Calpurnia

To Kill A Mockingbird is a great story that was written by Harper Lee and produced by Gregory Peck and Alan J. Pakula. Between the movie and the novel, there are many similarities and many differences. There are many almost meaningless differences between the novel and the movie. However, there are very few very significant changes, that give less description transferring from one or the other way that the plot line was showed. The first contrast that caught my eye, was the Aunt Alexandrea never came to stay with the Finch family, nor was she ever part of the movie. Whereas, in the book, Aunt Alexandrea is a large part of Jean Louise’s (Scout’s) maturity. In the novel, Alexandrea acts as Scout’s motherly figure for the vast majority. She attempts

In the book, Calpurnia is such a large part of the kids lives. Scout hangs around with her, and sees Calpurnia as the female influence in her life. Calpurnia is the one Scout goes to for someone to talk to when she can’t talk to Atticus. So, when they take away the amount of Calpurnia 's existence in the film, it eliminates part of Scouts background. It is almost like you don 't get to know the whole sum of Scouts life without Calpurnia in the movie. Also, since Calpurnia isn 't in the movie as much, the kids never end up going to church with Cal, nor does Scout ask to go over to Calpurnia 's house. This is significant because the kids do not get to realize exactly how much the black community of Maycomb, besides a few people, look up to Atticus and the whole Finch family. So, not having Calpurnia in the movie eliminates a large part of Scouts life that can be visualized in the novel. Not having Calpurnia in the movie as much gives a person, who has read the book, a sense of loss. Because, you lose the whole aspect of the children having a family member who was black. In Maycomb it was considered crazy to believe that your black servant was part of the family, but that 's what the Finch’s believed with Calpurnia. Without Calpurnia, you miss getting to realize how much the other race appreciates the Finch family, and you miss Scout growing up with a black female as her motherly