To Kill A Mockingbird was written by Harper Lee in 1960 and made into a movie just two years later. Told from the perspective of a tomboy named Scout, both the book and movie explore the racial divides of the 1930s in Maycomb County, Alabama. Scout, her brother, Jem, and their friend, Dill, navigate the ups and downs of small-town life, from harsh teachers to crabby women to mysterious, hidden men. But their biggest challenge is the hate given to them because of the decisions of their father, Atticus, the only white man in Alabama willing to stand up for a black man accused of raping a white girl. Unfortunately, the movie leaves out significant details, including how many times Tom Robinson was shot, the Christmas Scene, and the Finch children’s …show more content…
As Scout listened in on Atticus’s talk with Uncle Jack, she learned a valuable lesson. On page 117, Atticus tells Uncle Jack, “… and I hope and pray I can get Jem and Scout through it without bitterness, and most of all, without catching Maycomb’s usual disease. Why reasonable people go stark raving mad when anything involving a Negro comes up, is something I don’t pretend to understand… I just hope Jem and Scout come to me for their answers instead of listening to town. I hope them trust me enough…” Later, the narrator says, “But I never figured out how Atticus knew I was listening, and it was not for many years later that I realized he wanted me to hear every word he said.” From this, it is clear that Atticus wants Scout to grow up with kindness in her heart. Atticus’s words showed Scout how her father truly felt about Maycomb’s “usual disease” - racism. Without having the scene in the movie, it is harder to see Atticus’s true self - a kind, loving father who cares for all, especially his children, making the book a better version of To Kill a …show more content…
This scene showed how the hatred between Blacks and Whites was a two-way street. Oftentimes, we only see how much Whites hated Blacks, but it was clear from this scene that Blacks had opinions on the matter too. On page 159, a member of Cal’s church, Lula, says, “You ain’t got no business bringin’ white chillun here-they got their church, we got our’n. It is our church, ain't it, Miss Cal.” From this quote, it is clear to Lula feels strongly against Cal bringing white children into her church. It is likely that she feels that she ought to have a day of peace without whites bugging her, namely Sunday. It’s important to Scout to see this, as she likely grew up only seeing the white side of the racist hatred. The movie isn’t as inclusive of all perspectives without this scene, proving the movie isn’t as good as the
Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird (TKAM), published in 1960 is a coming of age story that presents themes of racism, loss of innocence, community, perspective, and good and evil. The story is narrated by Scout, the main character and is depicted in each scene from her maturing perspective throughout the story. The movie version was released in 1962 and featured the same plot but had many differences. Differences in scenes in the movie changed the focus and affected the story itself. The movie adaptation of TKAM shares many similarities with the book, yet the focus shifts away from the Maycomb community directly to the main characters and how they were affected by Tom Robinson’s trial.
In, To Kill A Mockingbird, we often see examples of racism in Maycomb as well as other misconceptions about those are not of a minority. The first example in the book is seen on page 16. In this excerpt, Jem describes how he imagines Boo Radley looks, based off of stories he has heard. He describes Boo as being six feet tall, having yellow teeth, having pooped eyes, he often drools, and that he eats squirrels and cats. As we see later in the story, these misconceptions cause the children to want to see Boo more and more, causing them to see him as a freak and not a person. The second example on page 267 comes from Scout about Mr. Dolphus Raymond, a man who is said to be half black. He calls Dill over to calm him down and Scout narrates by saying,
The movie, To Kill a Mockingbird, was the film adaptation of Harper Lee’s award-winning novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. The movie was two hours and ten minutes long, which took up three entire English classes including a discussion. It was extremely long time period to give up, so why did Doc choose to watch the movie?
This scene is a very influential part of the book that gave an inside look into the real life segregation and racism during the time period the book and movie took place. As a result of this scene being left out of the movie, the audience didn’t truly get a feel for the black and white social society standard problems, as well as the how life was portrayed through both races’ eyes. This theme was an important part of the plot and main idea of the story. When Scout and Jem went to the ‘Black’s Church’, First Purchase with Cal, they were at first not accepted because they were white. After the African Americans figured out that these were the children of Atticus Finch, the white man defending the black man, Tom Robinson they became more receptive to the white children being there.
To Kill a Mockingbird Essay Audre Lorde once said, "It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences. " When people fail to realize that everyone is the same underneath their skin, whether they are a different color or have different normalcies, it causes people to misunderstand each other and not get along, thereby, dividing a community. Yes, we all are different in our own way, but that's not what ruins us, it’s how we handle those differences. In Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus, a lawyer, a widow, and a father of two guides his children to see things from other people's perspectives, to keep strong relationships with everyone and accept them for who they are.
The book was a lot diffrent then the movie I did not really like the book or the movie but in the movie the girl was a bird keeper and she had to deliver birds to this guy but in the book she did not have to do that she had already lived on the farm and in the book she went acrossed the water and got attacked by the bird and they did not really do anything but in the book she was a home and she went out to feed her chickens and got attacked by a bird in the movie she did not really do anything about that bird and so that night she went to go eat supper with that guy’s family and the next day the guys mom in the movie had to go over to the farmers and ranchers house to go buy eggs from him and there was a young adualt outside working on a tractor
In the movie, as well as the book, there are multiple times where the rhetorical strategy logos is used. An example of one of them is when Atticus says, “The state has not produced one iota of medical evidence to the effect that the crime Tom Robinson is charged with ever took place.” I know it is logos because it is a fact that the state hasn’t given any medical evidence to prove that Tom is guilty of the crime he is being charged for. Atticus is using this fact to try to persuade some people with logic that it wasn’t Tom who did anything to Mayella. I think that this part was better in the movie because the actor who played as Atticus made it more dramatic which made the whole situation more effective and serious.
“You ain’t got no business bringin’ white chillun here—they got their church, we got our’n. It is our church, ain’t it Miss Cal (158)?” said by Lula. What I learn from this event is that some black people also hate white people. This impacts the story by not letting readers know of other aspects of discrimination in Maycomb; discrimination is one of the main themes of the book, so we do not get as much of an understanding of it in the film as the book due to the omission of the event.
A Time To Kill and To Kill A Mockingbird are both based upon a common theme which is racism. The novel, written by Harper Lee, and film, are alike in many ways, but they are also unlike as well. The novel To Kill A Mockingbird and the film A Time To Kill differ in many ways, for instance; the evidence that appeared in each trial, and the fact that Carl Lee was guilty and Tom was innocent. Lastly, the final verdict varied for each case.
To kill a Mockingbird: the definition of a faithful adaptation. The adaptation of a novel into a film is a very popular tradition among the film industry. Many famous can be cited worldwide such as Harry Potter, The Great Gatsby, The Lord of the Rings and many more. To Kill A Mockingbird is also one of them and also known as one of the most successful book and movie for many contemporaries.
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To Kill a Mockingbird is a book written by Nelle Harper Lee. It’s set in a fictional town in Alabama called Maycomb during the Great Depression. This story follows The Finch family (Scout, Jem and Atticus) during a case that Atticus takes on. Mayella Ewell and her father accuse a man of rape. Since this man, Tom Robinson, is african-american all the occupants of maycomb assume he is guilty. Eventually,
The concept of conflicting perspectives is consistently present in Harper Lees’ novel To Kill a Mockingbird. The text asks questions about current trends in society and the attitudes that cause people to ‘act like sheep” and conform while also expressing the need for individuality. It also brings into question the way the judicial system should be beyond reproach no matter what man is on trial, whether they be white or black. In a similar manner it also shows changing attitudes in regards to racism over time and in turn establish a conflicting perspective between the reader and characters of the novel.
To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1962 film directed by Robert Mulligan, and is based on the novel by Harper Lee of the same name. The film stars Gregory Peck (Atticus Finch), Mary Badham (Scout Finch), Phillip Alford (Jem), John Megna (Dill), Robert Duvall (Boo Radley), and Brock Peters (Tom Robinson). To start the film a woman is narrating her childhood in Macomb, Alabama that was "a tired old town even in 1932." She (Scout) recalls that she was six years old that summer. Scout and her brother Jem are fascinated by the neighbors a few door down, particularly Boo Radley, which they share with Dill, a boy visiting town for the summer. The primary plot line for Scout, Jem, and Dill revolves around Boo Radley.