To Kill A Mockingbird Movie Comparison

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Robert Mulligan’s film To Kill a Mockingbird is not completely identical to its counterpart novel of the same name, by Harper Lee, but is rather a brief condensing of the book. Although, most of the time being accurate, no movies are ever exactly the same as the novels on which they are based. There are many similarities between the film and novel; however, the contrasts outnumber the two works. No reasonable person would expect the director to include every single detail into the film. To Kill a Mockingbird was, in fact, a large book. The film director did an excellent job with including all of the main points and scenes, enough to make it directly correspond with the novel in some representations.
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Starting off, anyone watching the movie can tell that the plot moves extremely fast compared to the original novel. The plot skips a lot of extra detail which gave the book it’s one of a kind aspect. Many scenes were skipped, such as when Jem trampled Ms. Debose’s flowers. Another scene that was absent was when the Finches spent time at fiches landing with other family members. The courtroom scene was virtually unchanged, in fact even giving the exact same speeches. At the end of the trial, the colored men stood for Atticus to show their respect and gratitude towards him, which was also included in the book. Many quotes were given in remembrance of the novel. One quote would include a rather famous saying by Atticus, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”
For the most part, the novel and film have many things in common; after all, the film did use the same plot as the novel. However, like most film re-makes, To Kill a Mockingbird film counterpart is not subject to having identical storylines. The contrasts of the film are many, but tolerable as to not destroy the whole plot. These similarities and contrasts are not the downfall of either novel or film, rather the characteristics are what define and give each their own unique