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    “To Kill A Mockingbird” Movie Review Based on the book by Harper Lee‚ the black and white film “To Kill A Mockingbird” was a very entertaining spectacle. “To Kill A Mockingbird”‚ written through Scout’s perspective‚ is essentially about Scout (Jean-Louise)‚ Jem and their father Atticus Finch living in the racially divided Alabama town of Maycomb in the 1930s. Atticus agrees to defend Tom Robinson‚ a young ‘black’ man‚ who is accused of raping a white woman. Throughout the book‚ Scout and Jem acquire

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    A Christmas Carol The first edition of A Christmas Carol was introduced in 1843 and the movie version was first let out in 1938. Interesting huh? Well here is a very fun fact about Charles Dickens‚ the writer of this novel‚ he always insisted on sleeping with his bed aligned north-south‚ with his head pointing north. He also had a pet raven called Grip which he had stuffed when it died in 1841. These are a couple of facts that I found very interesting and a little different. In this report I’m going

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    courage is truly proven in both the novel and the film by not only Atticus and Jake as they seek truth and justice‚ but by Tom and Carl as they struggle with racism. Atticus and Jake show different levels of courage throughout several scenes in the book involving a show of honesty and righteousness‚ a few of which occur during both trials of the black men. Though he did not have to‚ Atticus takes the Tom Robinson case. The Robinson case is difficult and harrowing‚ and tests Atticus fully. The main

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    around every corner. The book also shows how cupidity and duplicity can lead to chaos. As a human being in this world‚ its natural or a need to want things that our of reach: not caring of the ramifications along the way. The book The Great Gatsby has been produced into multiple films. The two that we are most aware of was an older version made in 1974 with director Jack Clayton‚ starring Robert Redford as J.Gatsby. 39 years after the 1974 movie‚ a new Great Gatsby movie came out in 2013‚ in which

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    all humans deserve equal rights. “A Time to Kill” uncovers the issues that are buried deeply in society’s mentality. Analyzing this film through a political advocacy lense‚ the viewer can reflect upon society norms on gender‚ race‚ and personal viewpoints‚ in order to understand the issues that are still present today. Issues such as Women’s rights‚ Black lives matter‚ and discriminating individuals beliefs. Using the political advocacy lense on “A Time to Kill”‚ expands the viewer’s understanding

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    development of society today. Both texts sit at a time when society is being changed resulting in both of the court cases progressing for such a extended period of time‚ even in the presence of heavy racism. One of the court cases being won regardless of racism. This comment on society is shown by the Author of “A time to kill” in the case of Carl Lee‚ thru the setting of the text and the characterisation of Atticus‚ while the Author of the Movie conveys his comment in the meetings of the Ku - Klux

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    Beam‚ Patricia English pd. 7/8 November 1‚ 2012 What do you do when you read a book then watch the movie on it? Do you watch it to get the picture of the story or do you watch it to compare the two? When reading a story then watching a movie you need to watch out for the similarities and differences between the two. The book Beowulf and the movie Beowulf have a few similarities and a good bit of differences. Some similarities are they both have the same characters‚ Beowulf cuts off Grendel’s

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    that counts” -Wiston Churchill. In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird and Joel Schumacher’s A Time To Kill‚ courage is shown and focused on immensely throughout the whole book and film from every single character. Everyone must fight with courage for what they think is right. Characters in To Kill A Mockingbird showed support to others‚ regardless of their skin colour. After the trial‚ verdict being Tom guilty and being shot seventeen times when he tries to escape prison‚ which led him to his

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    The Book Thief is an encouraging tale of a fictional girl named Liesel. Liesel was raised during a time of great pain and suffering: Nazi Germany. Many Jews‚ Gypsies‚ mentally and physically disabled‚ and others were killed over a ten year timespan. Scope magazine adapted the book and the movie to create a play. One of the characters‚ named Death‚ states‚ “I’m always finding humans at their best and worst. I see their ugly and their beauty‚ and I wonder how the same thing can be both.” True‚ we’re

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    The novel‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ has been critically praised as a landmark work and important piece of American literature dealing with such fundamental issues of society. The 1962 movie adaption has received similar proclamations of genius storytelling. But when compared side by side‚ does the movie truly stand up to the literary masterpiece and accurately present the themes and lesson intended by the author? After examining the restrictions on character and plot development by formatting‚ the

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