Would you read a book with themes such as racism, innocence, poverty, discrimination, and putting the past behind you? How about watch a movie with these same scenes? To Kill a Mockingbird is a story set in the 1930's, and written in 1960. Likewise, a movie was made about this book, both having the themes listed. With this, details about these themes can sometimes be left out when making a movie about a book. Because of this, the novel best illustrates the themes Harper Lee advocated because of the exclusion of details in the movie, and decrease in significance of parts.
The movie, that was made behind this story, left out many details that provided better illustration of the themes meant for it. A few things that were not in the movie at all include, school scenes from inside, Miss Maudie's house catching on fire, and characters like Aunt Alexandra and Dolphus Raymond. We can see an example of importance being left out with, "It helps folks if they can latch onto a reason . . . if I weave a little and drink out of this sack, folks say Dolphus Raymond's in the clutches of whisky . . . that's why he lives the way he does." (Raymond 227). Without these scenes and characters, the person watching the movie misses out on many of the important ideas that
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Between the Cunningham and Ewell lifestyle, to Miss Maudie and her thoughts on the past, to the lady-like manners taught by Alexandra, and to Maycomb's beliefs with Dolphus Raymond, All of these important, and crucial details toward themes in the story, are simply