The award winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee was made into a movie and released on December 25, 1962. Through Hollywood’s best efforts they were able to capture a near replica of the book itself. But with every recreation comes differences. Unlike novels, films have limitations. Between the novel and the movie we find many similarities in the way Atticus and Scout Finch are portrayed, but also the differences, like the omission of different characters and scenes. In the film, Scout Finch is portrayed by Mary Badham. Both characters are very similar. In the novel Scout does not want to be a lady or be lady-like. She states “I could not possibly hope to be a lady…” (92). Scout’s dialect is also almost identical to the way she
