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Compare And Contrast To Kill A Mockingbird Book And Movie
I think that the film version is more convincing. I think this because in the film you can see the reactions and their emotions and I think this is a big part in telling if someone is lying or is telling the truth. Some thing are different than in the book. In the book you never get to see the characters but in the film you see all the characters. The film version puts everything in a little bit more detail the book doesn't really do a good job in narrating the emotions and the intensity of the people in the courtroom. Atticus states in the book the ‘’Tom Robinson's left arm has never had use so how cold he have hit her on the right side of the face’’, but In the film version he asked Tom to catch a glass with his left arm and Tom tells the

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