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To Kill A Mockingbird Movie And Book Comparison Essay

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Books Better Than The Movie

“It is a sin to kill a mockingbird” (Lee 119) said Atticus which may reflect to Tom
Robinson a innocent black man convinced of the crime of rapeing a white woman a case that the only evidence is white woman's word against a black man's word Tom is later killed. In To kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and To kill a Mockingbird by Barbara kopple although the movie is enjoyable the book brings more detail and characters. The three main differences between the book and movie are narration change, character absence , and scene absences.

In the book the story is told in scout's eyes while in the movie due to a visual purpose isn't stressed as much as in the movie. In the duration of the book due to scout telling the story it has a child perspective “But he’s gone drowned his dinner in syrup” ( 32) said scout which brings a presence of immaturity. While in the movie most of the kid's story is behind jem for example in the book scout finds the gifts in the tree knot but not the case in the movie. In perspective the movie is seen as just a story while the book it's jean Louise telling her memory of her childhood. …show more content…

Why you may ask? Well due to time adding all the characters meant adding more scenes which in the movie industry would be too long. But by doing that most who read the book will be a bit disappointed not having all characters.When a book is made into a movie characters and their actions are often combined like Miss crawford is dill's aunt and cecil jacobs is the one to make scout to break her promise to atticus about fighting. Also aunt alexandra isn't there to teach scout how to be a lady. In addition this is another flaw in the movie to the book not having all the

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