In the story, "To Kill a Mockingbird" written by the late, Harper Lee, and also in the film adaption of that book, there were many similarities and differences throughout the two stories. While watching the movie, one can notice these massive differences, such as how the film didn't include Jem reading to Mrs. Dubose daily, how Tom Robinson was actually killed by prison guards as he was trying to escape, and there is much, much more. Although the film had its similarities, it doesn't compare to the amount of differences throughout the adaption.
To begin, as written earlier, Jem doesn't ever even get mad, or read to Mrs. Dubose. In fact, she only pops up once in the movie, and that was for about a total of only 10 short seconds. There is a huge message given in the book that says you can't judge someone if you barely know them. In the book, Mrs. Dubose was a sick old widow who was addicted to morphine. But was also always mean to the children in the story. She was just lonely, and she was dying slowly and she knew it, so how could she be happy? The children in the story finally learn about this only after she dies from her sickness. …show more content…
He says, "Tom Robinson’s dead. A deputy shot him just now. He was a new deputy and when taking him to the jail in the next county for safe keeping, Tom broke loose and ran. Deputy called to him to stop. He fired a few shots in the air and then when Tom didn’t stop, the deputy lost his head, shot towards him, he says, to would him, but missed his aim and killed him." The movie says he dies because he started running from the deputy on the same day. In the book, he dies because he was trying to escape while during an exercise period while at the jail a few days later. This is a big difference between the two stories and it was unnecessary to
To begin, as written earlier, Jem doesn't ever even get mad, or read to Mrs. Dubose. In fact, she only pops up once in the movie, and that was for about a total of only 10 short seconds. There is a huge message given in the book that says you can't judge someone if you barely know them. In the book, Mrs. Dubose was a sick old widow who was addicted to morphine. But was also always mean to the children in the story. She was just lonely, and she was dying slowly and she knew it, so how could she be happy? The children in the story finally learn about this only after she dies from her sickness. …show more content…
He says, "Tom Robinson’s dead. A deputy shot him just now. He was a new deputy and when taking him to the jail in the next county for safe keeping, Tom broke loose and ran. Deputy called to him to stop. He fired a few shots in the air and then when Tom didn’t stop, the deputy lost his head, shot towards him, he says, to would him, but missed his aim and killed him." The movie says he dies because he started running from the deputy on the same day. In the book, he dies because he was trying to escape while during an exercise period while at the jail a few days later. This is a big difference between the two stories and it was unnecessary to