Life as a white child in southern America, during the times of segregation, may seem effortless. Although, embedded into the ideology of prejudice and racism, two children named Jem and Scout, defined the age in which these issues become intolerable. To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel and a film about a young girl named Jean Louise Finch, also known as Scout, who lived in Maycomb, Alabama during the Great Depression. She and her brother, Jeremy, learned about morality and many life lessons, including to not destroy innocence. Throughout the narrative, the duo involved themselves with many complications and events such as the mystery of Boo Radley, and a court case involving an innocent African-American man and their father, Atticus Finch. To
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There are many differences between the book and the movie throughout the story. Some of these discrepancies include the general idea of the themes and events in the novel, which may include subjects such as the realization that not everybody is treated equally or prejudice.
In the novel, Mrs. Dubose is an important character who taught Jem and Scout a very crucial lesson about perseverance and care for one another. Mrs. Dubose was significant to the novel because not only did she teach them a lesson about perseverance, however, she also instilled the correct mannerisms towards Jem and Scout when speaking to people who are elder than they are. She was also important because she showed Jem, why it is critical not to disrespect his elders, like he did to her before, by destroying all of her camellia bushes. Unknowingly, Mrs. Dubose was very sick. …show more content…
One weekend afternoon, Calpurnia decided to take Jem and Scout to her African-American church, to teach them about prejudice and what it is like to be in a church of the opposite color. This event is exorbitantly important to the plot of the novel because it elucidated to Scout and Jem that even though black people were discriminated against, they still loved each other and had an active community. The outing to the church was also essential to the plot because it demonstrated an insight into the life of Calpurnia that she never talked about to Scout and Jem. Moreover, the scene showed how the split between African-American and white communities was so large that they almost did not accept the company that Calpurnia brought to the church. The disapproval of white people in a black church was evident when Lula, a member of Calpurnia’s church, said “You ain’t got no business bringin’ white chillun here—they got their church, we got our’n” (Lee 158). Also left out of the film, this event was immensely significant in the novel, because it alluded up the question of prejudice. This is altered in the movie because Jem and Scout never went with Calpurnia to the African-American church, although a significant rationalization for this omitted scene was most likely the issue of segregation at the time of publishing,
There are many differences between the book and the movie throughout the story. Some of these discrepancies include the general idea of the themes and events in the novel, which may include subjects such as the realization that not everybody is treated equally or prejudice.
In the novel, Mrs. Dubose is an important character who taught Jem and Scout a very crucial lesson about perseverance and care for one another. Mrs. Dubose was significant to the novel because not only did she teach them a lesson about perseverance, however, she also instilled the correct mannerisms towards Jem and Scout when speaking to people who are elder than they are. She was also important because she showed Jem, why it is critical not to disrespect his elders, like he did to her before, by destroying all of her camellia bushes. Unknowingly, Mrs. Dubose was very sick. …show more content…
One weekend afternoon, Calpurnia decided to take Jem and Scout to her African-American church, to teach them about prejudice and what it is like to be in a church of the opposite color. This event is exorbitantly important to the plot of the novel because it elucidated to Scout and Jem that even though black people were discriminated against, they still loved each other and had an active community. The outing to the church was also essential to the plot because it demonstrated an insight into the life of Calpurnia that she never talked about to Scout and Jem. Moreover, the scene showed how the split between African-American and white communities was so large that they almost did not accept the company that Calpurnia brought to the church. The disapproval of white people in a black church was evident when Lula, a member of Calpurnia’s church, said “You ain’t got no business bringin’ white chillun here—they got their church, we got our’n” (Lee 158). Also left out of the film, this event was immensely significant in the novel, because it alluded up the question of prejudice. This is altered in the movie because Jem and Scout never went with Calpurnia to the African-American church, although a significant rationalization for this omitted scene was most likely the issue of segregation at the time of publishing,