To Kill a Mockingbird: Book and Movie Comparison
Group Discussion
Names:
1. Choose three major differences between the movie and the book. For each,
answer the following questions:
a. Why would the movie producers choose to make this change?
b. How does this change affect you as a viewer?
c. Does the change affect the overall mood or tone of the scene?
Difference 1
a.
b.
c.
Difference 2
a.
b.
c.
Difference 3
a.
b.
c.
2. Which was more effective – reading the book or watching the movie?
Why?
3. When making a movie, a team of writers and directors must first start
with the book. They adapt the book into a movie script. To do this, they
must use what every reader uses – their imagination. In watching a
movie, therefore, you are only seeing their interpretation of the book –
they are imagining the book for you. This is problematic for many
reasons. Name three of these reasons. Why might someone prefer to read
the book rather than to watch the movie?
a. Reason 1
b. Reason 2
c. Reason 3
4. If you were to make a movie of the book, what three changes would you
make? Why would you make these changes? These changes must be
original (not from a movie that has already been made).
Difference 1
a. Change:
b. Reason:
Difference 2
a. Change:
b. Reason:
Difference 1
a. Change:
b. Reason: