady who is a money lender and in whose house he rents a small room. raskolnikov compares himself to napoleon, who had the undeniable right to execute tons of people during the war in order to save his nation. of course what the main character decides to do is a horrendous crime, but as readers we feel it is the right thing for him to do, since the victim is a mean old woman who only thinks about money and keeps humiliating her younger sister. what one experiences is a mixture of sympathy and empathy for the character, even though he decides to commit homicide, which is not at all accepted or tolerated by civilized citizens. however, since readers are "in the dark", they allow themselves to feel in ways they would probably never dare to confess to anyone, no matter how nasty or vicious a character can be. after all, they are just reading and doing no harm. in other words, readers are in the dark and can be who they are without being judged.