To Kill A Mockingbird Comparison Essay

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Storyline: To Kill A Mockingbird is a film based on a novel of the same name by Harper Lee. It is about a family, Scout, Jem and their father Atticus Finch. Most of the plot is based on when Atticus takes a case of defending a black man who is accused of raping a white woman. The story is from the point of view of the youngest “Scout” based in the 1930’s. While teaching his kids life lessons Atticus is taking on his hardest case. Review: In the movie there are many differences some that affect the perception of the topic that is underlined in the book. Such as when Jem, Scout and Dill snuck onto the Radleys lawn and porch, but got scared and tried escaping and Jem's pants got stuck in the book Mr Radley shot his gun to scare them off initially which made them run and Jem when back when it was dark out to retrieve his pants but, in the movie when Jem’s pants got stuck he got home with scout and ran back …show more content…

The difference in the movie is that only one time when they found their hidden treasure Scout was there all the others Jem found by himself and showed them to scout latter on, also they see Mr Radley cement the tree and watch him do it. One situation that I was very upset did not make into the movie was when Jem had to read to Mrs Dubose because he got frustrated with her talking about his father so much so he destroyed her flowers. The lesson that his father needed to teach was you never know what's going on in someone's life so you do not have the right to treat them a certain way ( poorly). In the end Mrs Dubose dies from a serious illness that no one knew she had. These situation to me were significant in the book and had some lessons to be learned and i was upset that they did not make it into the

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