Similarities Between To Kill A Mockingbird Book And Movie

From Paper to Film There is no comparison when it comes to a fresh, homemade Thanksgiving dinner made by a loved one, to a dish from even a five star restaurant. What makes a meal exceptional, are the intricacies of the preparation of the feast. Removing the love and details of preparing a homemade meal results in the loss of many key components of the final product. This is similar to the loss of important details from a movie compared to the novel that often misses key messages from the original author. To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, takes place in Maycomb, Alabama in 1960. Jem and Scout, both brother and sister, and their best friend Dill begin as very young and curious children. Later in the novel, they are involved in

The original writer included the presence of Boo through the mockingbird giving an example to the reader that Boo is considered as one of the characters in the novel, a “mockingbird”. The sound of a mockingbird occurs before the attack of the kids by Bob Ewell, foreshadowing that Boo would come out soon. As it is portrayed in the book, Boo soon came out during the attack to save the siblings. “High above us in the darkness a solitary mocker poured out his repertoire in blissful unawareness of whose tree he sat in, plunging from the shrill kee, kee of the sunflower bird to the irascible qua-ack of a bluejay, to the sad lament of Poor Will, Poor Will, Poor Will” (Lee 342). This was the part of the scene where the mockingbird was heard. This segment in the movie portrays the importance it has to the novel, in contrast to the movie. In the movie, there is no scene that involves hearing a mockingbird before the attack. Since this scene was not included in the movie, there was no symbolization of Boo, making him seem as if he is not as important to the story’s plot, compared to the novel. Without the mockingbird, it also does not tell the reader that Boo is coming, meaning that Boo just shows up with no foreshadowing involved. In the novel, there is a mockingbird that makes sound for the characters in the story to hear. It is meant to foreshadow

Aunt Alexandra’s presence is more emphasized in the novel. By adding more racism, segregation, and judgmental remarks about the Cunninghams, she is able to show and support the idea of racism even more than just Bob Ewell and a few other town members alone. Since she is a prominent character in the novel, her views really affect the atmosphere and plot of the story. For example, “the thing is, you can scrub Walter Cunningham till he shines, you can put him in shoes and a new shirt, but he’ll never be like Jem. Besides, there’s a drinking streak in the family a mile wide. Finch women aren’t interested in the sort of people” (Lee 300), is one of the many remarks that Aunt Alexandra made that shaped her as a very judgmental person. Knowing how important Aunt Alexandra is, it would almost feel abnormal for her not to be in the storyline of To Kill a Mockingbird. In the movie however, it seems as if the director must have thought otherwise. To make the film inferior to the novel, Robert Mulligan created neither character in place of Aunt Alexandra nor one to act like her. Without Aunt Alexandra, there are still strong feelings toward racism in the movie, but not enough compared to the novel. Since Aunt Alexandra is not part of the movie, there is no woman influence for Scout,