In 1995, Christopher Paul Curtis published a novel titled “The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963,” and in 2013, Jim Bechtold, Philip K. Kleinbert, and Brian Wells released the movie version of it. The novel received the John Newbery Medal and the Golden Kite Award for Fiction; based on google books, it got 4 out of 5 stars for recommendation. This wonderful book about a family going towards the Southern America First and the foremost, both in the movie and book, the Watsons’ family was the main character. The Watsons family consist of Kenneth, the main character, Byron, the oldest brother, Joetta, the sister, Wilona, also known as Momma, and Daniel, who is the father. Some characters appeared in both movie and the novel. For example, a character
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First of all, the school life of Kenny and the kids were cut in the movie. In my opinion, the directors should’ve included this part since it is entertaining and let us learn more about the characters. For Kenny, this told that he is bullied, has lazy eyes, is smart, and the relationship between Byron. For Byron, it told us how Byron was treated differently, as a god. Second, in the movie, there were some additional scenes which told us about the segregation in 1963. When Byron and Kenny went in to the hot dog shop, woman at the counter was so mad, turning her head red as an apple. Another is some real videos of the dark-skinned people’s meeting in church. I think that this was effective; it made us to think about the reaction of Kenny. He was so shocked that down in Alabama, it was so different with Michigan, in terms of segregation. Next, the chapter of welfare and the frozen people were deleted. Another is the part when the 16th Street Baptist Church was bombed when Joetta went to Sunday school. This was included in both because it is the climax of the story. I liked this part in the book better since it was more vivid. In the film, people went out to see the church because someone just plainly told them, but in the book, the whole family noticed the bomb because of the actual sound. Last, I personally think that the part where Byron comforted Kenny, by spending time together, could’ve
First of all, the school life of Kenny and the kids were cut in the movie. In my opinion, the directors should’ve included this part since it is entertaining and let us learn more about the characters. For Kenny, this told that he is bullied, has lazy eyes, is smart, and the relationship between Byron. For Byron, it told us how Byron was treated differently, as a god. Second, in the movie, there were some additional scenes which told us about the segregation in 1963. When Byron and Kenny went in to the hot dog shop, woman at the counter was so mad, turning her head red as an apple. Another is some real videos of the dark-skinned people’s meeting in church. I think that this was effective; it made us to think about the reaction of Kenny. He was so shocked that down in Alabama, it was so different with Michigan, in terms of segregation. Next, the chapter of welfare and the frozen people were deleted. Another is the part when the 16th Street Baptist Church was bombed when Joetta went to Sunday school. This was included in both because it is the climax of the story. I liked this part in the book better since it was more vivid. In the film, people went out to see the church because someone just plainly told them, but in the book, the whole family noticed the bomb because of the actual sound. Last, I personally think that the part where Byron comforted Kenny, by spending time together, could’ve