This is major character development for Calpurnia because it shows that she will do what is right and that she does not care about labels. In the novel, when Calpurnia notices the mad dog, she runs to all the houses, including Radley’s, to warn them. In contrast, the scene in the film is more insignificant. The film presents him as the main character and shows the adult perspective of the story more than the children’s point of view of the events in the novel.Īlthough both (the novel and the film) contain the mad dog scene, the novel details it over three chapters and includes character development and symbolism. This is significant because the film focuses more on Atticus and his struggles against the town as he defends Tom Robinson. Moreover, the viewers are witnessing the events as they happen, so they only see the childlike perspective portrayed in the story and never develop a deep connection with her as they would in the novel. However, the film, by its very nature, is a third-person narrative. The reader has a chance to understand her emotions and her thoughts through her conversational style and can gain sympathy and empathy for her. Scout tells the events of the book as a retrospective narrator looking back on her childhood. In the novel, Harper Lee uses a first-person literary point of view, so Scout’s voice was constantly in the ear of the reader, and the reader could develop a deep connection with her. The first and most obvious difference between the novel and the film is the narration. While both the novel and the film address racism and prejudice, the novel addresses other issues as well, such as gender roles, and it also contains more symbolism and character development compared to the film. Set in Maycomb, Alabama, in the 1930s, the major conflict revolves around the trial of Tom Robinson, a black man who has been accused of raping Mayella Ewell, a white woman. To Kill a Mockingbird, a classic 9th-grade reading assignment, narrated by Scout Finch, is one film that matches the novel’s quality. And, we all have teachers that warn us, “don’t think you can just watch the film it’s different than the novel.” Still, some adaptations are quite faithful to their original. We “sparknote” a chapter (or more) because we were too busy binge-watching Stranger Things. Even though the adult narrator spends much of the book speaking through the voice of her younger self and describing the world through her younger self's eyes, by establishing both the child and adult Scout as presences right from the beginning, the opening of the novel introduces the idea that this will be a novel about young Scout's growing into her older self.Why does a student turn to a classic film adaptation instead of reading the novel? Visual learner? Heavy workload? Laziness? Still, we have all been there. A child is unlikely to either perceive or describe her hometown as being "tired." Scout's language, then, makes clear that Scout functions in the novel in two ways: as the child who is its main character, but also as the grown up narrator looking back on her younger self with more knowledge, more wisdom. Scout's language to describe the town also accomplishes something else, as well. Scout's description of the town as old and tired further establishes the setting in which the story takes place-the Great Depression. (That Atticus left the plantation to make his living also implies that Atticus' views about race and slavery differ from those of his ancestors.) Meanwhile, the fact that Atticus-and by extension, Jem and Scout-are related to most people in the county speaks to the nature of small-town Southern life: Maycomb is a close-knit and insular community. But that Simon finds success and establishes a "plantation," which implies that he and his descendants owned slaves, points to the complications of good and evil: Simon who suffered prejudice goes on to build his fortune by practicing his own prejudice upon others. That Simon Finch had to leave England to escape religious persecution points to the existence of prejudice. The opening of the novel effectively establishes a foundation for many of its themes.
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