To Kill A Mockingbird Compare And Contrast Essay

Compare and Contrast essay

Have you ever read a novel then watched the film version and were disappointed that they left something out of the film? This is common when they make films from novels; a case of this is the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee. The classic 1930s American novel is mainly about a six-year-old girl, Jean Louise Finch also known as Scout and her life growing in the small town of Maycomb Alabama. At this time in Maycomb, racism is common. So when scouts father Atticus is chosen to defend an African American named Tom Robinson it stirs up some tension in town. Analyzing the characters and moods of the sections in the novel and film, they were slightly different from the film has since it has less dialogue

and more physical gestures.
Some of the sections in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird are comparable to the film version.

One of the sections occurs at the town jail were Tom Robinson is overnight. While Atticus sits outside the jail a mob of men, surround him and demand to see Tom. Meanwhile concealed behind a bush Scout, Jem, and Dill see Atticus and decide to go to him. Although Atticus is not pleased, they get things figured out, the men leave and they Jem, Dill, Scout and Atticus head home. In this section, Scout shows some similarities from the film to novel. Scout shows many of the similarities in her dialogue and action compared from both novel and film. Some evidence that she is similar is that she says the same things like “H-ey, Atticus!” and “Ain’t nobody Goanna do Jem that way”. She also has a conversation with Mr. Cunningham, who is Walter’s father. Their conversation includes Scout saying “Hey, Mr. Cunningham. How’s your entailment gettin‘along?” and she says “Don’t you remember me, Mr. Cunningham? I’m Jean Louise Finch. You brought us some hickory nuts one time, remember?” Scout also asks him to say hey to Walter for her. Some other things that she dose that is similar is her behavior and expressions. Scout shows the same expression when she arrives to Atticus and he tells them to leave. This section also includes similar moods pertaining the characters and settings. Some moods that similarly appear in this in the section film and novel are irritation,

cluelessness,
Scout does not merely show likenesses she also displays some differences but mainly in her actions, wording and reactions. One of the differences Scout shows is when she kicks the man picking Jem up. In the novel Scout kicks the man in the knee barefoot and he falls over. However, in the film Scout has shoes and kicks his shin. Another difference is in Scouts wording. In the novel Scout says “Don’t you remember me, Mr. Cunningham? I’m Jean Louise Finch. You brought us some hickory nuts one time, remember?” While in the film she get into more details and says, “Don’t you remember me, Mr. Cunningham? I’m Jean Louise Finch. You brought us some hickory nuts one early morning remember. We had a talk I went and got my daddy to come out and thank you.”