Question#9- They say the book is always better than the movie. Do you agree or disagree with this statement regarding To Kill A MockingBird? why or why not?
I agree with this statement in regard To Kill A MockingBird. In my opinion I think that the movie was very different from the book and preferred the book over the movie . In the movie they only had so much time to prove the main points in the book without making it too long. However in doing so, the film makers left out many key subplots that were important to the book. In the movie they added popular quotes from books such as the one where Atticus is explaining to Scout what empathy is by saying, " 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"(30).They also added the porch scene where Scout is on Boo Radely's porch and uses empathy to see the events that happened in to story through his point of view. The film makers left out the character Aunt Alexandrea as well as leaving out the idea that girls had certain expectations back then and had to act a specific way in society. They also left out the events at Finch's landing and the fire scene where Boo gives Scout a blanket. Although the events weren't immensely important compared to the court scene and the Boo Radely discovery the were key components in the book. The events the film makers left out added to the major topics and themes that took place in the book and without them in the movie it didn't give the viewer the same effect that it did to those who read the book.
Question#8- What benefits are there from having a film version of a classic book like To Kill A MockingBird?
the benefits of having a film version of the book is being able to see what the characters look like as well as being able to get a clear picture as to what happened in the story. In the movie the viewer doesn't have to imagine what the characters look like and get a clear sense to what they look like ( physical characteristics). For example the character Boo Radely was up to much interpretation in appearance in the book. The book made the viewer perceive him as more of a creature than a person. In the end of the story the book makes the viewer see him as a shy and pale man who hasn't see the sun in a long time. In the movie they only show him as a man who is afraid of his own shadow and appears to be kind. Because of the movie, the viewer doesn't have to guess what he looks like since the viewer gets to see him instead of reading about him. In the movie, there was also less confusion as to what happened in the story. In some parts in the book, the events were described in a confusing way. The scene where Atticus sits outside the jail and a angry mob shows up as well as Jem, Scout and Dill was confusing in the book since it was hard to understand where they were and why they were there. After seeing the movie I was able to see that Atticus was at the jail to protect Tom from the mob that showed up. When Jem, scout and Dill come, Scout uses her childish innocence to dissolve the tension and anger the mob had at Tom and Atticus. Also in the scene when Jem and Scout were attacked by Bob Ewell it was unclear as to what happened. Although it was purposely meant to be unclear in the book, the movie made it more obvious as to what happened. The movie shows the scene with Boo defending Scout from Bob, making it seem that Boo was responsible for Bob's death in the end. Overall there were benefits in making a film version of the book To Kill A Mocking Bird.
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