Juxtaposing "To Kill A Mockingbird" book and film

Prompts: 

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

2. How would you prove or disprove that one version of To Kill A Mockingbird is more affective in delivering its message than the other? Be sure to provide specific pieces of evidence to support your opinion.

           I believe the most important difference between the book and movie is, the significance of the tree. Inside the book, the tree played a vital role and was introduced in the third chapter. The tree was Boo's way to connect with the children without revealing himself physically. The tree inside the movie was only revealed twice, and Jem was the one who found the gifts inside the tree late at night. Inside the book however, Scout was walking to school when she found the gifts. The tree was also mentioned several times inside the book, in comparison to the movie. 

           Like I mentioned in the paragraph before, the tree was Boo's way to talk without revealing himself. It was his cry for help, minus the help part. The gifts were Boo's way to make friends with the children and let them know that he was watching over him. Boo's gifts let the children know that he wasn't the big bad monster the gossip made him sound like. This played a huge role in leading up to Boo fighting for the kids' lives. Without building the subtle hints that Boo was always there for the kids, his sporadic act of courage wouldn't have made sense.

            The book was in greater detail, so generally the message was displayed implicitly, but explicit enough so the reader would discover it. Due to the fact that the book was able to explain all of Scout's thoughts, and events, whereas the movie only provided some of Scout's thoughts and cut out some major events, we knew exactly what Scout was thinking throughout each scene. Although I was not here to watch the beginning half of the movie, I have heard that charcaters like Aunt Alexandra and Francis were removed from the movie. From this information, I can tell that not all of the message was relayed because Scout didn't have that strict role of feminism revealed to her in the movie due to the absence of Aunt Alexandra.