Contrast Between the book and movie "To Kill A Mockingbird"

In class, we read the novel, “To Kill A Mockingbird”, and after we read the book we watched the 1960’s movie. The novel and the movie have many differences. During the movie, I noticed that it was anachronistic. The movie starts out with Mr. Cunningham paying Attics back with walnuts. But, in the book, it starts out with Scout and Jem playing scenes from books they’ve read, and meeting Charles Baker Harris (Dill). The movie and the book have many more differences, such as many scenes from the book that aren’t in the movie. For example, the characters “Uncle Jack and Aunt Alexandra (Atticus’ siblings) aren’t there. And, there were some scenes that were out of order.

In the novel, Calpurnia takes Jem and Scout to her church (all African Americans). This scene was important, because Jem and Scout see that they aren’t much different from black people when it comes t church. Plus, Calpurnia serves as a bridge between two worlds (the black world and the white world. However, this scene wasn’t in the movie. Also, another important scene from the book that wasn’t in the movie, was Jem receiving a camellia as a parting gift from Mrs. Dubose. In the book, Jem messes up Mrs. Dubose’s camellias because she called Atticus a “nigger-lover”; s Jem had to read to Mrs. Dubose everyday as punishment. This is an important scene, because Jem fails to realize that good and evil can coexist within a person. Another important scene from the book that wasn’t in the move was Tom Robinson’s death. In the book, Tom Robinson was shot at during an exercise period at the jail. However, in the movie, when Tom Robinson was being transported to the “Town Jail” he tried to escape, and was shot at for doing so. The movie and the book were both alike, despite their differences. The book and the movie both had Scout being the narrator, Atticus defending To Robinson, Jem and Scout going through a rough time before the trial (Town People whispering), Tom Robinson’s trial, and meeting Boo Radley.