To Kill A Mockingbird: Comparing The Movie And The Novel

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The differences between the novel Old Major’s death cause was a mystery,but in the movie he died from a gunshot.In the novel the windmill doesn’t get blown up,but in the movie Jones blows it up.In the novel, there isn’t that many human encounters, but in the movie there is a great deal of them.In the novel Squeler tells the animals that everything they're doing is for Napolean,but in the movie he tells them everything is for their own good.In the novel Mollie was important in the novel, but in the movie she was there, but wasn’t the big component like in the book.In the novel, Mr.Pilkington came to a big feast with all the animals, but in the movie only the pigs were at the feast.The similarities between the novel the song that Old Major sings,the

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