Mighty M: To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Watch the film version of the book then compare and contrast the two. Did the film stay true to the book? Pick a favorite scene from the book and compare it to the movie version. Think about the characters in the book and then think about how the actors portrayed those characters. Did these match your vision of the characters?
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To Kill A Mockingbird: Movie vs. Book
The scene I chose for Movie vs. Book was the courtroom scene, where the Mayella is being questioned, and when Tom is being questioned.
The actors chosen for these characters are wonderful, but "Tom" didn't have the shrunken arm. The scene itself was so well done, that the author could have been directing that scene. Gregory Peck was awesome as Atticus Finch, the lawyer. He did everything he was supposed to, and he gave the appearance of a real lawyer, not an actor.
Mayella also gave a powerhouse performance, shouting the way you would imagine it while you're reading the book.
Although I liked all of the actors and actresses mentioned above, that was not what made the scene for me. What made the scene for me was the way they built-i think-the courtroom, so that it was an exact replica of the courtroom described in the book. The black balcony formed a half circle where Jem and Scout could see everything in the courtyard. The pew-like seats for the whites in the main part of the courtroom were just as packed as the author described.
The judge seemed to fall asleep in the middle of the trial, and the jury was just as they had been described. I especially liked how well the attitude of racism was portrayed by Mayella's father, Bob.
Overall, the scene in the courtroom was very well portrayed, as was most of the movie. The only part I noticed not in the movie was the part of the book where Calpurnia comes running into the courtyard, very worried, because Scout and Jem aren't home yet-and its about 8:00 at night.
I really like both the movie and the book, and I think the movie did the best portrayal of a book I've seen so far.
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