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The most important similarity between the book and the movie is that the plot is very much the same. Quite often in book-to-movie adaptations, the movie has the same characters and some similar plot elements, but it seems that very few movies are a solid visual representation of what the book actually is. To Kill a Mockingbird, the movie, is a very good representation of the book in many ways: the actors accurately portray their characters, all the major plot points are shown, and the setting is the same. However, the way in which the movie and the book portray certain emotions or depict different scenes is, what I would consider, the greatest difference. In the book, the only way to describe scenes and characters and emotions is through words.
Both were similar in that they were dealing with racial segregation in what is termed the deep southern states. So their environments were similar. but different in perspectives. one being a child and the other a man. Scout was raised to be open minded in an environment that nurtured her in the belief that all people were equal regardless of race or class.
He says” Mrs. dubose was a great lady … she said she was going to leave this world beholden to nothing and nobody … she was the bravest person i ever know” Atticus took the chance to see the bigger picture. Which shows us that people aren't what they they seem. And once we took the chance to see what was underneath we realised how complex and courageous mrs. dubose actually was.
Mrs. Dubose’s unseen patience displays her true intentions to prove that appearances are not always as they seem. “It suddenly came to me that each day we had been staying a little longer at Mrs. Dubose’s, that the alarm clock went off a few minutes later every day, and that she was well into one of her fits by the time it sounded” (Lee 145). After Jem cuts down Mrs. Dubose’s camellia’s for calling Atticus bad names, Mrs. Dubose punishes Jem by having him come and read to her every day for two hours. However, Jem and Scout soon find out that Mrs. Dubose actually extends their time at her house everyday by a couple minutes. While it seems like a harsh punishment, Mrs. Dubose’s true intention of extending the time each day was so that she could fight her addiction a little longer.
The book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee involves the adventures of Scout and Jem and the plenty of lessons they learned throughout. In the beginning of the story, Scout, just a mere 6 years old, was getting ready for her first day of school. On the first day she had such a wide variety of knowledge that she frazzled the teacher. Despite their knowledge, throughout the story Scout and Jem learn a heap of lessons that the world can also apply to their own lives. While there are countless differences between the time period of To Kill A Mockingbird and today, there are also numerous similarities.
After the sharp-tongued crone insults Jem’s father, Atticus, Jem flies into a rage, rampaging across Mrs. Dubose’s garden and refusing to stop until “he had cut the tops off every camellia bush Mrs. Dubose owned” (Lee 137). As a form of punishment, Atticus forces the siblings to read to the ornery woman. During each session, the woman flies into a fit, and the children are allowed to leave once an alarm clock sounds for her medicine. As days pass, they stay for longer periods of time, and the woman’s fits decrease. It is only after Mrs. Dubose’s death that the truth is revealed to the young children; Mrs. Dubose was a morphine addict, and they were merely distractions as she fought, eventually beating, her addition.
People always get misjudged and want to say who or what a person is like before they even meet him or her. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, has many examples of misjudging people, and some of those people could be better, or worse, than what that person judged. Most of these characters in the book do not have the sense to meet someone before they judge them. Even if a character knows a character, they still judge, and they judge wrong most of the time. People just don’t have enough sense, or manners, to not judge.
At the end of part 1, we are introduced to Mrs. Dubose. She is a mean old lady that Jem and Scout despise. It appears as though she enjoys antagonizing the children about the trial. In a fit of rage, Jem defaces her flowers and as a punishment, he is forced to read to her. After she passes, Atticus talks to Jem about her and what she did; this leads to a powerful statement: “You know, she was a great lady.’ ’
In chapter 11, Jem Finch is in the living room with Scout Finch when Atticus returns from Mrs. Dubose’s house and brings them news of Mrs. Dubose’s death. Atticus gives Jem a box that the old women had left him. Jem opens the box and finds a flower. Jem becomes angry, but Atticus tries to explain to him that the white flower is Mrs. Dubose’s way of saying that there is no bad blood between them. Atticus goes on to praise Mrs. Dubose and how courageous she was for fighting her drug addiction, saying that “‘I wanted you to see what real courage is,...
Atticus is always courteous to everyone, regardless of his or her social class. He holds the belief that a person should walk a mile in another's shoes before condemning the other person for certain behaviors. Atticus is kind to Mrs. Dubose despite her constant verbal attacks. Atticus explains Mrs. Dubose's behavior to Jem by saying that she is oid, ill, and in pain. Atticus is equally understanding of Mayella Ewell and her problems, explaining Mayella's behavior to his children by noting that Mayella did what she did in accusing Tom Robinson because of her hard life.
Atticus does not, he sees her as an old lady her has struggled her whole life. Nevertheless, Ms. Dubose battles hard and lets two young children in her heart. Not only did he respect Ms. Dubose, but he taught his two Children, Jem and Scout, to help her in any possible way
Dubose, a rude and judgmental old lady, but they did not know what was going on in her life behind closed doors. Whenever the two children would pass Mrs. Dubose they would be, “subjected to ruthless interrogation” about anything and everything (Lee 134). After Dubose’s death, Atticus told his kids that her actions were due to withdrawal effects she had from drugs. Jem and Scout did not know that about Mrs. Dubose and did not even think that her rude comments were because she was suffering from an illness. Hopefully, the children learned that they should not make remarks about others without knowing what was going on in their
Being isolated from yourself and being lonely is something that affects everyone at some point in their life and no one likes it. In the novels To Kill a Mockingbird and Wonder, there are protagonists who can relate to each other since they have both grown up in struggling situations. August in Wonder has facial deformities which lead to him being alone and give him the struggle of making friends. Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird has Autism which leads to him struggling with society and himself. Both situations make it extremely hard for these kids to grow up.
One example of this is when mark states “One must give others the benefit of the doubt and attempt to walk in their shoes one must be willing to communicate to learn into a knowledge and affirm that Humanity of others by treating them with kindness and empathy tolerance forgiveness understanding and love…”(2 Mathabane). This related to T.K.A.M because of the kindness Atticus showed Mrs. Dubose despite her arrogance towards others. Atticus states “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”(36). Mrs. Dubose said nothing but rude remarks to everyone while they were taking care of her and instead of losing her temper or saying something Atticus kept coming longer and longer each day to help and read to her. When asked why he kept the peace with Mrs. Dubose Atticus described her as brave.
He encourages them to not judge people, but to look at their more favorable side. Atticus tells Jem, “‘I wanted you to see what real courage is…’” (Lee 139) after Mrs. Dubose died, when he was explaining to Jem that she was not as devious as a person
