The Great Gatsby Movie Vs Boo Essay — страница 2

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part. In the movie, Scout and Jem have a conversation about their dead mother but the book only mentions one paragraph. In the movie you meet Tom Robinson s children and his father. His father isn t mentioned in the book at all. The actress who plays Miss. Maudie is thin and younger than Scout describes her in the book. The movie takes place over two years, not three, and many events are left out. The children have no contact with Mrs. Dubose , and the movie never shows the classroom inside, so you don t see any of the conflicts with Miss. Caroline, Miss. Gates, or anyone else. The movie never gets into Maycomb s caste system, so you don t know that the Ewells are considered to be trash. The incest between Bob and Mayella Ewell is never discussed during the course o fthe trial.

The movie tries to go around the subject by showing Mr. Ewell start stalking Jem and Scout before Tom s trial begins, and you see that Mayella is frightened of her father. The courtroom scenes are condensed in the film. Atticus Finch says a shortened version of his closing arguments to the jury. The movie doesn t show the aftermath of the trial or show the conversation Atticus had with his children to help them understand the case. Calpurnia is treated respectfully throughout the film by everyone, the children never attend Calpurnia s church, and on the day of the trial, blacks and whites enter the courtroom together. The film does however hold value to the book. For the most part, it doesn t miss any major themes and is still a powerful version of a classic story.