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How Is To Kill A Mockingbird Movie Different From The Book

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Have you ever read a book and then watched a movie based on the book? If you have you will have noticed at least one thing that the movie did differently than the book. Whether it 's how the characters act, differences in a certain scene, or a completely different plot, there will always be something different between the two. The book “To Kill a Mockingbird” was written and published in 1960, two years later a movie based on the book came out. After reading the book and watching the movie there are many elements that have changed from the book to the movie. In the movie Jem and Scout witness Mr.Nathan Radley filling up the tree with cement when In the book they hadn’t, Aunt Alexandra is not included in the movie, In the book version of To Kill a Mockingbird, Jem and Scout find random objects in a tree by the Radley house. At first Scout finds some gum, but as time …show more content…

Another difference between the movie and the book is that in the book Aunt Alexandra is a very important character that influences several occurring events, and even Jem and Scout. However, in the movie Aunt Alexandra isn 't even mentioned and certainly not seen. The makes the movie very different from the book because any sense that involved Aunt Alexandra or her influence were absent. For example throughout the book Aunt Alexandra tries to make scout more feminine and acts as a feminine influence. This, as time goes by, starts to change scout a little bit into more of what Aunt Alexandra would call “a lady”. Also in the book, Aunt Alexandra invites her friends to the house to talk and eat. Eventually Scout comes to these get-togethers. This eventually leads to Mrs.Merriweather being introduced and Scout being signed up for the Pageant. After this scene the attack by Mr.Ewell and Boo saving Jem and Scout happens, so in the book without Aunt Alexandra many of the important scenes wouldn 't have happened. However in the movie they have some of these scenes even without having Aunt alexandra. For

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For example, in the book, only one person drowns Pony, but in the movie, three people drowned him. This is different because in the book Pony is being drowned at the water fountain by only one person. On the other hand in the movie Pony is getting drowned by three people instead of one like it is in the story. Another comparison between the book and the movie would be when Ponyboy goes to court and doesn’t testify in the book, but in the movie he does. These are different because in the book when Pony has to go to court for the murder of Bob he doesn’t testify in the movie when he goes to court he does testify.

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In “To Kill a Mockingbird”, Harper Lee uses the motif of Boo Radley and finding gifts in the tree to teach Jem and Scout that they shouldn’t blindly believe the rumors they hear but find out the truth for themselves and form impressions based on it. Scout and Jem find gifts in the knothole of a tree on the Radley lot, presumably left by Boo Radley. Mr. Radley, Boo’s brother ends up plugging the knothole with cement, claiming the tree is dying. Jem stays outside on the porch until sundown after he finds out that the knothole has been blocked. When Jem comes inside, Scout comments to herself, “ [Jem] stood there until nightfall, and I waited for him.

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In Chapter 4 of To Kill a Mockingbird Jem and Scout find several things in the knot-hole of the old oak tree on the Radley house. The children are very curious about who left these things there. Later in the book they realize that it is Boo Radley is leaving the gifts. He is trying to show them his affection for them. Throughout the novel Jem and scout find 2 sticks of gum, a pack of gum, 2 old Indian head coins, gray twine, soap figures carved to like Jem and Scout, old spelling bee medals and an old watch on a chain and an aluminum knife.

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Scout is very obviously dedicated to her brother Jem. He often criticizes her for “Acting like a girl”. For this reason Scout grows up far away from the typical way daughters are raised. She plays outside in the dirt, dresses in overalls, and hates dressing like a typical lady. Scout’s very slight change into a lady is majorly affected by her own Aunt Alexandra.

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