tolerance and his absence takes away from the theme. In the novel Dill is portrayed as an innocent and caring person‚ while in the movie he doesn’t have any personality at all. Dill’s sympathetic nature in the novel helps to portray Lee’s theme of tolerance by showing that people are born with compassion and only change as a result of their environment. The Dill in the motion picture is only a paper cutout of the real Dill. Dill’s missing personality
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Based on Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize winning book of 1961‚ "To Kill a Mockingbird" was directed by Robert Mulligan in 1962‚ and stars Oscar Winner Gregory Peck‚ Brock Peters‚ and Mary Badham. The movie is told from the perspective of Jean-Louise Finch (Mary Badham)‚ nicknamed Scout‚ a feisty tomboy that pulls us through a year and a half of racial injustice and life long lessons. Scout‚ with her older brother Jem (Philip Alford)‚ live with their widowed father Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck)‚ a respected
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the play. Based on my knowledge of the text by Harper Lee‚ I was able to distinguish distinct differences between the book and the play‚ which I feel affected my reaction to the script. For example‚ the script left out when Scout and Jem Finch‚ and Dill were snooping around the Radley house and had to flee the yard through a break in the fence‚ when Nathan Radley came outside to investigate the noise they were making. This caused Jem’s pants to get caught‚ forcing him to take them off and return
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become friends with a boy named Dill‚ who has come to live in their neighborhood for the summer. Dill becomes fascinated with the spooky house on their street called the Radley Place. The house is owned by Mr. Nathan Radley‚ whose brother‚ Arthur (Boo)‚ has lived there for a long time without going outside. Scout goes to school for the first time that fall and hates it. She and Jem find gifts apparently left for them in a knothole of a tree on the Radley property. Dill returns the following summer
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first experience friendship when they meet Dill - Charles Baker Harris. "’I’m Charles Baker Harris.’ he said. ’I can read.’" Dill tries to impress Scout and Jem by saying that he could read. Reading at a young age was uncommon for children in Maycomb at that time‚ but Jem and Scout could both read as they had been taught. There is a small quarrel between Jem and Dill as they make fun of each others names‚ which makes Jem suddenly dislike him. Nevertheless Dill tells them about Dracula‚ which makes the
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Chapter six begins with the night Dill leaves Maycomb‚ we know school is coming soon and Scout and Jem are sad to see Dill go. As Scout put so bluntly; “ “We’re gonna miss you‚ boy.” I sad” (Harper Lee pg.51). During this chapter an important event takes place. Jem‚ Dill‚ and scout sneak over to the Radley place and are frightened by the shadow that they see in the window shutter‚ they run away and Jem loses his pants on the gate! Nathan Radley had scared them away by shooting a shotgun. They tell
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To Kill a Mockingbird is a story about a man named Atticus‚ his two children‚ Scout and Jem‚ their best friend‚ Dill‚ and what their life is like growing up in Maycomb‚ Alabama. According to Harper Lee‚ "The novel is a love story pure and simple." To Kill a Mockingbird is a love story because Atticus cares for and loves his children. The other way this novel could be considered a love story is the way Calpurnia watches over the children as a mother figure. Atticus shows that he loves Scout dearly
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scar across his face‚ yellow and rotted teeth‚ popped eyes‚ and blood stained hands. In reality‚ Boo was ghostly white had thin cheeks‚ a wide mouth‚ gray hair‚ and a thin frame (Lee 16). For instance‚ Dill claims he can “smell death.” Dill tells Scout that she is going to die in three days. In fact‚ Dill was just trying to scare Scout and she didn’t die three days later (Lee 48). In addition‚ high school students in Maycomb tell little kids that they are touching dead body parts in the House of Horror
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racist beliefs that flow through the town‚ are not socially accepted. Conformity is shown in many characters‚ especially‚ Scout. During the Tom Robinson trial‚ Dill gets sick and then explains to Scout how he does not like the way Mr. Gilmer talked to Tom. Scout replies by explaining to Dill what Mr. Gilmer’s job was and later adds‚ “Well‚ Dill‚ after all he’s just a Negro.” Although Scout’s father‚ Atticus was doing a fine job raising her without becoming infected‚ this phrase reveals that the town’s
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