If anyone were to treat black people the way they were treated in this book, they’d be looked down on and shamed. Just like in today's society and the society back then, the book To Kill a Mockingbird and the movie have many similarities and differences. The novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee is similar to the film version because Scout still gets into a fight to defend the people she cares about and Scout is also still the reason the incident at the jail with the men is stopped, but it’s different because although she has a big role in the book, Aunt Alexandra doesn’t exist in the movie. Some people will do anything to protect the ones they love. Scout is one of those people. In the book, it becomes clear that if Scout hears someone …show more content…
In the movie and book, Atticus decides to go to the jail the night before the trial to make sure nothing happens to Tom. Suddenly as he’s at the jail, a group of men from Maycomb go to the jail, hoping that Atticus would let them have Tom for a little while so they could do things to him. As all of this is happening, Dill, Scout, and Jem are watching from a hidden area when one of the kids runs out thinking they can get the men away from Atticus. As they’re there the men try to grab them so they can make a deal, the kids for Tom Robinson, but Atticus grabs all three of them before they can actually take them. As Scout’s looking at the men, she notices Mr. Cunningham. Once she can verify that it’s him, she tells him to say hi to Walter for her. After Scout says that you can see Mr. Cunningham’s emotions drop and he gets all of the men to leave the jail. The main reason they brought this part of the book into the movie is because it shows how such a small thing that Scout said changed one person's mind and it stopped something that could’ve been a major problem. Even though there are lots of similarities between the book and movie, there are also tons of