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Thesis Statement - Page 252 - Book VS Film - "To Kill A Mockingbird" In this scene, a Mad Rabid dog, named Tim Johnson, comes through the streets of a the town of Maycomb. In the Book, Calpurnia calls all the neighborhood and warns them about the dog, then calls Atticus and comes over with the Sheriff. The Sheriff is going to have to shoot the dog, but he is cautious about his aim and nervous of a mess-up. So he insists on Atticus having to kill the dog, Atticus has to remove his glasses but ultimately drops them on the ground and cracks. He waits tries to aim and shoots Tim dead. While this happens Jem and Scout are surprised by their Fatherś amazing aim and shooting skills. But in the film, Calpurnia only calls Atticus, he comes over and
the Sheriff hands the gun to him still worried heĺl miss, and Atticus shoots the dog without his glasses breaking. There are very few differences, like when Atticusś glasses broke in the book but not in the movie, "Atticus pushed his glasses to his forehead; they slipped down, and he dropped them to the street. In the silence I heard them crack." (Pg 127-Chpt. 10) Another difference is where, In the Film, Mr. Tate, the Sheriff, talks about Atticus's past when he was called Ol' One-Shot. Even though in the Book Atticus interrupts Mr. Tate and then Mrs. Maudie has to explain it. Although they have small differences but the story plot is very much the same. "What the matter with you," said Mr. Tate,"don't know how to talk? Didn't your daddyś..." Hush Heck," said Atticus." (Pg 128-Chpt. 10).
Both To Kill Mockingbird and Remember the Titans had their communities play a crucial role into the development of the story. In the towns of Maycomb County and Alexandria, Virginia, many of the blacks experienced racial prejudice to which they became united with their other blacks. However their was always a leader who wanted to change the community for the better. Because of the similarities of To Kill a Mockingbird and Remember the Titans the audience can see how important community is in the development of a story.
Jem and Scouts’ father, Atticus, is very misjudged by their children. They believe that Atticus is a very semantic man that goes to work, comes back, and has no skill whatsoever in sports. Scout criticizes Atticus by saying “Atticus did not… or do anything that could possibly arouse the admiration of anyone”(118). This demonstrates that Jem and Scout are not satisfied with Atticus’s physical and amusing skills. They thought of him as an old man in his fifties that had no energy left, and had a routine of going to bed and reading in the living room instead of running around. Later, they visit there across the street neighbor, Mrs. Maudie to talk about how boring their Dad is, when Mrs. Maudie says” ‘Well, he can make everybody’s will so airtight can’t anybody meddle with him’… ‘Well, did you know he is the best checker-player in this town? Why down at the Landing when we were coming up, Atticus Finch could beat everybody on both sides of the river”(120). This establishes that they find out that their Dad isn’t so useless anymore. Even though the children find out all these activities he is excellent at, sometimes even the best, they are still not overly impressed. After Calpurnia calls the cops on the dog, Tim Johnson, The sheriff and Atticus arrive at the scene “ ‘Take him, Mr. Finch’. Mr. Tate handed the rifle to Attics; Jem and I nearly fainted…’’d you see him, Scout? ’d you see him just standing there?...’n’ all of a sudden he just relaxed all over, an’ it looked like that gun was a part of him’”(126-129).
Harper Lee, the author of To Kill a Mockingbird, depicts similar concepts differently than how they are represented in the poem, “Courage”, by Edgar Albert Guest. The concepts within both pieces of writing can be compared and contrast in terms of the theme and tone in which they are written.
There are many differences between the book; To Kill a Mockingbird and the movie. Some differences are easy to spot and some aren’t. Many things that are in the book aren’t in the movie. Many of these things you don’t need, but are crucial to the plot of the book. Movies and books have differences and similarities, but many things in books MUST be included in the movie.
Reading a book once in a while helps us from being ignorant from the outside world. Readers many times dare to compare and discuss about the books that they have read. This works when we read two master pieces of literature that could be very similar and in the same time very different stories. I had the great fortune of reading the screenplay of “To Kill a Mockingbird” as well as the part of the memoir “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”. After reading these two great pieces of literature I dare to compare the main characters, Scout from “To Kill a Mockingbird” and Maria from “I know why the caged bird sings”. The main intentions of this two books are to teach lesson to their readers whether they could be children or adults.
In this essay I will discuss three overarching topics and the differences and similarities they show between the film "A Time to Kill" which stars Samuel L. Jackson and Matthew McConaughey and the novel To Kill a Mockingbird which is written by Harper Lee. These overarching topics will be racial prejudice, justice, and morality. I will discuss racial prejudice's role in the court proceedings as well as state what would have occured had Carl Lee and Tom Robinson been white. In the section about justice I will discuss how the outcomes would have occured in real life had both men been judged based on crimes they actually commited and been judged by the law with no extenuating circumstances or racial prejudices affecting the verdict. I will discuss these themes using examples that have Nathan Radley and Tom Robinson from To Kill a Mockingbird and Carl Lee Hailey from "A Time to Kill".
Throughout the novel, Atticus reveals his bravery. He demonstrates this quality by killing Tim Johnson, the rabid dog. Jem and Scout are looking for squirrels to shoot when Jem spots a suspicious-looking dog down the road. Immediately, he tells Calpurnia who confirms the dog is rabid and calls Atticus at his office. After she proceeds to tell the neighbors, Atticus arrives, along with Mr. Tate, the sheriff of Maycomb County. As the dog comes near the Radley house, Atticus and Mr. Tate argue over who is going to kill Tim. Atticus then steps out in the middle of the road and pushes up his glasses, and in unison, he pulls the trigger and Tim Johnson crumbles the ground—dead. Atticus again demonstrates his valor when he guards Tom Robinson’s cell. The Maycomb jailhouse is near his office; therefore Atticus passes it every day. With red bricks and steel bars along the windows, the jailhouse adds a solid look to the town. The jailhouse is the main conversation topic in Maycomb. Scout, Jem, and Dill are out for a walk when they spot Atticus. As Atticus sits outside Tom’s cell, a group of men walks towards him. The group of men want to get to Tom, but Atticus would not let them. Scout, Jem, and Dill walk up to the group, but that did not distract the men from their goal. One of the men grabs Jem, the man falls to the ground; Scout kicks...
In Strange Fruit by Billie Holiday, and Chapter 15 in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, they both represent the idea of racial mob lynching. In the song, there is a “fruit for the crows to pluck” when the Old Sarum in To Kill a Mockingbird said that Atticus “[knew] what [they] want.” So the Old Sarum asked Atticus to “get aside from the door” since they “Called ‘em off on a snipe hunt.” After the fruit in Strange Fruit suddenly smelled like blood and flesh, the fruit appeared as if it could be plucked by crows.This illustrates how the Old Sarum, a mob of white people who despise blacks, attempted to storm inside the Maycomb county’s Prison so that they could kill Tom Robinson, who was a African American accused of crime.
There’s always been the argument of “Which is better?” when it comes to book versus movie. In the case of To Kill A Mockingbird, in my opinion, the movie lacks certain details needed to really see some of the themes Harper Lee is trying to get across. The movie leaves out some important characters. It also leaves out many certain events that are significant to the character development of Scout and Jem. These things, I believe are crucial to the story and message of To Kill A
As most everyone knows, there are differences between a book and it’s movie adaptation. This is applicable to the book and it’s movie counterpart To Kill a Mockingbird, as well. But aside from the differences, there are also similarities between these two.
A Time to Kill and To Kill a Mockingbird both have a number of similarities to be compared and contrasted. Both stories can be compared in their themes about justice and racial prejudice. However, this is where the similarities end. The themes and ideas in both novels are vastly different in shape and scope. In A Time to Kill justice is the main theme and most of the ideas are focused on justice and the gray in between the lines of black and white set by the law, racial prejudice is also touched upon very frequently in the comparisons between Jake Brigance and Carl Lee Hailey and how he wouldn't even have had to face trial if he was a white man. In To Kill a Mockingbird justice is a theme which is not expanded upon or explained in nearly as much detail as it is in A Time to Kill. To Kill a Mockingbird also has a much larger variety in it's themes, ranging from the themes of justice to the exploration of a child's way of perceiving right and wrong as well as the idea of coming of age. These stories are honestly and objectively far more different than they are alike.
There are usually differences in two different versions of something. This can often be seen when a book is made into a movie. There are many similarities and differences in the book and movie versions of To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
remembered how dangerous he was. They always had to observe the house from a distance, making sure that there was no way they could get injured. Maycomb never liked Boo’s father, Mr. Radley. He was very strict person, in...
While Scout and Jem discover a sick dog, they alerted their neighbors about it. Atticus took his rifle and shot the sick dog. Staying close to Miss Maudie, Scout listens to Miss Maudie’s story about Atticus. She tells him how he had a great shot and almost never missed. Scout wondered why he didn;t go hunting anymore. Miss Maudie explains to her by saying, “Maybe he put his gun down when he realized that God had given him an unfair advantage over most living things” (130). Miss Maudie means that because of the advantage he has on wild animals, he found it unacceptable to kill things that couldn’t fight back. This shows how Atticus is, that he is honest with himself and shooting for sport is not ok.Atticus showed an example of his integrity. Scout sees this and understands the lesson of being fair and sticking to your principles. Also, Atticus has a different opinion than the majority in Maycomb. Being a lawyer, he defends Tom Robinson. Scout talks to Atticus and talks how lots of people in Maycomb believe he is wrong, while Atticus believes he is right. Atticus the states, “The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person conscience” (140). Sticking to what he believes, Atticus shows his person integrity. He doesn’t follow something because everyone else believes something, it is more because he sticks with and is strong with his principals.
In the beginning of chapter 10 Scout thinks that her father, Atticus is boring and old. That he doesn’t do things that children her age fathers do. When Jem and Scout asked him why he was so old and he responded “He got a late start, which we felt reflected upon his alilites and manliness.” Later in the chapter Jem and Scout notice something is wrong with an old dog down the road. The neighborhood gets told to stay inside and not come out, because there is a mad dog on the loose. Atticus and Mr. Tate take over and plan to shoot the dog. Mr. Take yells at Atticus to shoot the dog, but he is nervous he will miss considering he hasn’t shot a gun in almost 30 years. He knows it is up to him, before you know he shoots the dog and in relief the neighbors