To Kill A Mockingbird Book Vs Movie Analysis

Filmmakers must decide on several difficult decisions when re-creating a novel on the big screen. The reason filmmakers choose these adaptations is to fit hours of literature into a two hour film. Oftentimes, these changes can either benefit the work, or detract from it. In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill A Mockingbird, the reader follows two young children in their adventures across the town of Maycomb, Alabama. In the novel and the film, To Kill A Mockingbird there are changes that differentiate the two pieces of work. These modifications the filmmakers made, help improve upon the story. The narration in the film is completely opposite compared to the novel. The novel has Scout as narrator, and gives the reader an added sense of maturity, and an adult-like perspective of Scout, while the film has Scout narrate before scenes which allows the viewer to perceive a more childish version of her. This is beneficial for the novel, since it helps the reader understand complex thoughts Scout has, as an adult, rather than a young …show more content…
Dubose. In the novel, the children were told to visit her house and read stories to her, while Mrs. Dubose criticizes them in the process. The reader soon finds out that the reason she is so shrewd is, she is fighting her morphine addiction on her deathbed. This character shows Scout and her brother Jem an important leson of courage and how to fight even when the odds are against you. “According to her views, she died beholden to nothing and nobody. She was the bravest person I ever knew.” (Lee 149). If this particular scene was in the movie, it would cause the viewer to become uninterested, and the movie would be slow and uneventful. Although, in the novel Mrs. Dubose reveals an important theme, it was best left without in the film. These adaptations made from the novel to the film leave a positive reputation for each