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To Kill A Mockingbird Book And Movie Analysis
The wonderful story that is To Kill A Mockingbird has been around for a long while, and has a lot to say. There is so much to it such as many themes, symbolism, and imagery. A world wide phenomenal book which was later turned into a movie. There are many similarities and differences in the book To Kill A Mockingbird and the film that was based upon it.

In the movie they almost portray the characters perfectly similar to the book by clothing to dialect, but there were a few differences. One was how Dill was very skinny and puny when in the book it says he is a bit fat. The film being black and white was different from how I pictured it. I guess it was okay to give it that old vibe since the story took place in the 1930s. When I pictured the
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One scene that wasn't in the movie are the two class scene where Mrs. Caroline is featured and doesn't even mention Burris. In the movie Atticus doesn't break his glasses while shooting the mad dog, where in the book it does. Another issue the movie did was Jem was the only one to find the items in the oak tree and found the first item at dark. While in the book Scout and Jem find the items during daytime. The movie never mentioned the Christmas scene and when it snows in Maycomb. They also missed the scene were the Finch children go to First Purchase with Calpurnia which gives the whole background of the church and people in it such as Zeebo "Calpurnia's son." In the book Jem doesn't go with Atticus to Hellen's house which is what they did in the movie. Another scene they skipped is where Aunt Alexandra has her huge Maycomb Amanuoensis Club tea party. The other part of the book they skipped is when the Finch children read to Mrs. Dubose, her addiction, or Mrs. Dubose's death. A special scene they missed in the movie is where Mrs. Maudie's house catches on fire, and Boo Radley puts a blanket on Scout. This made them believe he is actually real and is probably not awful as they say. One more thing the film missed from the book is when Scout and Dill meet Mr. Dolphus Raymond who always pretends to be drunk, hangs out with the black community, and his colored wife. Last thing in the movie they didn't mention which was in the book is Aunt Alexandra not mentioned in the entire

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