As almost everyone knows, there are differences between a book and its film adaptation. This is applicable to the book and also its film counterpart To Kill a Mockingbird. But aside from the differences, there are also similarities between the two. The similarities are quite obvious, the plot of the film mostly follows the basic plot of the book, leaving the viewer with a sense of achievement, as this is sometimes not achieved to the highest degree. Scout still has a brother, Jem. They both meet Dill again and have some adventures with him during the film. Jem and Scout still have a single father, Atticus, having lost their mother many years ago. Calpunia is still their cook. And the whole story still has an overbearing sense of focusing on two main stories, Boo Radley (Arthur Radley) and the trial of Tom Robinson. Another crux of the overall story is the mutual fascination between the children and Boo Radley (Arthur Radley). Boo constantly leaves items (a watch, two soap dolls, a knife... etc.) in the hollow of a tree on his property. Even as Boo does this, the kids are constantly hatching plans to look in the windows of the Radley house, to sneak into the back yard...etc. This was very important to the story because it was based on the viewer's opinion of the children, leading us to believe that they had great imagination from their stories about Boo only eating squirrels and all the cats he can get his hands on, and making them believe the stories too! And all these examples, the children's stories, the fact that Boo never leaves the house in sight of others, the stories of others about the Radleys, the gifts in the tree hole, lead us to believe that Boo is some sort of ...... half of the paper ......, Jem had to read Mrs. Dubois every day. After his death (and an explanation to Jem and Scout why) Atticus taught Jem an important lesson about having courage. While the film progressed without any major hiccups due to the absence of this and Atticuc's moving speech about courage, the film could have gained much more ground and levity if they had included these scenes. I've only included what I have to believe are largely important gaps and plot differences in the movie version versus the book version, so I apologize again if I missed anyone else important. Forgive me, please. In conclusion of this essay, each creation that has different versions will have some differences between them. This is a fact for the book and movie version of To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. Works Cited Film To Kill a Mockingbird Book To Kill a Mockingbird