Essay On The Differences Between To Kill A Mockingbird Book And Movie

To Kill A Mockingbird is to many people the greatest American novel of all time. To Kill a Mockingbird was written by Harper Lee and published in the 1960’s, later in 1962 there was a movie released. Both became instant classics that are still being enjoyed 50 years later. In my opinion the book was better, however I still enjoyed watching the movie. There were three mains points from the movie to the book that stood out to me: the difference between the characters and the actors, and the characters they left out in the movie; the difference in scenes; and the similarities between the book and the movie. Overall although the book and the movie had some clear differences I still found that the message about race relations was the same.

One of the main differences from the book to the movie was the characters, and characters they left out of the movie. In the book it focuses more on Scout and Jem's …show more content…
One of the most obvious similarities is that Scout narrates both as an older woman. Similar to the novel, in the film, when Scout and Jem meet Dill, he is very proud of the fact that he can read. Also, the subplot line is the same about Boo Radley , and how Dill, Jem and Scout are very interested in him in both the movie and book. Also in both the book and movie Scout, Jem, and Dill sneak onto the Radley property, and Jem loses his pants, and when he goes back his pants were neatly folded sitting there waiting for him.

The comparison between the book and movie revealed that although the the movie is based on the book they are very different. Three thing that stood out to me between the book and movie, are the difference between the characters and actors, the difference in scene, and the similarities between the book and the movie. The fact that To Kill a Mockingbird is still so relevant showed how powerful it is and how much we can learn from both the book and