First off, there are many obvious similarities between the film and movie versions of the story. The most obvious similarities can be identified in characterization, the plot and the themes. Similar to the novel, Atticus faces many challenges for taking on Tom Robison’s case, right from the beginning when he has to deal …show more content…
For example, one of the obvious differences is the fact that the film is considerably shorter than the novel therefore some scenes are left out of the former. For example, the scene of the burning house is not depicted in the film. The other scene that is notably absent in the where Calpurnia goes to a black church with Scout and Jenn. In the novel the scene serves to add more to the theme of discrimination when Calpurnia is mocked for bringing white children to an African-American church. The reality of the pervasive racism is also reenacted by the fact that there is resistance to integrate white children in a black church despite the fact that their father is among the few famous white men among African Americans. I think the filmmakers had to take out this scene due to time restrictions and the fact there are numerous other scenes that reenact the same