How Did Aunt Alexandra Change The Story Of To Kill A Mockingbird

Why change the alluring story of To Kill a Mockingbird when it has had so much success and popularity worldwide? This novel is about the problems in the society during the 1930’s, such as racial inequality and rape. It is told in first person point of view of the character, Scout, who is experiencing many events that happened in her childhood in Alabama in the city of Maycomb. Harper Lee, the successful author of To Kill a Mockingbird, was so successful that there were around forty million copies sold. Even with this accomplishment, Robert Mulligan, director of the movie, decided to switch it up a little bit. Even though there are many small details that were adjusted between the novel and movie, there were three that really made a great impact

Aunt Alexandra comes in and lives with the Finch’s and tries to take charge of Jem and Scout. She does not like or agree that Calpurnia is acting as a mother figure toward the kids. She feels Atticus is not using the best environment to teach the kids. To take Cal’s role in the family, she must try to convince Atticus to fire Cal because she is a perfectly eligible candidate to be their mother. In the novel, Aunt Alexandra states, “We decided that it would be best for you to have some feminine influence” (Lee 170). Even though Aunt Alexandra plays a major role in this plot, she was actually removed completely from the movie all together. There were conflicts between Atticus and Aunt Alexandra, which provided many examples of themes in the story. She showed more prejudice toward the people, which was not included in the movie. Also, Calpurnia took on a move of a female model toward Jem and Scout in the movie, since Aunt Alexandra was non-existent. Although Aunt Alexandra was vital in the novel, Calpurnia was the prominent one in raising and teaching both Jem and