Two Great Works
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the story of racism and Alabama life in the 1930's told through a young girl's eyes (Scout).
I. Introduction
A. Comparing the book to the movie
B. Challenges of director
II. Differences between movie and book
A. Characters
1. Aunt Alexandra
2. Miss Maudie
B. Morals and themes of the book the are same
III. Deletions of situations that appear in book and not in the movie
A. Mrs. Dubose and Jem's lesson
1. Atticus's lesson
2. courage
B. Tom Robinson's trial
1. left hand on the bible
2. cup toss
3. affect on audience
C. Passing of time
1. two years in book
2. one year in movie
IV. Similarities
A. Morals
B. Themes
1. innocence
2. prejudices
V. Conclusion
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Two Great Works
It is funny how when some infinitesimal facts, situations, and characters are changed in the making of a movie from a book, the morals are changed and concepts are not fully understood. This however, is not the case when comparing the book To Kill A Mockingbird to the movie To Kill A Mockingbird. The morals and themes in both the book and the movie are parallel in the story of racism and Alabama life in the 1930's told through a young girl's eyes (Scout). A director has many challenges to overcome when making a book into a movie because of the simple fact that the visual pleasure one gets is different from the pleasure of reading that an audience gets. Therefore, deletions, combinations of characters, and changing of scenes is necessary in order to correctly adapt a film to a book.
There are many differences between the movie and the book. While watching a movie, one can not keep track of as many characters as when reading a book. A book takes a lot longer than two and a half hours to read, which is about as long as or longer than most movies. Since there is only a short time to comprehend characters, the shorter the...
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