TKAM movie & book differences
Published on Feb 10, 2016
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TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
FILM & NOVEL DIFFRRENCES // BY EMMRY CABRAL #3
In Harper Lee's novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, and in the film version, the director decided to make some minor and major changes.
DIFFERENCE
When Tom's trial begins, the white people are followed by the black people to take their seats in the court room, but in the movie everyone enters together and separates into the divided sections, which are the white and black sections.
REASON FOR THE CHANGE
The director probably changed it from the novel to lessen the intensity of the segregation.
DIFFERENCE
When Jem went to retrieve his lost pants at the Radley house, Jem said to Scout, “Count to ten and I will be back by then.” In the novel this scene never happened.
REASON FOR THE CHANGE
I think the director chose to insert this scene into the film to make the audience nervous and make this scene nerve wrecking because Scout counted over ten seconds due to Jem not returning before counting to ten.
DIFFERENCE
In the movie it shows how Jem and Scout were lifting Dill up to watch what was happening in the court room where Atticus supposedly was, but this never happened in the novel.
REASON FOR THE CHANGE
The director added this scene to create a more dramatic effect and to get the audience interested.
DIFFERENCE
In the book, Mrs. Dubose calls Atticus a "ni**er lover," but in the film, Mr. Bob Ewell actually confronts Atticus and says it himself to his face.
REASON FOR THE CHANGE
The director probably switched the roles to make it seem like Mr. Ewell was more cruel than he already was.
DIFFERENCE
In the novel, Tom is escaping from the prison and is shot 17 times by prison guards, but in the film he is shot once by the police deputies who were escorting him to jail.
REASON FOR THE CHANGE
The director probably didn't want to include that scene because many guns were involved and it was a gory scene.
Quote
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.” -Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
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