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Comparison of Book and Movie of To Kill a Mockingbird - School Essays

Comparison of Book and Movie of To Kill a Mockingbird

This essay will be talking about the differences between the book and the movie. There are some significant main ideas missing from the movie. The missing scenes from the book are when Jem and Scout go to church with Calpurnia, the school scene in which you get to know the Ewells and the Cunninghams, and how Aunt Alexandra, who influences the children in the book, never appears in the movie.

The scene missing from the movie where Jem and Scout go to church with Calpurnia is one of the most important in the book. You learn of the respect that many of the black people have for the Finches, since their daddy is defending a black man. You also learn that not all black people are nice to ...

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also don’t see in the movie that some black people of Maycomb County don’t like hanging around Whites as much as the white people don’t like hanging around Blacks.

Another scene that the movie left out was a morning in the schoolroom. In the book, you meet the children of the Mr. Ewell and Mr. Cunningham. I think the director left this part out because you get to know Mr. Cunningham in the beginning of the movie when he comes to pay Atticus with some hickory nuts instead of money. Atticus explains to Scout that the Cunningham’s is an honest, proud man who will always pay people back, even if it’s not with money. You get to meet the Ewells and see how they act in court. You learn they are inconsiderate people. But, by leaving the schoolroom scene out, you don’t get to know the younger boys of each family and how they act. You get meet Walter Jr. because of the fight that Scout has in the school courtyard, but not as thoroughly as you would have had the director included the ...

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Added: 4/3/2011 11:46:03 PM
Submitted By: blueb1958
Category: Book Reports
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 704
Pages: 3

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