To Kill A Mockingbird Movie Vs Book

Shortly after the release of the book, To Kill a Mockingbird became an enormous success, and the fans demanded a movie. Their wishes came into consideration and the movie was released two years after the book was published. To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel which takes place in the 1930s in Maycomb, Alabama. It tells a story about a little girl nicknamed Scout whose father was a lawyer. His job causes Scout to undergo a series of events involving politics to lead her into a better understanding of the world and learns some life lessons from her father. The book was written by Harper Lee, and the movie was directed by Robert Malligan therefore causing a difference in opinion of what should be included in the movie. The book has some points that

Aunt Alexandra’s philosophy is completely different from Scout’s father, Atticus. She thinks that order and orthodox traditions of roles are more important than what Atticus thinks is correct which is understanding the viewpoints of others and remaining true to your own sense of individuality. Aunt Alexandra is also a dynamic character. As the story goes on, Scout understands that deep down inside Aunt Alexandra is an intelligent and compassionate person, proving true the statement that Atticus made at the end of the story, "Most people are, Scout, once you finally see them," (Lee 376). This figuratively means that when Scout gets to know a person a little more, or “see” more of them, she can understand them and “sees” the real, and misunderstood person. Also, Aunt Alexandra added to the atmosphere of prejudice acts, and how the thinking of Atticus, Jem, and Scout are very rare, for even their own relative thinks differently about placement of races. In the movie, Aunt Alexandra’s presence was lacking. Thus it can be seen very clearly that she was not there during the movie, and the lessons that Scout should have learned were not shown. Aunt Alexandra was an important character who taught Scout a lesson of understanding and a broader perspective of different ways of

The importance of Scout finding the knothole makes her more centered in the events and more involved. She also took key initiative in the communication and discovery of the mysterious neighbor, and felt that it was very important to her as seen in her reaction of losing the connection between them and the neighbor, “Don’t you cry, now, Scout… don’t cry,” (Lee 56). This means that Scout was so involved and so interested in what was happening that the loss of connection was unbearable for her to handle. The movie however, changed the discovery of the knothole to her brother. His appearance was shown next to the knothole at night after an unsuccessful attempt of chasing his father’s car. This makes him seem like the main character in the events instead of Scout, and makes Scout seem like a bystander. The movie decided that Jem should take the main role of what was happening between them and the neighbor instead of Scout. This completely replaced the main character in a