Scout's Response To The Book Report

Speaking up and sharing your thoughts were the two main components, for me, when participating in the Seminar. The discussion itself started spontaneously and then we could move forward from a common idea. Movies and books are very different forms of media and when the two collide to share one common idea, which eventually leads to different perspectives making the conversation that more insightful and thoughtful. Many responses that were mentioned referred to certain scenes and texts, one student referred to page numbers which were followed by quotes, these brought different inputs into our seminar. I interpreted many things differently than others. I thought that the movie was made to contradict the book because the impact of the movie was
The topic of inquiry was about Scout's development as a character. This was very controversial because Scout was the main character, and some in the conversation believed that Scout was a strong character throughout the movie, and that she really helped move the movie forward, in plot. Others in the seminar contradicted this by mentioning how Jem and Atticus's characters were more focused on than Scout. There were strong arguments behind all these views. Jem was thought to have been more important than Scout because of all the scenes that were showed in which Jem was present, but Scout was not. Atticus was believed to be more important than Scout because the Court Scene was shown more than any other scene in the entire movie. The arguments made behind that importance of Scout were about how she still encountered prejudice and Injustice and how she learned different lessons throughout. This conversation didn't go far enough because many were just reading off their tablets to say what they need to and were contributing to their participation grade, rather than helping the conversation evolve over