To Kill A Mockingbird Movie Reflection The book was more effective in conveying the theme of innocence leads to courage. One way is because in the book, the scene where Scout told her teacher about Walter Cunningham not taking things that he can’t pay back was an important way that Harper Lee illuminated the theme. Unfortunately, this scene was not in the book. This happens at other parts within the book and movie, as well. The filmmaker conveyed the theme in different ways. At the end of the movie, during the scene where Atticus talks to Scout about how Boo fell on his knife, Scout responds with: “‘Well, it’d be sort of like shootin’ a mockingbird, wouldn’t it’” (Lee 370)? This shows how Scout’s loss of her innocence leads her to understand