Novel vs. Film

Prompt: What do you think is the most important difference between the written and filmed version? Provide evidence with specific details.

In To Kill a Mockingbird, the book version and the film version have many differences but in my opinion, the biggest difference is the fact that the colored community was not a big part of the movie. Calpurnia is a great example of this difference, she has a very significant role in the book, and I do not think it is right that she is barely mentioned. The only times she was mentioned was when she had to stay with the children, or tell one of them to do something. In the book, she was mentioned many times, and there were some scenes from the book that were missing in the movie. One time in the novel, they went to Calpurnia's church because Atticus was not there to watch them. This is an example of how she was not "important" to the people who produced the movie.

Helen, Tom Robinson's wife, was not mentioned as much either. In the book, Atticus had conversations with her. In the movie, we barely heard her talk. She was seen multiple times, but she did not have as good of a role as she did in the book. Also, we never met Tom's father in the book. In the movie Spencer, Tom's father,  comes in when Atticus goes to talk to Helen about Tom's death. This isn't a huge difference, but it is a little but of a twist compared to the book. 

I believe that the movie should have brought those characters up more because they are a big deal. Calpurnia isn't a main character, but her nonexistence does set it apart from the book. Helen isn't a main character either, but she has a couple conversations with some main characters in the book. I believe that this is the most important difference because they had a very big role in everything. In the children's lives, the trial, and everyday life for the Finch family.

Comments: Carlos, Isabela, and Jenna