Tracy Letts once said, “when books and plays are made into movies, they frequently want to cut out the valleys and just show the peaks.” Award winning books are often made into movies to expand the viewers of the books. Many times parts are added, taken out, or deleted changing the perspective of the movie and sometimes the plot. Harper Lee’s, Pulitzer Prize winning novel, To Kill a Mockingbird was published on July 11th, 1960 and turned into a film that was released in 1962. On of the difference was they removed Aunt Alexandra from the movie. She was a huge part of scouts life, always helping her act more like a lady and stay classy. It is little differences like this that can change a movies perception. Ken Kesey’s, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s
